BACKGROUND

RESPONSIBILITIES

• Identifying and applying appropriate bioinformatics methods to the analysis pipeline to expedite drug target identification
• Using bioinformatics expertise to support: effective management of genetic datasets; development and maintenance of the database; development of the NGS platform
• Keeping up with bioinformatics progress – databases, tools, methodology – and drive the development of new in-house tools based on these
• Maintaining and improving the support and visualisation functions (e.g. SNP-to-gene mapping, bash, Rshiny)

REQUIREMENTS

• PhD in Genetics/Biology/Statistics/Biostatistics/Bioengineering, or equivalent experience: postdoctoral experience in drug discovery is advantageous
• Experience of the application of genome technologies and bioinformatics in the context human genomics and genetics
• Unix/Linux environment expertise, plus advanced programming skills in Perl/Python and shell scripting or other equivalent languages
• Knowledge of and experience with the use of statistical methods and programming languages such as R and experience with query languages (e.g. mySQL)
• Familiarity with public biomedical information resources such as genome browsers, data repositories and annotation databases
• Good presentation skills/Team player/Eager to learn and put together novel methodological pipelines
• Excellent team working, organisational and communication skills and attention to detail.
• Fluent written and spoken English
• Knowledge of NGS pipelines and analysis methods would be advantageous

COMPENSATION

HOW TO APPLY