Postdoc: Privacy-Preserving Nucleic-Acid Systems Designer

University of Cambridge; Cambridge; Remote; GBP 34,000 - 42,000; Full time

Job summary

The University of Cambridge invites applications for a 2-year Postdoctoral Research Associate position in Nucleic Acid Computing and Molecular Programming under Dr Gamze Gursoy. This bench-based role combines biochemistry, molecular biology and computational genomics to advance privacy-preserving molecular technologies.

The successful candidate will design, build and iteratively improve nucleic-acid systems, analyze experimental data, and collaborate across genetics, computational biology and

Qualifications

• Demonstrated experience designing and experimentally testing nucleic-acid systems beyond routine or kit-based methods.
• Ability to reason about nucleic-acid sequence, structure, recognition, and function to inform experimental design.

Responsibilities

• Design, build and validate nucleic-acid systems for programmable outputs.
• Analyse assay performance and guide iterative design improvements.
• Collaborate across biochemistry, genetics, computational biology and applied mathematics.

Skills

Experimental design

Molecular biology

Data analysis

Nucleic-acid systems

Education

PhD in biochemistry or related field

Tools

Python

R

Job description

The University of Cambridge invites applications for a 2-year Postdoctoral Research Associate position in Nucleic Acid Computing and Molecular Programming under Dr Gamze Gursoy. This bench-based role combines biochemistry, molecular biology and computational genomics to advance privacy-preserving molecular technologies.

The successful candidate will design, build and iteratively improve nucleic-acid systems, analyze experimental data, and collaborate across genetics, computational biology and