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Senior Bioinformatician - Evolutionary Genomics
Do you want to help us improve human health and understand life on Earth? Make your mark by shaping the future to enable or deliver life-changing science to solve some of humanity's greatest challenges.
The Wellcome Sanger Institute is seeking a Senior Bioinformatician to join the Tree of Life Programme on a 3-year fixed-term contract. This is an exciting opportunity to work at the forefront of biodiversity genomics, contributing to ground-breaking research on species evolution and genetic exchange.
About the Role:
As a Senior Bioinformatician, you will play a pivotal role in developing innovative methods to assess rates of gene exchange across different lineages, and test if lineages with higher speciation rates are more likely to show more gene exchange or between more distant relatives than slower speciating lineages. Your key study system will be ithomiini butterflies, a group known for its diverse speciation rates. However, you will also support projects involving beetles, peacock spiders, and Heliconius butterflies.
There is significant scope for exploring other evolutionary genomic aspects such as chromosomal rearrangements, gene family expansions, and genetic diversity using these genomes. The exact projects the candidate would contribute to will be discussed and decided together.
Depending on your preferences, this role could either focus on supporting existing projects without leading your own, or it could take a postdoc-like approach where you drive independent research and take responsibility for writing manuscripts. Regardless of the direction, collaboration and teamwork will be key to your success.
About You:
We are looking for a highly motivated bioinformatician with strong skills in population genomics and/or comparative genomics. You should have experience working with genomic datasets and possess the ability to design and interpret complex statistical analyses.
A collaborative mindset, keen problem-solving abilities, and attention to detail will be critical to succeed in this role.
Essential Technical Skills:
- PhD qualification or equivalent working experience in bioinformatics
- Ability to design, perform and interpret statistical analysis
- Experience with working on a compute cluster
- Experience with testing for hybridisation
- Experience with handling genomic datasets
Essential Competencies and Behaviours:
- Strong communication skills and the ability to work effectively in a multidisciplinary team.
- Capable of working independently while also thriving in a collaborative environment.
- Excellent problem-solving abilities and a keen eye for detail.
- Passion for learning and contributing to scientific ideas.
About Us:
The Wellcome Sanger Institute is a world-renowned centre for genomics research. Within the Tree of Life Programme, we focus on biodiversity genomics. Our group, led by Joana Meier, focuses on understanding why some lineages diversify rapidly into many species. The team is composed of 4 postdocs and 3 PhD students. We have a very friendly and collaborative atmosphere.
We generate reference genomes and resequencing datasets for nearly all species within these lineages. Additionally, the Tree of Life Programme leads large-scale projects like the Darwin Tree of Life, aiming to sequence the genomes of 70,000 British eukaryotes, and Project Psyche, targeting 10,000 European Lepidoptera.
Other information
Please submit your CV and a cover letter detailing how your skills and experience align with the criteria above.
Salary: £44,905 - £52,500 Role profile
Closing Date: 17th October 2024
Contract Type: 3 years core funding
Hybrid Working at Wellcome Sanger:
We recognise that there are many benefits to Hybrid Working; including an improved work-life balance, with more focused time, as well as the ability to organise working time so that collaborative opportunities and team discussions are facilitated on campus. The hybrid working arrangement will vary for different roles and teams. The nature of your role and the type of work you do will determine if a hybrid working arrangement is possible.
Equality, Diversity and Inclusion:
We aim to attract, recruit, retain and develop talent from the widest possible talent pool, thereby gaining insight and access to different markets to generate a greater impact on the world. We have a supportive culture with the following staff networks, LGBTQ+, Parents and Carers, Disability and Race Equity to bring people together to share experiences, offer specific support and development opportunities and raise awareness. The networks are also a place for allies to provide support to others.
We want our people to be whoever they want to be because we believe people who bring their best selves to work, do their best work. That's why we're committed to creating a truly inclusive culture at Sanger Institute. We will consider all individuals without discrimination and are committed to creating an inclusive environment for all employees, where everyone can thrive.
Our Benefits:
We are proud to deliver an awarding campus-wide employee wellbeing strategy and programme. The importance of good health and adopting a healthier lifestyle and the commitment to reduce work-related stress is strongly acknowledged and recognised at Sanger Institute.
Sanger Institute became a signatory of the International Technician Commitment initiative In March 2018. The Technician Commitment aims to empower and ensure visibility, recognition, career development and sustainability for technicians working in higher education and research, across all disciplines.
