Bioinformatician - Biodiversity Cell Atlas Database

**The Institute**

The Centre for Genomic Regulation (CRG) is an international biomedical research institute of excellence, based in Barcelona, Spain, with more than 400 scientists from 44 countries. The CRG is composed by an interdisciplinary, motivated and creative scientific team which is supported both by a flexible and efficient administration and by high-end and innovative technologies.

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**The role**

**About the team**

Cells are the fundamental units of life - underlying cooperative functions in multicellular organisms and complex temporal life cycles in microbial eukaryotes. In recent years, the rapid advance in single-cell genomics technologies, combined with the growing availability of whole-genome sequences, opened up the opportunity to systematically map cell types in diverse organisms.

The goal of the Biodiversity Cell Atlas is to articulate a community effort to build whole-organism cell atlases across the diversity of life, working in a phylogenetically informed way, supported by high-quality genomes, and using shared standards that make comparisons across diversity possible. This coordinated effort should boost our understanding the evolution and diversity of life at cellular resolution: from gene regulatory programs, through cell type molecular profiles, to biological interactions between species.

At CRG, and together with EBI, we are developing the computational infrastructure to host a multi-species database for the Biodiversity Cell Atlas initiative. This will enable the interactive exploration of cell type molecular maps, gene co-expression profiles across evolution, comparison of cell types across species, and more.

**Whom** would we like to hire?**

**Professional experience**

**Must Have**
- Advanced experience in single-cell data analysis and interpretation
- Proficiency in Python, R, and Linux

**Desirable but not**required**
- Experience developing bioinformatics pipelines (Nextflow/nf-core)
- Experience in relational databases (e.g. SQL)
- Experience in comparative genomics
- Experience working with functional genomics data in non-model species

**Education and training**
- A master's degree or PhD in Bioinformatics, Computer Science, or related disciplines

**Languages**
- You are fluent in English

**Technical skills**
- Hands-on single-cell data processing and downstream analysis (clustering, visualization, annotation, etc.)
- Capacity to integrate diverse genomics sources (gene annotations, phylogenetic analyses, protein structures, etc.) to support the biological interpretation of single-cell data

**Competences**
- Highly developed organization and coordination skills
- Dedication, motivation, and rigor in scientific pursuits
- Capacity to work both independently and as part of a team

**The Offer** - Working Conditions**
- **Contract d**uration**: Technical and scientific activities contract linke to the project (estimated duration 15/10/2026 with possibility of renewal)
- **Estimated annual gross salary**:Salary is commensurate with qualifications and consistent with our pay scales.
- **Target s**tart date**: March/April 2025

We provide a highly stimulating environment with state-of-the-art infrastructures, and unique professional career development opportunities. To check out our training and development portfolio, please visit our website in the training section.

**We offer and**promote a diverse and inclusive environment** and welcomes applicants regardless of age, disability, gender, nationality, ethnicity, religion, sexual orientation or gender identity.

The **CRG is committed to reconcile a work and family life**of its employees and are offering extended vacation period and the possibility to benefit from flexible working hours.