Bioinformatician

Cambridge Institute for Therapeutic Immunology and Infectious Disease 

We have an exciting opportunity for a Bioinformatician to work on the BRC infectious diseases theme and join Prof Ravi Gupta's group, based within the new Cambridge Institute for Therapeutic Immunology and Infectious Disease (CITIID).  

The Gupta lab has led pioneering work into SARS-CoV-2 variants and within host evolution, in addition to molecular virology. The lab has a long standing interest in HIV evolution and drug resistance.  

The work will be pursued in the Cambridge Institute for Therapeutic Immunology and Infectious Disease (CITIID). This building with state-of-the-art facilities, is housed on the Cambridge Biomedical Campus alongside the Cambridge Stem Cell Institute. 

• The role holder will have experience of using computational approaches to analyse diverse virus and bacterial genomic datasets. 
• his opportunity requires scripting ability (at least one of Perl, Python or Bash), familiarity with short and long read sequence data processing and analysis, and relevant statistical understanding, preferably within the R environment.  
• Additional duties will include providing ad hoc bioinformatics support and advice for researchers within the group. Applicants will also need working knowledge of protein folding software. 
• Applicants will be expected to work closely and interactively with colleagues in different disciplines within the lab, have good communications skills and the ability to work under pressure to meet deadlines. 

Funds for this position are available on full-time basis until 15/10/26 in the first instance. 

Informal enquiries can be sent to Prof Ravi Gupta: rkg20@cam.ac.uk 

To apply online for this vacancy and to view further information about the role, please click 'Apply' above. 

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Please quote reference **RC47901** on your application and in any correspondence about this vacancy. 

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