BACKGROUND

A three year postdoctoral position (Career Development Fellowship) is available in the area of bioinformatics and chemometrics in the Metabolomics Core in the Division of Physiology & Metabolism at NIMR in London. NIMR is one of the founding institutes of the new Francis Crick Institute. Opening in 2015 at St Pancras in central London, the Crick will have 1,250 researchers. Its goal will be to understand the basic biology underlying human health. It is supported by the Medical Research Council, Cancer Research UK, the Wellcome Trust, University College London, Imperial College London and King's College London.

For further information on NIMR and the Crick, see:
http://www.nimr.mrc.ac.uk
http://www.nimr.mrc.ac.uk/research/a-z/physiology-and-metabolism
http://crick.ac.uk

RESPONSIBILITIES

You will support the analytical informatics activities associated with a state-of-the-art Metabolomics facility. This will involve programming, complex data processing, statistical analysis and the development of new experimental designs and analytical tools. Opportunities for independent and team-oriented research will be provided.

REQUIREMENTS

Experience with workflows involving mass spectrometry metabolomics data and a background in metabolism are desirable but not essential. You should have a PhD (or be in the final stages of completion) in an area related to bioinformatics, computer science, statistics, mathematics, physics, mass spectrometry or analytical chemistry.

LOCALE

National Institute for Medical Research, London, UK

COMPENSATION

Salary range is from GBP 33,155 per annum inclusive of London Allowance. Benefits include generous holiday entitlement and an excellent contributory final salary pension scheme.

HOW TO APPLY

Applications are handled by the UK Shared Business Services; to apply please visit our job board at http://www.topcareer.jobs/Vacancy/irc125654_4011.aspx and upload your CV along with a Cover Letter (when saving your documents quote IRC125654 in the filename). Applicants who would like to receive this advert in an alternative format (e.g. large print, Braille, audio or hard copy), or who are unable to apply online should contact us by telephone on 01793 867000 and quote reference number IRC125654.

Informal enquiries can be addressed to:
Dr James I. MacRae (jmacrae[at]nimr.mrc.ac.uk) or
Dr. Alex P. Gould (agould[at]nimr.mrc.ac.uk)

DEADLINE

Closing date for applications: 12 February 2014

POLICY

The MRC is an Equal Opportunities Employer. Final appointments will be subject to a pre-employment screening.