Bioinformatics Core Facility at The Francis Crick Institute

Short summary

The position of Bioinformatics Officer within the Bioinformatics Core Facility will provide primarily computational and bioinformatics expertise to support high throughput post-genomic technologies (next generation sequencers), within an informed biological context, not only for research scientists within the Francis Crick Institute but also for other members of the Core group. In addition this role will provide support and training in bioinformatics where needed.

This position will be part of an already existing Core team of 14 providing bioinformatics expertise to the Crick scientists.

Project scope

 

In this role you will be asked to provide bioinformatics and data analysis support to projects run by Francis Crick scientists. Using a variety of programming, statistical and data analysis techniques you will analyse data produced by the latest high throughput genomic technologies. Typical analysis steps will cycle through quality assessment, results generation, biological interpretation and ultimately named publication. During this process you will be expected to work closely with other members of the bioinformatics team, the scientific groups with which you are collaborating and the advanced sequencing team. As well as the analysis of data from more established applications there will be the opportunity to analyse data from more bespoke applications requiring the development of new pipelines and software.

About us

The Francis Crick Institute is a biomedical discovery institute dedicated to understanding the fundamental biology underlying health and disease. Its work is helping to understand why disease develops and to translate discoveries into new ways to prevent, diagnose and treat illnesses such as cancer, heart disease, stroke, infections, and neurodegenerative diseases.

An independent organisation, its founding partners are the Medical Research Council (MRC), Cancer Research UK, Wellcome, UCL (University College London), Imperial College London and King’s College London.

The Crick was formed in 2015, and in 2016 it moved into a new state-of-the-art building in central London which brings together 1500 scientists and support staff working collaboratively across disciplines, making it the biggest biomedical research facility under in one building in Europe.

The Francis Crick Institute will be world-class with a strong national role. Its distinctive vision for excellence includes commitments to collaboration; developing emerging talent and exporting it the rest of the UK; public engagement; and helping turn discoveries into treatments as quickly as possible to improve lives and strengthen the economy.

  • If you are interested in applying for this role, please apply via our website.
  • The closing date for applications is 27 September 2021.
  • All offers of employment are subject to successful security screening and continuous eligibility to work in the United Kingdom.

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