General particulars for POSTDOCTORAL RESEARCH ASSOCIATES (“Wissenschaftlicher Mitarbeiter”)
General particulars for POSTDOCTORAL RESEARCH ASSOCIATES (“Wissenschaftlicher Mitarbeiter”)
We encourage potentially interested candidates to apply for a core project of the Germany-wide GEvol consortium on comparative evolutionary genomics.
The project aims at developing cutting edge methods for accurate functional annotation of novel [1, 2] and de novo expressed genes [3] and other rare genomic elements using machine learning techniques.
The project will be based on a combination of bioinformatics methods and further recently developed methods such as Tiberius [1], Galba [2] and BRAKER [3].
Testing and application of the newly to be developed methods shall be done in close collaboration with other members of the GEvol consorium. The project will be supervised in close collaboration between the groups
Dr. Katharina Hoff in Greifswald and Prof. Erich Bornberg-Bauer in
Münster with primary location to be determined.
Interested candidates should have:
* strong programming skills
* a proven record of having worked on analysing large data sets
* hold a PhD in natural sciences, computer science or closely related
areas
* good communication skills in English language
Advantagous skills:
* experience analysing biological data sets
* experience using machine learning methods
* a proven record of original publications in international journals
* international experience
Applications 2-page format as described [here] and be sent as .pdf to
ebb.admin@wwu.de no later than January 6th, 2026.
Literature:
[1] https://doi.org/10.1101/2025.04.17.649312
[2] https://doi.org/10.1093/bioinformatics/btaf539
[3] https://doi.org/10.1002/jez.b.23297.
[4] https://doi.org/10.1093/bioinformatics/btae685
[5] https://doi.org/10.1101/2023.04.10.536199
[6] https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/37398387/
General Information on Open Positions
Unless further specified, the specific subjects of research projects are flexible and can be tailored to the background, visions and incitement of applicants but must fall under the wider remit of our research areas which are:
Essential qualifications are:
- PhD in natural sciences and research experience in a biological area OR
- PhD in computer science, mathematics, statistics, physics or bioinformatics with experience and/or desire to excel in a biological area
- Basic skills in statistics and/or programming
- Very good organisation skills and motivation and proven ability to carry out research independently in an international and interdisciplinary team.
- Excellent communication and interpersonal skills, oral and written fluency in English
Interested candidates should send applications to Prof. Bornberg-Bauer ebb.admin@uni-muenster.de as pdf attachment (max. 2 pages) detailing in order latest first: biodata, scientific career, education, specific relevant skills, list of publications, own funding, contacts of prospective referees and a short specific statement of research interest. Failure to comply with these guidelines may easily lead to the application not be considerd and not acknowledged. Bulk applications may be overlooked. All applicants are advised that all job offers become only official and effective once administration has approved.
Prof. Dr. Erich Bornberg-Bauer
Molecular Evolution and Genome Informatics,
Institut for Evolution and Biodiversity,
FB Biologie, Westfälische Wilhelms Universität Münster
Hüfferstrasse 1, D-48149 Münster, Germany
Best qualified candidates will be endorsed for fellowship applications to which we currently have a good success rate, with 8/9 PhD and 5/8 postdoctoral applications to various funding agencies being successful.
Candidates are encouraged to develop their own research agenda by supervising students and applying for their own funds but this is not a must.