Research Associate/Fellow (Bioinformatician) (fixed term) (MED242018X1)

Applications are invited to the above role to hold responsibility for the analysis of Next Generation Sequencing data sets which have been primarily produced within the Deep Seq facility. This will include the use and creation of pipelines and tools to enable accurate and timely data analysis. The role holder will provide appropriate support and advice to facility customers to allow them to make full use of their data. Therefore the person appointed should be able to communicate effectively on both a biological and bioinformatics level. The role holder is expected to plan and conduct their own work using available software and tools, to modify methodologies and scripts and to create new pipelines and tools as required. The successful applicant will be responsible for writing up their work for the production of end user summaries or for their own publications. The facility currently houses Illumina MiSeq and NextSeq technologies and is an early access user of minION nanopore sequencing devices. The post holder should have broad knowledge of these technologies alongside previous generation sequencing methods such as 454 and SOLiD.

The person appointed will have the opportunity to develop their bioinformatics skills in a highly diverse and rapidly evolving setting as well as the ability to use their extensive scripting and coding skills to develop research tools and extend their bioinformatics portfolio.

Candidates must hold a PhD (or be near to completion) or equivalent in Bioinformatics or a relevant computational related field. It is essential that candidates have the ability to use Linux operating systems and the ability to analyse and illuminate data, interpret reports, evaluate and criticise texts and bring new insights to current methodologies.

The role holder is expected to have excellent knowledge of at least one scripting or coding language (e.g. Perl, python, C++, Java) as well as experience with sequence search matching and alignment algorithms. 

This full-time fixed-term post is available from 6th August 2018- 6th August 2019. Job share arrangements may be considered. 

The School of Life Sciences holds an Athena Silver SWAN Award, in recognition of our commitment to supporting and advancing women’s careers in the life sciences (STEMM). You can read more about this initiative at http://www.nottingham.ac.uk/life-sciences/documents/athena-swan-silver-award.pdf

Informal enquiries may be addressed to Dr Matthew Loose: matthew.loose@nottingham.ac.ukPlease note that applications sent directly to this Email address will not be accepted.

Closing Date: 07 Nov 2018
Category: Research and Teaching (R&T)