Computation Biology Support/research Fellow - Edinburgh, United Kingdom - University of Edinburgh

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UE07 £36,333 - £43,155 Per Annum

College of Medicine and Veterinary Medicine / Royal (Dick) School of Veterinary Medicine / The Roslin Institute

Full time, 35 hours per week

Fixed term contract, until 31 st
March 2025 in the first instance

2 posts available


We are looking for two Computational Biology Analysts/Research Fellows to join the Roslin Institute and to contribute to the successful execution of projects across the full range of the Institute's research portfolio.

The post will be based in the Division of Genome Biology as part of Dr Andy Law's group but will interact with scientists across the entire Institute.


The Opportunity:


The Roslin Institute has a wide-ranging research remit, including developmental biology, animal and plant breeding, genetics, genomics and the pathology of and resistance to infectious diseases both within the UK and world-wide.

There are extensive collaborations with scientists working on problems of direct relevance to Low
- and Middle-Income Countries. As part of the University of Edinburgh's Royal (Dick) School of Veterinary Studies, there is also a strong clinically-focussed strand of research.


This is an opportunity for an experienced bioinformatician to contribute to a large number of important research projects within the School and wider afield.


Your skills and attributes for success:

  • Expertise in multiple methods of sequence analysis and/or other bioinformatics methodologies. Single cell/single nucleus sequence analysis experience is desirable
  • Experience of workflow managers e.g. nextflow or snakemake
  • Selforganising and capable of switching seamlessly between multiple projects
  • Personable nature, able to interact with colleagues regardless of their roles or level of experience

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As a valued member of our team you can expect:
An exciting, positive, creative, challenging and rewarding place to work. We give you support, nurture your talent and reward success.

You will benefit from a competitive reward package and a wide range of staff benefits, which includes a generous holiday entitlement, a defined benefits
pension scheme ,
staff discounts, family friendly initiatives
, flexible working and much more.

Access our staff benefits page
for further information and use our reward calculator **to find out the total value of pay and benefits provided.


The University of Edinburgh holds a Silver Athena SWAN award in recognition of our commitment to advance gender equality in higher education.

We are members of the Race Equality Charter and we are also Stonewall Scotland Diversity Champions, actively promoting LGBT equality.

If invited for interview you will be required to evidence your right to work in the UK. Further information is available on our
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