Postdoctoral Bioinformatician (Epigenetics)

Starting salary is £37,364 per annum to £44,614 per annum (depending on number years post-PhD experience) 

The Babraham Institute is a charity which is world renowned for its research in life sciences to enhance lives and improve wellbeing. 

We are seeking to recruit a talented and highly motivated Postdoctoral Bioinformatician to develop and implement approaches to computationally analyse single-cell multi-omic data sets. 

The job holder will work closely with experimental and computational scientists within the Rugg-Gunn group, and with colleagues in the Epigenetics Programme and Babraham Bioinformatics. The successful candidate will develop and apply multifactorial approaches in the analysis of single-cell multi–omics data to investigate and model epigenome-transcriptome interactions in human development. The position offers an exciting opportunity to work at the forefront of single-cell methods and to develop new tools and approaches to maximise novel insights from the data. The overall significance of this work will be to advance our understanding of the gene regulatory principles that underpin cell fate decisions in early embryo development. 

The successful applicant will have a strong working knowledge of single-cell multimodal sequencing datasets, a good understanding of one of the main programming languages (R or Python), and an excellent aptitude for bioinformatic tool and workflow development. We are looking for applicants who are collaborative with effective communication skills and enjoy working in a team. 

This is a limited term appointment with funding for this post available for a period of five years. 

A full job specification and role requirements can be found attached to this vacancy. 

Informal enquiries about the position can be addressed to Peter Rugg-Gunn (peter.rugg-gunn@babraham.ac.uk). 

For more information on the work of the group, please visit here 

Applicants must hold a PhD or have their thesis submitted when commencing the post. Please note that you will be appointed on the starting salary of £34,500 per annum, if you have not yet been awarded your PhD.  All newly appointed postdocs will commence on the salary/scale point that reflects the number of years' post-PhD experience they hold on 30th June in the calendar year they commence employment. 

Closing date for applications is Sunday, 11^th August 2024.

However, we reserve the right to close the vacancy early depending on the volume of applications received. 

For further details about this position or to apply online please click on the 'Apply' button above.

The Babraham Institute welcomes applications from all sections of society.

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