CC – Research Scientist in Plant Bioinformatics

The College of Compting at the University of Mohammed VI Polytechnic Benguerir Morocco is seeking applicants for a Research Scientist in Plant Bioinformatics/Plant Computational Biology. The successful candidate will be part of the Bioinformatics Laboratory (bioinformatics.um6p.ma) at the College of Computing and will develop and maintain novel bioinformatics tools, pipelines, webservers, and databases. The candidate will work with an enthusiastic team of PhD students and postdocs, with diverse backgrounds, including plant molecular biology, biomedical bioinformatics, machine learning and metagenomics.

Duties

The specific responsibilities and tasks of the successful candidate will include:

• Develop novel bioinformatics tools (webservers & standalone) for analyzing plant genomics data.
• Develop new plant biological databases to advance in crop genetic improvement.
• Conduct scientific research in the field of genomics and molecular genetics of plants for better understanding of how plant genomes are structured, organized, evolve and function at the whole-genome level.
• Teach computational biology related courses to undergraduate and graduate students.
• Publish research in high impact factor journals.

Qualifications And Experience

Essential (please indicate in the cover letter):

• Minimum of 2 years as postdoctoral research in bioinformatics or equivalent with a good record of publications in the plant bioinformatics field.
• PhD. in Genomics, Bioinformatics or equivalent
• Experience supported by scientific records related to development new plant bioinformatics toolkits such as pipelines, webservers, and databases.
• Practical experience in analyzing extensive bioinformatics and/or genetics datasets.
• Programming skills (Python, Perl or R)
• Demonstrated publication record in well-ranked journals
• Ability to generate new ideas, links, and to build upon existing ideas to generate good concepts and solutions.
• Proven ability to fulfill the academic writing requirements for the development of proposals, reports, and scientific publications.

Located in the municipality of Benguerir, in the very heart of the Green City, Mohammed VI Polytechnic University is an institution dedicated to research and innovation in Africa and aims to position itself among world-renowned universities in its fields

The University is engaged in economic and human development and puts research and innovation at the forefront of African development. A mechanism that enables it to consolidate Morocco’s frontline position in these fields, in a unique partnership-based approach and boosting skills training relevant for the future of Africa.