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- London
Ansök senast: 2024-11-15
Senior Bioinformatician
We are a team of problem solvers who take pride in being able to consider the details and the big picture equally. We are able to adapt to different timelines support requests from crossfunctional teams as well as drive our research agenda forward through strategic partnerships external collaborations. Our team is innovative driven and passionate about ZOEs mission to improve the health of millions. Come join us!
About the role
Were looking for an experienced data fluent impact oriented Senior Bioinformatician with a good working knowledge of gut microbiome human nutrition epidemiology and dietary assessment to be part of our ZOE Science research group.
Reporting to the Head of Nutrition Science Research youll be a key part of the science team shaping our research agenda. Youll have the opportunity to design run new groundbreaking studies with our academic collaborators from world class universities with a special focus on the interplay between diet lifestyle the gut microbiome.
Youll benefit from working with a team of incredible scientists that lead research in the field of nutrition health the outcomes of which are published in highimpact journals such as Nature Medicine.
Responsibilities
- Lead the design of research studies conduct analysis and writeup data from trials investigating the interplay between diet lifestyle and the gut microbiome
- Proposing analysing research questions to investigate associations with the gut microbiome using data from the ZOE research platforms
- Curation of datasets from ZOE research studies including data from observational cohorts (PREDICT studies) and randomised controlled trials
- Advance ZOE science by leading highimpact collaborations with research partners
- Work with ZOE product and technology teams to build and implement microbiome related product features based on our latest scientific research (e.g. implementation of MetaPhlAn HUMAnN pipelines and any new product features relating to gut microbiome diet and health)
- Communicate our scientific findings across ZOE teams (product technology marketing customer service operations academic partners) with a special focus on advancing our inhouse microbiome knowledge
- Contribute to the dissemination of research through highimpact publications and public engagement activities
- Coach junior team members on scientific analysis methods
Essential criteria
- PhD awarded in bioinformatics biostatistics nutrition epidemiology or other related quantitative discipline with at least 23 years postdoctoral research experience
- Demonstrable record of publications in peerreviewed conference proceedings/ scientific journals
- Statistical analysis skills relevant for analysing data collected from large observational cohorts and randomised controlled trials including expertise in using statistical software (e.g. R Python SAS SPSS) and data platforms (e.g. SQL dbt BigQuery)
- Ability to take ownership and project manage studies/ lead team initiatives to preagreed deadlines and budgets
- Ability to communicate effectively at all levels in a complex multidisciplinary environment with the ability to produce concise verbal and written reports
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