Bioinformatician (Technical) - Grade 8

The Civic HealthTech Innovation Zone (CHI-Zone) is being established to accelerate the growth of the health and life science sector, upskill residents and create jobs for the Liverpool City Region.

A new team is being created, as part of the CHI-Zone, to develop tools to leverage information from health datasets to guide advancements in pharmaceutical research. Within this team, as Bioinformatician, you will integrate and analyse complex biological data to identify biomarkers, discover therapeutic targets, and drive the development of life-changing therapies.

Working under the supervision of Professors Claire Eyers and Iain Buchan, you will work at close quarters with other members of the Eyers group and the University’s Civic Health Innovation Labs.

You will assume primary responsibility for co-ordinating, developing and implementing software pipelines for the analysis and integration of complex research datasets, including genomic, transcriptomic and proteomics data.

You will develop workflows to identify key information such as biomarkers from these datasets, enabling actionable insights for drug discovery. You will communicate the results of analyses effectively to a wide range of stakeholders, including clinicians, research scientists and our Industry partner.

You should have a degree or equivalent qualification, or relevant professional experience.

The post is available on a fixed term basis from 1^st April 2025 until 31^st March 2028.

Although the university has a hybrid working system, we expect that the applicant appointed to this role will work more than 60% on campus.

Commitment to Diversity

The University of Liverpool is committed to enhancing workforce diversity. We actively seek to attract, develop, and retain colleagues with diverse backgrounds and perspectives. We welcome applications from all genders/gender identities, Black, Asian, or Minority Ethnic backgrounds, individuals living with a disability, and members of the LGBTQIA+ community.

For full details and to apply online, please visit: recruit.liverpool.ac.uk

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