Bioinformatics / Data science in Bergen

Exciting opportunities in a growing company dedicated to fish health and welfare

Bioinformatics / Data science

If you are an ambitious and innovative bioinformatician or data scientist, who wants to work with the development of up-to-date analysis services within fish health and welfare - then Pharmaq Analytiq is a good choice!

Why join PHARMAQ Analytiq?

As part of Zoetis since 2015, Pharmaq is a world leader in fish health and vaccines, dedicated to supporting sustainable growth in the global aquaculture industry. Our innovative fish health solutions include a wide range of fish vaccines, therapy products, Pharmaq Fishteq vaccination machines, including services and Pharmaq Analytiq's research and diagnostic analysis services.

Our innovative drive is focused on the need to produce sustainable, safe and healthy seafood. As fish continues to be the most consumed and future crucial source of animal protein worldwide, we believe that fish health management tools, such as fish vaccines and therapeutics, are key to developing a sustainable growth in global aquaculture.

Pharmaq Analytiq contributes with services within fish welfare, by documenting smolt quality, and fish health work, with a focus on monitoring of and prevention of infection and disease in Norwegian and international fish farming. In 2018, we opened a new laboratory in Bergen aimed at future diagnostic methods. In 2020, we established a new fish health lab in collaboration with the blue innovation cluster InnovArena in Rørvik. In July 2020, Fish Vet Group became part of Pharmaq Analytiq, and we now have a total of around 100 employees.

Pharmaq Analytiq is a strong player in fish health and welfare, with continued growth ambitions, and will now expand our analytic services to also include the next generation of technology. We are looking for a person with a strong commitment for the applications of new and modern solutions for improved fish health and welfare, to take an active part in the implementation and commercialisation of new products, and at the same time understand our customers' needs.

We foster a highly collaborative culture and work across the business units to obtain results that matter. It is our colleagues that make the difference, and we strive to value the professional and personal development of every colleague.

Who are we looking for?

When hiring new colleagues, we look for the individuals who are inspired by PHARMAQ part of Zoetis dynamic and innovative spirit to create the next generation of solutions and services to support the evolving aquaculture industry. Our core beliefs are; Our Colleagues Make The Difference, Always Do The Right Thing, Customer Obsessed, Run It Like You Own It and We Are One Zoetis.

Key tasks and responsibilities:

• Develop, validate, implement and commercialise molecular biological analyses with a focus on NGS
• Responsible for the establishment and maintenance of bioinformatics pipelines and databases for community analysis
• The work will primarily be related to bioinformatics, but some practical analytic work may also be expected
• You will also be responsible for guiding colleagues and customers
• Have a good collaboration with our laboratory engineers, product developers, sales and R&D, as well as with Zoetis’ global ITS department

Qualifications and profile:

• Master's degree or equivalent in bioinformatics or similar
• Experience with one or more programming languages ​​(such as Python, Perl, or R)
• Experience with genetic engineering methods and method development - and knowledge of relevant computer tools
• Knowledge of the establishment and maintenance of bioinformatics pipelines and databases
• Knowledge of epidemiological tracking tools: software for analysis, interpretation, databases and statistics
• Experience with statistics, collection, processing, compilation, linking and production of big data
• Experience with aquaculture and fish health, as well as knowledge of microbial ecology, is an advantage
• You must be a team player in an environment characterised by high pace, and at the same time be good at ensuring progress on your own.
• You love analytical work, you are structured, responsible, flexible, curious, solution-oriented and have great work capacity
• Good Norwegian and English skills, both written and oral.

We can offer you exciting and varied work tasks in an enthusiastic, interdisciplinary and good work environment. With us, you will become part of an international company in growth with good benefits and development opportunities, and you will have the opportunity to play an important role close to the aquaculture industry.

Workplace will be in Bergen, in our new, modern premises at Marineholmen.

If you are curious and want new and exciting opportunities, then get in touch with us.

For further information about the position contact:

NGS project manager, Pharmaq Analytiq

Irja Sunde Roiha,

Mobile phone: 45 66 16 65

Application:

We are looking forward to receiving your application, which can be submitted together with your CV via E-mail to hr@pharmaq.no by 20 August 2021.

Pharmaq Analytiq is part of Zoetis, the world's leading animal health company. Pharmaq Analytiq contributes with services within fish welfare by documenting smolt quality, and fish health work with a focus on monitoring and prevention of infection and disease in Norwegian and international fish farming. We are accredited according to the ISO 17025 standard. See our website for more information www.analytiq.no.

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