Senior Bioinformatician in Evolutionary Genomics - London, United Kingdom - UCL Eastman Dental Institute

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About the role

To provide bioinformatics and statistical expertise for a NERC funded project on the evolutionary genomics of insect life-histories. Your role will be to conduct comparative phylogenomic analyses of chromosome-level genomes, chosen from across the phylogeny of wasps to identify genomic changes associated with key life-history traits. You will work closely with an experienced postdoc on statistical methods to analyse phenotypic and genomic data within an evolutionary context.

Salary is Grade 7, Spine Point 30 per annum.

Interview Date(s) will be late April .

This role is an open-ended contract with a funding end date of 31/12/ in the first instance.

This appointment is subject to UCL Terms and Conditions of Service for Academic Staff. Please visit A job description and person specification can be accessed at the bottom of this page.

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About you

To provide bioinformatics and statistical expertise for a NERC funded project on the evolutionary genomics of insect life-histories. Your role will be to conduct comparative phylogenomic analyses of chromosome-level genomes, chosen from across the phylogeny of wasps to identify genomic changes associated with key life-history traits. You will work closely with an experienced postdoc on statistical methods to analyse phenotypic and genomic data within an evolutionary context.

What we offer

As well as the exciting opportunities this role presents, we also offer some great benefits some of which are below: