Senior Bioinformatician: Biodiversity Cell Atlas (Hybrid)

Wellcome Sanger Institute; Hinxton; Hybrid; GBP 35,000 - 50,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading research organization in the UK is seeking a candidate to contribute to the study of cell type diversity through large-scale single-cell transcriptomics analysis. The role requires a postgraduate qualification in Bioinformatics or a related field, with proficiency in data analysis and scripting languages like Python. Candidates should be experienced in Unix/Linux environments and genomics pipelines. This is an exciting opportunity to be part of a pioneering initiative in evolutionary genomics, offering a hybrid working model and a commitment to diversity and inclusion.

Benefits

Award-winning employee wellbeing strategy

Hybrid working arrangement

Responsibilities

• Analyse single-cell transcriptomics datasets from diverse species.
• Perform quality-control assessments of new data.
• Co-develop and refine computational pipelines.

Skills

Single-cell data analysis

Unix/Linux and shell scripting

Scripting languages (Python or Perl)

High-throughput data analysis

Genomics pipelines in Nextflow

Education

Postgraduate qualification in Bioinformatics

Job description

A leading research organization in the UK is seeking a candidate to contribute to the study of cell type diversity through large-scale single-cell transcriptomics analysis. The role requires a postgraduate qualification in Bioinformatics or a related field, with proficiency in data analysis and scripting languages like Python. Candidates should be experienced in Unix/Linux environments and genomics pipelines. This is an exciting opportunity to be part of a pioneering initiative in evolutionary genomics, offering a hybrid working model and a commitment to diversity and inclusion.