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Job Title: Bioinformatician
Location: Edinburgh (Hybrid 2-3 Days On-site)
Salary: £40,000 - 60,000 D.O.E
Our client is seeking a talented bioinformatician to join their dynamic team in Edinburgh. This hybrid role requires the candidate to be based in, or willing to relocate to, Edinburgh.
Key Responsibilities:
- Develop and implement novel pipelines for single-cell and spatial transcriptomic data analysis.
- Assist in constructing and maintaining internal databases.
- Collaborate closely with the Bioinformatics team to advance our target discovery platform.
- Engage extensively with colleagues at our Cambridge R&D site.
Responsibilities Include:
- Running single-cell and single-nuclei RNA-seq analytical pipelines to identify therapeutic targets.
- Establishing spatial transcriptomic analysis pipelines.
- Keeping abreast of the latest methodologies in single-cell genomics.
- Working collaboratively with the scientific team and external partners.
- Effectively communicating and presenting data to various audiences.
- Maintaining accurate electronic records and code repositories.
- Contributing to the development of the drug discovery platform.
Experience and Requirements:
Essential:
- PhD or Masters in a relevant scientific discipline, or equivalent industry experience.
- Proficiency in single-cell transcriptome/genome data analysis.
- Experience in analysing and interpreting large datasets.
- Competence in statistical (e.g., R) and programming (e.g., Python, Java) languages.
- Strong analytical and statistical skills.
- Excellent communication skills in English.
- Good interpersonal and time management skills.
- Ability to work independently and troubleshoot new techniques.
- Ambition to contribute to a transformative company.
Desirable:
- Experience with 10x Genomics Chromium single-cell or single-nuclei transcriptomics data.
- Experience with 10x Genomics Xenium or VisiumHD spatial transcriptomics data.
- Experience in pipeline construction and implementation with Nextflow.
- Interest in machine learning applications in bioinformatics.
In Technology Group Ltd is acting as an Employment Agency in relation to this vacancy.
