Postdoctoral Scientist (Bioinformatics)

Postdoctoral Scientist (Bioinformatics)

Applications are invited for an enthusiastic and motivated Postdoctoral Scientist to join the Technology Algorithms Group at the Earlham Institute, based in Norwich, UK.

About Earlham Institute:

The Earlham Institute (EI) is a research institute focused on exploring living systems by applying computational science and biotechnology to answer ambitious biological questions and generate enabling resources.

The role:

The Technology Algorithms Group is focused primarily on evaluating new genomics technologies and developing bioinformatics enabling tools, as well as developing algorithms for analysis and assembly of metagenomic data.

This role is part of an exciting new project to develop a system for rapid detection of human, animal and plant pathogens from nanopore sequencing of air samples. The jobholder will be involved in analysing sequencing data, developing novel bioinformatics pipelines and contributing to software development.

The ideal candidate:

The ideal candidate will possess a PhD in Computational Biology, Bioinformatics, Computing Science, Mathematics Biology or related disciplines (full award or expected within the next six months). They will have experience of carrying out bioinformatics analyses (particularly metagenomics) and will be a capable programmer. However, we still encourage applications from candidates who are strong programmers without necessarily having the bioinformatics experience, or from accomplished bioinformaticians wanting to improve their programming or scripting skills.

Additional information:

Salary on appointment will be within the range GBP31,250 to GBP38,100 per annum depending on qualifications and experience. This is a fulltime post for a period of 3 years.

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The closing date for applications will be 17th December 2018