Postdoc Data Scientist: Microbiome & Health Analytics

QIB - Quadram Institute Bioscience; Norwich; Sur place; GBP 39 000 - 47 000; Plein temps

Résumé du poste

Quadram Institute Bioscience in Norwich invites applications for a Postdoctoral Research Scientist (Data Science) to integrate large-scale cohort data, including dietary, microbiome, metabolomics and mental-health measures. You will build reproducible analysis workflows and apply machine-learning models across >20 European cohorts.

The role involves collaboration with Hildebrand and Traka groups, international travel, and potential project extensions, with salary £39,000–£46,500 per year.

Qualifications

• PhD (or equivalent) in bioinformatics or related field.
• Experience with microbiome data analysis, numerical ecology, neuroscience, machine learning, statistical modelling, mediation analysis, metabolomics preferred.
• Programming in R or Python or comparable languages is important.

Responsabilités

• Harmonise heterogeneous dietary, microbiome, metabolomic and mental-health datasets.
• Develop reproducible statistical analysis workflows for longitudinal and multi-omics datasets.
• Conduct causal-inference analyses to understand gut microbiome roles.
• Apply validated machine-learning models to develop health predictions across cohorts.

Connaissances

R

Python

Machine learning

Neuroscience

Formation

PhD in bioinformatics or related field

Outils

R

Python

scikit-learn

metagenomics analysis pipelines

Description du poste

Quadram Institute Bioscience in Norwich invites applications for a Postdoctoral Research Scientist (Data Science) to integrate large-scale cohort data, including dietary, microbiome, metabolomics and mental-health measures. You will build reproducible analysis workflows and apply machine-learning models across >20 European cohorts.

The role involves collaboration with Hildebrand and Traka groups, international travel, and potential project extensions, with salary £39,000–£46,500 per year.