Computational Biologist — Plant Genomics & AI

Ellison Institute Of Technology; Oxford; On-site; GBP 75,000 - 110,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Salary dependent on experience

Travel allowance

Pension

Life Assurance

Income Protection

Private Medical Insurance

Hospital Cash Plan

Therapy Services

Perk Box

Electric Car Scheme

Childcare benefit

Job summary

The Ellison Institute of Technology (EIT) Oxford seeks a highly motivated Computational Biologist to join the Bioinformatics platform team. You will build robust data analysis pipelines, develop visualization tools, and prepare inputs for agentic workflows to accelerate plant science research.

You will work at the intersection of multi-omics analysis and software development, collaborating with bioinformaticians, researchers and AI engineers to deliver enterprise‑level analytical approaches that

Qualifications

• PhD or equivalent in Computational Biology, ML, CV or related field.
• Demonstrated ability to develop and deploy computational methods addressing biological questions.
• Experience with two or more omics types and multi-omics integration.
• Experience applying computer vision to biological datasets.
• Ability to communicate findings clearly and collaborate with scientists and engineers.

Responsibilities

• Collaborate with scientific teams to translate questions into computational approaches.
• Prepare multi-omics and imaging datasets with consistent annotation.
• Integrate omics data to inform plant trait engineering strategies.
• Develop pipelines for image segmentation, feature extraction and phenotyping.
• Link image-derived phenotypes with molecular signatures to generate insights.

Skills

Multi-omics integration

Machine Learning

Statistical analysis

Data visualization

Communication

Python

Education

PhD or equivalent in Computational Biology or related

Tools

R

Python

ImageJ

Job description

The Ellison Institute of Technology (EIT) Oxford seeks a highly motivated Computational Biologist to join the Bioinformatics platform team. You will build robust data analysis pipelines, develop visualization tools, and prepare inputs for agentic workflows to accelerate plant science research.

You will work at the intersection of multi-omics analysis and software development, collaborating with bioinformaticians, researchers and AI engineers to deliver enterprise‑level analytical approaches that