Job type

• Researcher/Postdoc level

Research field

• Life Science - Unspecified
• Informatics - Unspecified

Wages

Qualifications

• Description

  Common to all positions:
  (1)It is required that the person can smoothly communicate and cooperate with other collaborators in and out of our laboratory.
  (2)The person should have experiences and knowledge of transcriptional regulation studies or businesses or have strong motivation to work for it.
  (3)The person should have experiences and knowledge of data processing of life science data, especially omics data or have strong motivation to achieve them.
  (4)The person should be able to summarize information about samples and experiments by computers utilizing the knowledge in life science or have strong motivation to achieve them.
  (5)It is better to have knowledge and experiences of data engineering, database technologies and data sharing for life science data.
  
  Senior Research Scientist:
  PhD holder in one of the fields indicated under [Job description] and has at least 5 years of work experience in a specialized field after obtaining PhD.
  
  Research Scientist /Postdoctoral Researcher:
  PhD holders in one of the fields indicated under [Job description] with more than three years postdoctoral experience. Candidates with less than three years postdoctoral experience will be considered for the position of Postdoctoral Researcher.
  
  

Employment Type

• Full-time

Contract period

• Nontenured - Non-tenure track

Work location

• Kanagawa

Compensation

• Supplementary explanation of compensation

  For details about "Salary and benefits", please refer to the above "Job posting URL".
  

Application Considerations

Number of hired

• Job content supplemental explanation

  [Laboratory]
  Laboratory for Large-Scale Biomedical Data Technology
  RIKEN Center for Integrative Medical Sciences
  (Team leader: Takeya Kasukawa)
  
  [Research Field]
  Today, life scientists need to find and investigate various achievements and findings from published journals and databases, and they collect and annotate additional information for their further studies each by each. This requires additional data management tasks in their research activities. Our mission is developing technologies for achieving efficient genomics data management as follows.
  
  (1)Research and development of element technologies for systems to manage large-scale genomics data in proper, efficient, and sustainable manners.
  (2)Constructing reference data set to compare various large-scale genomics data.
  Along with these developments, we are going to set up computational infrastructure that is adequate. These activities could contribute to address increasingly larger amount of next generation sequencing data produced inside and outside the division, in order to utilize such knowledge to further applied researches including drug discoveries and medical practices.
  
  See the details on Web page. For the website, please refer to the above "Job posting URL".
  
  [Job title and Job description]
  Position available:
  Few openings for Senior Research Scientist, Research Scientist or Postdoctoral Researcher
  
  Job description:
  The successful candidate will engage in the research project “Construction of an integrative data platform for transcriptional regulations" funded by “Database Integration Coordination Program" in JST-NBDC.
  
  R&D subject:
  Construction of an Integrative data platform for transcriptional regulation. The period of the project starts from April 2022 to March 2027 (at longest).
  
  Overview:
  We will develop a new database (fanta.bio) about cis-regulatory elements (CREs), which are the genomic regions contributing to transcriptional regulations, in human, mouse, and non-human primates. We also develop a new data platform (INtegrated TRAnscriptional REgulation Data platform, INTRARED) by integrating fanta.bio with other databases related to transcriptional regulations. The fanta.bio is a web-based database consisting of comprehensively collected CREs including enhancers and promoters with their activity information in various cell types and conditions. For bridging CREs and medical applications, we associate CREs with neighboring genomic variations and alterations around CREs. INTRARED is a data platform integrating CREs, trans factors and epigenomic information to provide useful information about transcription regulation. INTRARED will be constructed in cooperation with the fanta.bio database and ChIP-Atlas database teams. This open call is for seeking candidates who can commit to the project and lead the whole R&D project in collaboration with other research and technical staffs in the project team.
  
  The difference in positions is as follows:
  
  Senior Research Scientist:
  Assists the team leader in the work of the team and conducts research in accordance with team research themes.
  
  Research Scientist:
  Carries out research and other work in accordance with lab's research themes.
  
  Postdoctoral Resercher:
  Carries out research and other work in accordance with lab's research themes under the mentorship and training of supervisors.
  
  [Work location]
  RIKEN Center for Integrative Medical Sciences
  1-7-22 Suehiro-cho, Tsurumi-ku, Yokohama, Kanagawa 230-0045, Japan
  
  RIKEN has implemented a work-from-home system. Employees can work from home in accordance with the prescribed procedures.
  
  [Start of Employment]
  Earliest date possible (negotiable)
  
  [Keywords]
  Bioinformatics, Database, Data engineering, Genomics/Transcriptomics, Statistics

Application period

• 2023/05/24~2024/05/23 Deadline for receipt

  Open until the position is filled.

Application method

URL of this job posting

Selection / Notification of result

• Notification of result

  [Application and required documents]
  Required documents:
  Please refer to the above "Job posting URL" regarding the "Required documents".
  
  How to apply:
  The above documents except the recommendation letters should be converted to PDF and uploaded to the website after these files are combined into a single ZIP file. For the website, please refer to the above "Job posting URL".
  
  The file name of each PDF file : IMS106-2203_(position)_Applicant's name_submitted document No.
  
  Notes:
  When you upload your application documents by a ZIP file via BOX, please make sure to input your contact email address.
  
  Recommendation letters must be directly submitted from the referees to the website with the subject line "IMS106-2203_[applicant's name] ". For the website,please refer to the above "Job posting URL".Please specify the applicant's name, referee's name and contact information in the recommendation letter. Also, the referees need to input own contact email address when they upload their recommendation letters to the below link.
  
  Please request your referees to confirm their recommendation letters are addressed to “Director of the Center for Integrative Medical Sciences" before uploading.
  
  Deadline:
  Until the position is filled
  
  *Note: Application documents will not be returned.
  *Note: Only shortlisted candidates will be contacted via email after document screening.
  
  [Selection process]
  Only persons who pass the application screening will be interviewed. (face-to-face or remote interview)
  Note: RIKEN will not cover interview travel expenses.
  
  [Contact Information]
  For application documents and general questions:
  Recruiting staff for RIKEN Center for Integrative Medical Sciences
  Administrative Division, RIKEN Yokohama Branch
  Email: IMS-recruit [at] riken.jp
  
  Any questions about this position and research contents:
  RIKEN Center for Integrative Medical Sciences
  Laboratory for Large-Scale Biomedical Data Technology,
  Team Leader: Dr. Takeya Kasukawa
  Email: takeya.kasukawa [at] riken.jp
  
  *Please sent the questions by E-mail to either of above
  *Please write "Open call (IMS106-2203) Laboratory for Large-Scale Biomedical Data Technology, IMS" in the subject line.
  

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