ChEMBL Bioactivity Data Curator

1000 European Molecular Biology Laboratory; Hinxton; Hybrid; GBP 41,000 - 55,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Hybrid working patterns

Private medical insurance for you and 

Relocation package

Job summary

EMBL-EBI, located on the Wellcome Genome Campus in Cambridgeshire, seeks a Scientist to curate bioactivity data for the ChEMBL database. You will work with bioinformaticians, chemoinformaticians and software engineers to deliver high-quality data across resources.

You will map bioactivity data to biological entities, collaborate with teams, and develop semi-automated processes for data quality. A PhD in biology/biomed science is required.

Qualifications

• PhD (or equivalent) in a biological or biomedical science.
• Experience in biological data curation and knowledge of bioinformatics databases.
• Knowledge of pharmacology, targets and mechanisms of drug action.
• Familiarity with file formats and regular expressions.

Responsibilities

• Curate bioactivity data in the ChEMBL database to ensure high quality data.
• Map measured bioactivity data to proteins, cell-lines, etc., using ontologies.
• Collaborate with EMBL-EBI teams to integrate ChEMBL data across resources.
• Identify new data types and annotations to meet community needs.
• Assess potential drug targets from diverse sources.
• Help data depositors format and curate data per deposition standards.
• Annotate data against original sources like literature and company pipelines.
• Develop semi-automated processes to identify and correct data errors.
• Contribute to training and user support and publish outcomes.

Skills

Attention to detail

Communication skills

Teamwork

Open mindset

Professional outlook

Inclusivity

Bioinformatics knowledge

Data curation experience

Regular expressions

Education

PhD or equivalent in biology/biomedical science

Tools

FASTA

Excel

XML

OBO

SQL

Job description

EMBL-EBI, located on the Wellcome Genome Campus in Cambridgeshire, seeks a Scientist to curate bioactivity data for the ChEMBL database. You will work with bioinformaticians, chemoinformaticians and software engineers to deliver high-quality data across resources.

You will map bioactivity data to biological entities, collaborate with teams, and develop semi-automated processes for data quality. A PhD in biology/biomed science is required.