We have a great opportunity at Earlham Institute for a Bioinformatician to join our Platforms and Pipelines Group who are responsible for delivering the BBSRC National Capability in Genomics. This group provides access to state of the art genomics technologies for research groups throughout the UK as well as delivering sequencing and genomics services to the associated Science Faculty groups and commercial customers.
The P&P Bioinformatician post will focus on performing primary data analysis for research projects from a wide variety of Next Generation Sequencing (NGS) platforms, including Illumina HiSeq, MiSeq, PacBio RSii, Sequel, and associated large molecule technologies such as Oxford Nanopore, BioNano Genomics and 10x Genomics. These projects cover practically every NGS application from genome assembly, amplicon resequencing, exome capture, CHIP-Seq, RNA-Seq miRNA-Seq and metagenomics.
This maternity cover position will join a team of 3 bioinformaticians and a Bioinformatics Manager and will be responsible for data analysis, producing bioinformatics pipelines for use with new sequencing applications delivered on HPC platforms, maintaining and improving current pipelines, increasing automation of tasks and supporting the project management team with bioinformatics and NGS customer enquiries.
This maternity cover contract is anticipated to last 12 months however it may be shorter or longer depending on when the absent employee returns to work.
Earlham is a vibrant, contemporary research institute and a UK hub for innovative Bioinformatics through research, andlysis and interpretation of data sets. We host one of the largest computing facilities dedicated to life-sciences research in Europe and our aim is to ensure that biological science in the UK has access to a skill base in genomics and bioinformatics to deliver programmes leading to improved food security, advances in industrial biotechnology and improved human health and wellbeing.
At Earlham we offer competitive salaries, excellent defined contribution pension scheme, life assurance, tailored learning and development and onsite sports facilities that are available to all staff and their guests. We are located within easy reach of the Norfolk Broads and coastal areas of outstanding natural beauty.
For further information and details of how to apply, please visit our web site
http://jobs.earlham.ac.uk/ or contact Human Resources, Norwich BioScience Institutes Partnership, Norwich Research Park, Colney, Norwich, NR4 7UH, UK, 01603 450462 quoting reference 1001883.
As a Disability Confident employer, we guarantee to offer an interview to all disabled applicants who meet the essential criteria for this vacancy.
