Senior Bioinformatician - Virus Genomics

Salary range from £29,750 to £37,525 per annum dependent on experience plus excellent benefits.

A position is available within this group for a Senior Bioinformatician for the ICONIC project.

The ICONIC project aims to develop the tools for whole viral genome sequencing, and demonstrate utility for stratified medicine and infection control. ICONIC is one of three flagship Health Innovation Challenge Fund (HICF) projects on genomics and Infectious Diseases funded by the Wellcome Trust and Department of Health.

The postholder wlll be responsible for developing optimal tools to interrogate next generation sequence data generated from clinical samples of medical importance (including HIV, influenza, HCV and norovirus).

Essential Skills

• PhD in a relevant subject
• Degree in Bioinformatics/Computational Biology or equivalent
• Significant experience of research in infectious diseases
• Experience of dealing with large gene sequence datasets and familiarity with software packages for developing phylodynamic outputs.
• Experience using Unix/Linux operating systems
• Competent Perl, Python, Ruby, or Java programmer
• Attention to detail
• Good at problem solving
• Ability to effectively communicate at all levels, with appropriate formal or informal presentations
• Ability to develop and maintain good working relationships both within and outside a team
• Ability to work effectively within a team, contributing to discussions and disseminating knowledge and information
• Ability to train or instruct colleagues

Other information
The Wellcome Trust Sanger Institute (WTSI) is a world leader in genomic research, with an expanding scientific programme dedicated to understanding gene function in health & disease. The WTSI's Virus Genomics group, led by Professor Paul Kellam, researches host and virus interaction, investigating virus and host genome variation and is involved in large scale sequencing projects of viruses of importance to human health, such as influenza, HIV and herpes viruses. We collaborate extensively with research groups worldwide to generate comprehensive cohorts of patient samples for large scale analyses.

This post is funded for three years, in the first instance.

Benefits: The Institute has excellent purpose built facilities on the Genome Campus, Hinxton on the outskirts of Cambridge. We offer a comprehensive range of benefits including a final salary pension scheme and excellent on-site facilities. Further details can be found on our website; http://jobs.sanger.ac.uk,

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Closing Date: 21st May 2013
Ref: 81450
Location: Cambridgeshire
Hours: Full-Time
Contract Type: Contract