The University of Rostock offers a diverse, varied and challenging position in a tradition-conscious, yet innovative, modern and family-friendly university in a lively city by the sea.
At the Faculty of Computer Science and Electrical Engineering, Chair of Systems Biology and Bioinformatics, subject to allocation of funds, we are filling the following position at the earliest possible date on a temporary basis for the duration of the project MICRO-NEST ending on 31.08.2031:
Research Assistant (m/f/d) - Systems Biology & Bioinformatics
Start date at the earliest possible date
Working hours full-time with 40 hours
Remuneration pay group 13 TV-L
Location Rostock
Tender number P 126/2026
Limitation limited until 31.08.2031
Application time 2026-11-06
Please do not hesitate to contact us for further information:
HR department:
Pia-Lucy Dahl
Phone number: 0381/498-1291
E-mail:
Department:
Prof. Dr. Olaf Wolkenhauer
Phone number: 0381/498-7570
E-mail:
MICRO-NEST is a Horizon Europe project investigating interactions betweeen the microbiome, immune system and brain in neurodevelopment and autism. At the University of Rostock, the project focuses on integrating heterogeneous molecular, imaging and clinical datasets into an Autism Knowledgebase and applying network-based and machine-learning approaches to develop personalised computational models. The resulting models will be used to investigate disease mechanismus and identify predictive markers and potential therapeutic targets.
THESE ARE YOUR TASKS:
- research in the field of systems medicine
- develop methods and workflows for the integration and analysis of heterogeneous biomedical data
- analysis and integration of transcriptomic, imaging and other multimodal biomedical datasets
- construction, curation and analysis of biological network-based methods to identify predictive markers and therapeutic targets
- integration of biological databases, pathway information and external data resources into computational analyses
- contributing to the development of patient-specific computational models and the Patient-Personalised Autism Digital Twin
- close interdisciplinary collaboration and coordination with clinical, experimental and computational partners
- writing, publishing and presenting scientific results and contributing to the scientific organisation of the project
THIS MAKES YOU A GOOD FIT:
- completed university degree (master's degree, diploma or comparable degree) in systems biology / bioinformatics, computer science, biotechnology, biology or a related field with very good results
- very good experience in the computational analysis of transcriptomic or other biomedial data
- very good experience in programming with Python and/or R
- keen interest in interdisciplinary biomedical research
- fluent in the English language, both written and spoken
- ability to work in interdisciplinary teams and communicate effectively across project partners
- desirable are
- experience with biological network, pathway or cell-cell communication analysis
- knowledge of machine-learning and statistical methods for biomedical data analysis
- experience with imaging-derived biological data and biological databases/APIs
- experience in FAIR data management
- a structured, solution-oriented and proactive working style, with the ability to establish and coordinate scientific collaborations
- ability to critically evaluate computational methods and communicate complex results clearly to collaborators with different scientific backgrounds
WE AS AN EMPLOYER:
Equal opportunities are important to us. We welcome applications from suitable severely disabled people or people from traditionally underrepresented groups. We aim to increase the proportion of women in research and teaching and therefore encourage suitably qualified women to apply. We welcome applications from people of other nationalities or with a migration background.
WE OFFER YOU:
FURTHER INFORMATION:
We will determine the experience level individually, taking into account your previous professional experience.
If you would like to work part-time in this position, this is possible subject to the requirements of the position.
The temporal limitation of the employment relationship is based on § 2 (2) Wissenschaftszeitvertragsgesetz.
We look forward to receiving your application (cover letter, CV, degree certificate stating your final grade) by 06.11.2026 at the latest. We can only consider applications received via our homepage. Please send us your documents via the ‘Online application’ button at the end of a job offer. Unfortunately, we cannot accept e-mail applications.
Incomplete application documents may not be considered in the further course of the selection process.
Unfortunately, we can not cover application and travel costs.
Become part of the team
The Department of Systems Biology & Bioinformatics specializes in computational systems biology, network modelling, biomedical data integration and machine learning. We are an international and multidisciplinary team with a strong collaborative network and provide excellent opportunities for scientific training and doctoral research.
We look forward to receiving your application!
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Universität Rostock
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Tel.: +49 381 498 - 0
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