Computational Plant Biologist: Multi-Omics & AI

Ellison Institute, LLC; Oxford; Hybrid; GBP 70,000 - 100,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Salary dependent on experience +travel

Bonus

Enhanced holiday

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) in Oxford seeks a highly motivated Computational Biologist to join the Bioinformatics platform team. You will build computational tools for plant biology, working with phenotype data and multi-omic datasets to accelerate plant science research.

Ideal candidate has strong background in statistics, data analysis and visualization, and can translate complex omics data into actionable insights for research and decision making across the institute.

Qualifications

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

Responsibilities

• Collaborate with scientific teams to translate biological questions into computational approaches and develop testable hypotheses.
• Prepare multi-omics and imaging datasets for model ingestion with consistent annotation.
• Analyze and integrate omics data (transcriptomics, metabolomics, proteomics) to inform plant traits.
• Develop pipelines for image segmentation, feature extraction and phenotyping across scales (microscopy to field).
• Integrate image-derived phenotypes with omics data to link traits with molecular signatures.

Skills

Independent method development

Multi-omics integration

Computer vision applications

Scientific communication

Collaborative work with AI researchers

Education

PhD or equivalent in Computational Biology, ML, CV

Job description

The Ellison Institute of Technology (EIT) in Oxford seeks a highly motivated Computational Biologist to join the Bioinformatics platform team. You will build computational tools for plant biology, working with phenotype data and multi-omic datasets to accelerate plant science research.

Ideal candidate has strong background in statistics, data analysis and visualization, and can translate complex omics data into actionable insights for research and decision making across the institute.