Bioinformatician - Spatial Transcriptomics Research (COPD/CF)

The University of Glasgow; Glasgow; On-site; GBP 35,000 - 47,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Flexible working

Health and wellbeing packages

Pension schemes

Job summary

The University of Glasgow is seeking a skilled bioinformatician to provide high-quality informatics support to the Gray Lab within the School of Infection and Immunity. You will perform robust statistical analyses, develop and maintain software pipelines, manage data, and contribute to COPD and Cystic Fibrosis projects using spatial transcriptomics and single-cell RNA sequencing.

You will collaborate with bioinformaticians and researchers, publish results, supervise and mentor students, and

Qualifications

• Honours Degree in bioinformatics, computational biology, computer science or mathematics, or equivalent.
• Publications in appropriate international journals showing transcriptomic data application.
• Ability to program and develop data analysis pipelines using Python.

Responsibilities

• Support research objectives in collaboration with bioinformaticians and researchers.
• Perform competitive research in genomics data analysis.
• Provide analytical expertise and develop pipelines for sequencing data.
• Develop computational approaches for spatial transcriptomics/proteomics data.
• Provide training and advice in data analysis.
• Collaborate externally and present research at conferences.

Skills

Excellent data analysis skills

Excellent communication skills

Excellent interpersonal and presenting

Time, project and budget management

Write software for research projects

Work independently and in a team

Supervisory initiative

Explain complex information clearly

Experience with spatial transcript om

Education

Honours Degree in bioinformatics/computational biology/computer science/mmath

Publications in international journals

Programming in Python

Tools

Python

Job description

The University of Glasgow is seeking a skilled bioinformatician to provide high-quality informatics support to the Gray Lab within the School of Infection and Immunity. You will perform robust statistical analyses, develop and maintain software pipelines, manage data, and contribute to COPD and Cystic Fibrosis projects using spatial transcriptomics and single-cell RNA sequencing.

You will collaborate with bioinformaticians and researchers, publish results, supervise and mentor students, and