Genomic Data Scientist

About the Role

Applications are invited for a motivated and committed Genomic Data Scientist. The successful candidate will work on a Barts Charity funded project to identify genes essential for human organism development.

This position is within the PhenoGenomics Group (https://whri-phenogenomics.github.io/) in the Centre for Clinical Pharmacology and Precision Medicine (https://www.qmul.ac.uk/whri/research-centres/centre-for-clinical-pharmacology-and-precision-medicine/) under the supervision of Dr Pilar Cacheiro (https://www.qmul.ac.uk/whri/people/academic-staff/items/cacheiropilar.html).

About You

The successful candidate will have a post graduate degree and/or experience in a computational or biological discipline and will deliver the research objectives of the project grant, which focuses on identifying genetic factors contributing to miscarriage and stillbirth. The project involves the computational analysis of genomic and clinical data from the Genes & Health research study (https://www.genesandhealth.org/) within a secure research environment. This work will be done under the supervision and in close collaboration with the Principal Investigators of the project, that include Clinical Obstetricians and Gynaecologists, Computational Biologists and Genomic Scientists.

The starting salary will be Grade 5 in the range of £42,405 – £49,785 per annum (pro-rata), inclusive of London Allowance.

About the School/Department/Institute/Project

Our research focuses on the analysis and interpretation of molecular, model organism, and human genotype-phenotype associations to identify the molecular basis of Mendelian disorders and improve our understanding of gene function. The wider team comprises bioinformaticians, data scientists, statistical geneticists and computational biologists working on a wide range of projects involving the analysis of genomic and phenotypic data. The findings from this project will be integrated with data and results from other research studies conducted by the Phenogenomics Group, aiming to explore the spectrum of gene intolerance to variation and discover novel disease-gene associations.

About Queen Mary

At Queen Mary University of London, we believe that a diversity of ideas helps us achieve the previously unthinkable.

Throughout our history, we’ve fostered social justice and improved lives through academic excellence. And we continue to live and breathe this spirit today, not because it’s simply ‘the right thing to do’ but for what it helps us achieve and the intellectual brilliance it delivers.

We continue to embrace diversity of thought and opinion in everything we do, in the belief that when views collide, disciplines interact, and perspectives intersect, truly original thought takes form.

Benefits

We offer competitive salaries, access to a generous pension scheme, 30 days’ leave per annum (pro-rata for part-time/fixed-term), a season ticket loan scheme and access to a comprehensive range of personal and professional development opportunities. In addition, we offer a range of work life balance and family friendly, inclusive employment policies, flexible working arrangements, and campus facilities.

Queen Mary’s commitment to our diverse and inclusive community is embedded in our appointments processes. Reasonable adjustments will be made at each stage of the recruitment process for any candidate with a disability. We are open to considering applications from candidates wishing to work flexibly.

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