PhD Bioinformatician

With a strong background in sequence-based bioinformatics, you'll have the opportunity to make a meaningful impact on cutting-edge projects.
software development, database maintenance and report generation.
Identify appropriate reference sources for sequences, for example public sources such as GISAID and NCBI databases.
Interrogate sequence data to design new diagnostic assays, applying assay team lead rules to shortlist targets for experimental testing.
Be confident using python and Jupyter Lab books as a working and application development environment along with GIT as a version control system.
Relevant experience in bioinformatics with a strong knowledge of microbial genomics.
Familiarity with sequencing data (Sanger and NGS) and standard bioinformatics tools (alignment, variant calling, assembly etc.)
Experience in data manipulation and analysis of large genomic datasets.
Knowledge and competence in Python, Docker, Git, Linux, MySQL or similar software development tool.
Knowledge of nucleic acid amplification and detection chemistries.
The company mission is to make transformative, quality diagnostic technologies accessible to everyone, so that diseases can be detected and treated earlier.