Postdoc, Protist Genomics & Computational Biology

Earlham Institute; England; On-site; GBP 38,000 - 52,000; Full time

Job summary

The Earlham Institute seeks a postdoctoral computational biologist to lead the computational core of a three-year international protist omics project. You will oversee quality control, assembly, decontamination and annotation across aims, with a focus on long-read and single-cell genome/transcriptome assembly.

You will develop novel computational methods, work with Galaxy/WorkflowHub, and collaborate with consortium partners.

Qualifications

• PhD in bioinformatics or closely related field.
• Experience analysing large-scale NGS datasets and de novo genome assembly using long-read data (PacBio HiFi / ONT).
• Proficiency in at least one bioinformatics programming language and Linux/HPC environment.

Responsibilities

• Lead computational core of the project: QC, assembly, decontamination and co-biont separation, and annotation across aims.
• Develop advanced genome/transcriptome assembly methods for long-read and single-cell data.
• Diagnose tool limitations and develop replacements.
• Create reproducible workflows with Galaxy/WorkflowHub and containerisation.
• Collaborate with internal/external partners and contribute to outputs.

Skills

Bioinformatics

Long-read genome assembly

Single-cell genomics

Linux/HPC

Workflow development

Version control

Programming (Python/R)

Education

PhD in bioinformatics or related discipline

Tools

Galaxy

WorkflowHub

Containerisation (Docker/Singularity)

Job description

The Earlham Institute seeks a postdoctoral computational biologist to lead the computational core of a three-year international protist omics project. You will oversee quality control, assembly, decontamination and annotation across aims, with a focus on long-read and single-cell genome/transcriptome assembly.

You will develop novel computational methods, work with Galaxy/WorkflowHub, and collaborate with consortium partners.