職務名稱：(Senior) Postdoctoral Research Scientist
系所/單位名稱：Dr Quince’s group
申請人資格：
Background
We are seeking to recruit an individual with a high-level of quantitative skills to develop novel computational and mathematical methods to study the soil microbiome. Soil is one of the most diverse microbial communities known. As a result, it is still relatively understudied and the processes that generate that diversity are poorly understood. At the Earlham Institute we are pioneering methods that use long read metagenomics to fully resolve the genomic diversity of the soil microbiome. These genomes will then form a basis for integration of other forms of ‘omics data, principally metatranscriptomics, and the development of predictive models of the soil microbiome. We are, as part of a larger program of research, generating data both from natural soils and synthetic communities (SynComs) that these methods will be applied to.
The role
The principal role of the position will be to develop these computational methods. These will include bioinformatics pipelines to integrate long and short read metagenomes with metatranscriptomes. But also potentially novel statistical approaches to resolve strain diversity. These would be based around existing methods utilising probabilistic graphical models to integrate multiple sources of data. We envisage that these data could then be used in mechanistic community or machine learning models of the soil and rhizosphere microbiomes.
Ideal candidate
The ideal candidate will have PhD in bioinformatics, mathematics or statistics, or a related subject area with a strong element of statistical modelling. They will also have a first degree in any area of science or mathematics. Knowledge of command line bioinformatics, software programming in at least one language (e.g. R, Python, C/C++) and a basic understanding of statistics are essential requirements for this role. A proven record in scientific writing with experience of oral research presentations are also essential. Knowledge of Bayesian statistics and probabilistic modelling, machine learning, bioinformatics of metagenomics or metabolomics, a biological understanding of/or mathematical modelling of microbial communities would be advantageous.
聘期：The position is for three years initially but may be extended based on funding and performance.
薪資待遇：£39,000 - £52,560 per annum.
受理期間：2026年11月13日止 (We reserve the right to close this vacancy early before the closing date if enough applications are received.)
相關細節請參考網址：https://www.earlham.ac.uk/vacancy/senior-postdoctoral-research-scientist-quince
