2.5 year postdoc based in Norwich UK (or until 30th September 2022)
https://quadram.ac.uk/vacancies/research-scientist-genomic-epidemiology-microbial-genomics/

Background:

The post holder will join a fun, international and supportive group of bioinformaticians, microbiologists, epidemiologists and molecular ecologists. We work to understand the evolution, origins and transmission of bacteria between different host populations, with a focus on bacteria that are resistant to antimicrobial drugs. We work with many external collaborators, including the Food Standards Agency and public health laboratories (both animal and human) in the UK and abroad.

This position will entail working on microbial genomes obtained from across the One Health spectrum (humans, food, animals, the environment) to address key questions such as the relative contribution from different sources to the AMR and pathogen burden in humans. This will be achieved using a combination of approaches, including short-and long-read whole genome sequencing, bioinformatics analyses of large datasets and statistical/epidemiological analyses.

The role:

The successful post holder will analyse and interpret existing large collections of microbial whole-genome sequence data from Illumina and Oxford Nanopore MinION technologies using various bioinformatics approaches to address the project aims. The post holder will occasionally present research findings at project meetings, scientific conferences and outreach/training events. There is scope to develop new projects within the team and collaborate with other groups (including a dedicated team of bioinformaticians) as well - creativity is welcome!

Additional information:

Salary on appointment will be within the range £31,625 to £38,575 per annum depending on qualifications and experience.

This is a full time contract for 2.5 years, or until 30th September 2022.

For further information and details of how to apply, please visit our web site https://jobs.quadram.ac.uk or contact the Human Resources team on 01603 450462 or nbi.recruitment@nbi.ac.uk quoting reference 1003832.

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