Bioinformatics Research Fellow

3 weeks ago


Edinburgh, United Kingdom University of Edinburgh Full time

**Grade UE07**:£35,333-£42,155 per annum**

**CMVM / Roslin Institute**

**Full-time: 35 hours per week**

**Fixed-term: for 36 months**

The Prendergast group at the Roslin Institute is looking for a Bioinformatics research fellow to join our team to study the genetic control of livestock gene regulation.

**The Opportunity**:
Using various forms of omics data they will train machine learning models to predict regulatory states in mammalian genomes and use these models to gain insights into how genetic variants impact livestock phenotypes. The researcher will benefit from being part of a wider group of bioinformaticians and will be provided with a range of relevant resources, from unique omics datasets to high performance computing infrastructure.

**Your skills and attributes for success**:
Essential skills:

- PhD, or MSc and equivalent relevant experience, in a relevant quantitative discipline (e.g. Bioinformatics, Computer science, Genetics/Genomics, Computational Biology or Data science).
- Experience with analysing “omics” data.
- Experience programming in a high-level scripting language (R or Python).
- Proficiency in Linux/Unix operating systems.
- Experience of planning and executing research projects and complex integrative analysis of large datasets.

Desired skills:

- Experiencing with workflow languages e.g. Nextflow, Snakemake.
- Machine learning experience in R or Python is desirable.

**Click to view a copy of the full **job description **.**

**As a valued member of our team you can expect**:
An exciting, positive, creative, challenging and rewarding place to work. We give you support, nurture your talent and reward success. You will benefit from a competitive reward package and a wide range of staff benefits, which includes a generous holiday entitlement, a defined benefits **pension scheme **, **staff discounts, **family friendly initiatives **, flexible working and much more. Access our **staff benefits page **for further information and use our **reward calculator **to find out the total value of pay and benefits provided.

The University of Edinburgh holds a Silver Athena SWAN award in recognition of our commitment to advance gender equality in higher education. We are members of the Race Equality Charter and we are also Stonewall Scotland Diversity Champions, actively promoting LGBT equality.

Interviews will be held approximately two weeks following the vacancy closing date.

If invited for interview you will be required to evidence your right to work in the UK. Further information is available on our **right to work **webpages.



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