Lead Computational Biologist/bioinformatician - London, United Kingdom - Resurrect Bio Ltd

Description

About Resurrect Bio

Resurrect Bio is a plant biotech start-up based in central London, and a spin-out of the top research institute The Sainsbury Laboratory, Norwich.

We find ways to use gene editing to make crops resistant to diseases.

We do this by finding out how pathogens overcome the immune system of the plant, and then figure out how to use gene editing to make it resistant again - in other words, we Resurrect the defeated immune system of crops.

What?

We are recruiting for a full-time Lead Computational Biologist to work on Machine Learning, Bioinformatics, protein structure and protein-ligand interaction prediction, and helping automate wet lab workflows, i.e.

controlling robots (no wet lab experience required).


Where?:

• Hybrid position, or full time in White City in West London (your choice)
• Lab space is brand new (currently being built) and part of a building full of exciting startups and amazing people

When?
Starting between late February and late April 2023.


How long?
The post is a "permanent" position but there will be a 6 month probationary period.


Role & Responsibilities:

• Overall to work as part of a team to carry out our product discovery: using our proprietary discovery pipeline to finding how pathogens overcome the immune system of important crop plants, and discovering ways to use gene editing to improve the plant immune system
• Develop your own machine learning tools and other proprietary computational tools for speeding up our plant disease resistance gene discovery and resurrection pipeline
• To work with others to automate our wet lab workflow
• Occasionally trying out some wet lab work to test some of your tools and workflows
• To assist the wet lab team by designing DNA constructs for gene synthesis/cloning
• Product testing (testing if the changes we make to key proteins in the immune system of crops will lead to resistance to disease)
• Planning and designing experiments
• Assisting with data analysis, presentation and interpretation
• Working 35 hours a week, usually 5 days per week
• Guiding other team members

Opportunities:

• To be part of an innovative team tackling one of the word's biggest problems and to make a real world impact on the life of farmers across the world
• To gain new skills if you lack any mentioned below, such as some wet lab experience or experimenting with machine learning
• Contribute to ground breaking discovery research which we will use to transform plant biotechnology
• Publish scientific articles
• Tailored personal growth opportunities
• Join our team of leading academic discovery and industry scientists
• Networking via attending national and international conferences
• Engage in fundraising activities

Remuneration (
total compensation package of up to >£100,000)**:
Fresh bioinformatics PhD graduates with no machine learning experience ~£45,000

PhD + 5 years of experience including machine learning/AI experience £75,000
- £5000-£18,000 share options granted per year, for 3 years, depending on experience

• 10% annual bonus for hitting targets
• 25 days (plus bank holidays)
• Pension plan
• Other personalised benefits, such as Visa and NHS Surcharge Reimbursement where applicable

Qualifications/Experience:

A PhD in bioinformatics/machine learning or equivalent technical experience


Skills:

• Bioinformatics experience, especially mining genomes essential
• Proficient in Python and/or R essential
• Knowledge of a second complimentary coding language highly desirable
• Machine Learning experience desirable

NO EXPERIENCE OR KNOWLEDGE OF PLANT SCIENCE IS REQUIRED.
We want Resurrect Bio to be a great place to work for all kinds of people.

We will carry out a hiring process with equal opportunities as the priority and have a focus on eliminating unconscious bias.

• Please note that we will retain your details and contact you again in the future if we have any suitable positions. If you would rather not be contacted, please let us know._
• Resurrect Bio Ltd. may make changes to this advert/form, especially when silly errors have been made._

Job Types:
Full-time, Permanent


Salary:
£45,000.00-£75,000.00 per year


Benefits:

• Additional leave
• Company pension
• Profit sharing
• Work from home

Schedule:

• 8 hour shift
• Monday to Friday

Supplemental pay types:

• Performance bonus

Work Location:
Hybrid remote in London

Reference ID:
RBio - Lead Computational Biologist