Bioinformatician (MDR-RA)

About the Role

This position is well-suited for a researcher with experience in bioinformatics and AI, keen to apply their expertise to advance precision medicine for rheumatoid arthritis. You will analyse multi-omics data (genomics, transcriptomics, proteomics, etc.) and medical images from patients with rheumatoid arthritis, with a focus on identifying biomarkers and developing predictive algorithms for drug resistance. This role involves collaborating with researchers at Queen Mary University of London and across a large international consortium.

About You

You will have a PhD (or be near completion) in bioinformatics, computer science, or a related field, with experience in interdisciplinary research and a strong interest in life sciences. You possess expertise in analysing large datasets, applying machine learning and AI techniques to biological data, and working with omics techniques such as transcriptomics and proteomics. You have excellent programming skills (R, Python), experience working in a UNIX/Linux environment, and the ability to effectively communicate research findings to both technical and non-technical audiences.  

About the School/Department/Institute/Project

This post is a joint appointment between The Centre for Experimental Medicine & Rheumatology (EMR) and the Digital Environment Research Institute (DERI). EMR is a leading research centre dedicated to understanding and developing novel treatments for autoimmune diseases, including rheumatoid arthritis (RA). DERI brings together world-leading researchers to drive new multi-disciplinary data science research and create innovative applications using digital technologies. EMR and DERI are a core part of the Barts NIHR Biomedical Research Centre (BRC), focused on accelerating the delivery of precision healthcare, and are also key participants in the newly awarded EU-funded MDR-RA project, a major international consortium tackling multi-drug resistance in RA through personalized medicine.

About Queen Mary

At Queen Mary University of London, we believe that a diversity of ideas helps us achieve the previously unthinkable.

Throughout our history, we’ve fostered social justice and improved lives through academic excellence. And we continue to live and breathe this spirit today, not because it’s simply ‘the right thing to do’ but for what it helps us achieve and the intellectual brilliance it delivers.

We continue to embrace diversity of thought and opinion in everything we do, in the belief that when views collide, disciplines interact, and perspectives intersect, truly original thought takes form.

Benefits

We offer competitive salaries, access to a generous pension scheme, 30 days’ leave per annum (pro-rata for part-time/fixed-term), a season ticket loan scheme and access to a comprehensive range of personal and professional development opportunities. In addition, we offer a range of work life balance and family friendly, inclusive employment policies, flexible working arrangements, and campus facilities.

Queen Mary’s commitment to our diverse and inclusive community is embedded in our appointments processes. Reasonable adjustments will be made at each stage of the recruitment process for any candidate with a disability. We are open to considering applications from candidates wishing to work flexibly.

The post is primarily based at the Charterhouse Campus (EMR) in London. It is full time (35 hours per week), fixed-term appointment for 3 years, with an expected start date in early 2025.

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