Postdoc: Protist Genomics & Single-Cell Assembly

Earlham Institute; United Kingdom; Remote; GBP 39,000 - 47,000; Full time

Job summary

The Earlham Institute invites applications for a Postdoctoral Research Scientist (Bioinformatics) to lead the computational core of Protist Genomics. Based on the Norwich Research Park, you will tackle assembly, decontamination, and annotation across protist species, collaborating with international partners and contributing to high-impact publications.

Applicants should hold a PhD in a relevant field and have extensive experience with long-read data, genome analysis and reproducible workflows.

Qualifications

• PhD in bioinformatics, computational biology, genomics, evolutionary biology or closely related discipline.
• Experience analysing large-scale next-generation sequencing datasets and de novo genome assembly using long-read data (PacBio HiFi and/or Oxford Nanopore).
• Proficiency in at least one bioinformatics programming language.
• Experience working in a Linux/HPC environment.
• Experience in genome or transcriptome analysis and reproducible research with version control and workflow management.

Responsibilities

• Develop expertise in advanced genome and transcriptome assembly approaches.
• Work on complex long-read and single-cell sequencing datasets.
• Contribute to development of new computational methods rather than routine analysis.
• Develop research software engineering skills, including workflow development, packaging and containerisation.
• Create and maintain reproducible bioinformatics workflows using platforms such as Galaxy and WorkflowHub.
• Collaborate with internal and external partners across the consortium.
• Lead or contribute significantly to project outputs.
• Publish research findings and present at national and international conferences.
• Participate in workshops, hackathons and community training activities.
• Support the supervision and development of students where appropriate.

Skills

Bioinformatics

Linux HPC

Programming

Genome assembly

Workflow development

Version control

Single-cell genomics

Containerisation

Education

PhD in bioinformatics or related field

Tools

PacBio HiFi

Oxford Nanopore

Job description

The Earlham Institute invites applications for a Postdoctoral Research Scientist (Bioinformatics) to lead the computational core of Protist Genomics. Based on the Norwich Research Park, you will tackle assembly, decontamination, and annotation across protist species, collaborating with international partners and contributing to high-impact publications.

Applicants should hold a PhD in a relevant field and have extensive experience with long-read data, genome analysis and reproducible workflows.