Bioactivity Data Curator for Drug Discovery Platform

European Bioinformatics Institute | EMBL-EBI; Cambridge; Hybrid; GBP 41,000 - 52,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Hybrid working

Private medical insurance

30 days annual leave

Relocation package

Visa support

Job summary

European Bioinformatics Institute (EMBL-EBI) is seeking a Scientist focused on data curation to ensure high-quality bioactivity and drug discovery data in the ChEMBL database. The role involves collaboration with chemo- and bioinformaticians, software engineers, and external partners on EMBL-EBI's Wellcome Genome Campus.

You will curate, annotate and map data, develop semi-automated quality controls, and contribute to training and user support while publishing outcomes in scientific journals.

Qualifications

• PhD or equivalent in biological or biomedical science.
• Excellent knowledge of pharmacology and mechanisms of drug action.
• Experience in bioactivity data curation and annotations.
• Ability to work to deadlines and in teams.
• Strong communication skills.

Responsibilities

• Curate bioactivity data in the ChEMBL database.
• Map measured bioactivity data to proteins, cell lines, etc., using ontologies.
• Collaborate with EMBL-EBI teams to integrate ChEMBL data.
• Identify new data types and annotations for community needs.
• Identify and validate potential therapeutic targets from various sources.
• Work with data depositors to format data for deposition in ChEMBL.
• Manually annotate data referencing original sources.
• Develop semi-automated data quality processes.
• Contribute to training and user support.
• Publish project outcomes in peer-reviewed articles.

Skills

Attention to detail

Communication skills

Teamwork

Independence

Data curation

Education

PhD in biological or biomedical science

Tools

Bioinformatics databases

Ontologies

SQL

FAST A

Excel

XML

OBO

Regular expressions

Job description

European Bioinformatics Institute (EMBL-EBI) is seeking a Scientist focused on data curation to ensure high-quality bioactivity and drug discovery data in the ChEMBL database. The role involves collaboration with chemo- and bioinformaticians, software engineers, and external partners on EMBL-EBI's Wellcome Genome Campus.

You will curate, annotate and map data, develop semi-automated quality controls, and contribute to training and user support while publishing outcomes in scientific journals.