Postdoctoral Data Scientist — Microbiome & Mental Health

Quadram; Norwich; Presencial; GBP 39 000 - 47 000; Tempo integral

Resumo da oferta

Quadram Institute Bioscience in Norwich invites applications for a Postdoctoral Research Scientist (Data Science) to join the Hildebrand group. You will harmonise large-scale dietary, metagenomic and metabolomic data across European cohorts and develop reproducible computational workflows.

The ideal candidate holds a PhD in bioinformatics or microbiology, with programming in Python or R and Bash. Experience with machine learning, mediation analysis and multi-omics data is desirable.

Qualificações

• PhD in Bioinformatics or related field (Essential)
• Programming skills in Python or R, Bash (Essential)
• Ability to work independently on research projects (Essential)
• Initiative, problem-solving and willingness to learn (Essential)
• Machine learning/AI knowledge and experience with multi-omics data (Desirable)

Responsabilidades

• Integrate public metagenomes and metabolomes with consortium data.
• Develop reproducible statistical workflows for longitudinal and multi-omics datasets.
• Perform mediation analysis of diet–microbiome–mental-health interactions.
• Develop AI frameworks to interrogate metagenomes and diet-microbiome-health associations.
• Support group tasks such as outreach, supervision and grant writing.
• Represent group at collaborative meetings (FlavourFerm, Nutrimind).
• Contribute to wider institute projects and committees.

Conhecimentos

Python

R

Bash

Machine learning

Mediation analysis

Statistical modelling

Metagenomics

Formação académica

PhD in Bioinformatics

Descrição da oferta de emprego

Quadram Institute Bioscience in Norwich invites applications for a Postdoctoral Research Scientist (Data Science) to join the Hildebrand group. You will harmonise large-scale dietary, metagenomic and metabolomic data across European cohorts and develop reproducible computational workflows.

The ideal candidate holds a PhD in bioinformatics or microbiology, with programming in Python or R and Bash. Experience with machine learning, mediation analysis and multi-omics data is desirable.