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Statisticians for Plant and Crop Sciences

Biomathematics and Statistics Scotland

Location: Dundee
Salary: £33,595
Hours: Full Time
Contract Type: Permanent
Placed On: 3rd October 2023
Closes: 8th November 2023

BioSS (Biomathematics and Statistics Scotland) is seeking to appoint two motivated and innovative statisticians to work in the critical and expanding application area of Plant and Crop Sciences. The posts represent an excellent long-term career opportunity for a suitably qualified statisticians, offering a stimulating mix of work including: collaboration with plant and crop scientists at leading UK research institutions; interactions with other quantitative experts within and beyond BioSS; a generous time allocation within which to develop your own area of quantitative methodological research; and the opportunity to advance your career in BioSS as we grow our strengths as a centre of quantitative applied research and consultancy. These positions will be based at our site near Dundee (the James Hutton Institute, Invergowrie) and we fully support hybrid working.

Different skills sets would fit the remit of the posts, any of which would be desirable. 

For example, for post one experience in:

  • statistical genetics relevant to plant and crop genetics and breeding, such as linkage analysis, QTL mapping, genome-wide association studies or genomic prediction;
  • sequence analysis, genomics and genome assembly;
  • phylogenetics;
  • haplotype construction from next generation sequencing data especially for polyploids.

For post two experience in:

  • addressing challenges in experimental design when generating multi-phase, highly multivariate data;
  • advanced mixed models with variance structures;
  • use of empirical spatial or spatio-temporal statistical models;
  • latent variable analysis

Potential applicants are encouraged to contact Iain McKendrick (iain.mckendrick@bioss.ac.uk) or Katharine Preedy (katharine.preedy@bioss.ac.uk) to discuss this position.

More information on the detail of the posts and how to apply can be found on our website via the ‘Apply’ button above.

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