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Grade UE07: 40247 to 47874 per annum
The Roslin Institute & Royal School of Veterinary Studies / CMVM
Full time: 35 hours per week
Fixed term: until 31 March 2028 36 months)
We are looking for a brilliant core scientist with PostDoctoral Research experience for the Digital One Health laboratory (DOHL)at The Roslin Institute University of Edinburgh with Dr Adrian Muwonge.
The Opportunity:
The position offers the successful candidate an opportunity to apply bacterial genomic and metagenomic expertise to large datasets spanning One Health domains with the goal of unravelling AMR transmission pathways. The DOHL group develops analytical and bioinformatics tools to investigate the microbiomes role in AMR transfer across humans animals and their environments.
The team currently includes up to five PhD students at various stages of their programs focusing on different aspects of AMR transmission in African settings. The successful candidate will lead the groups bioinformatic analytics and contribute to mentoring PhD students and earlycareer postdoctoral researchers as part of their career growth . Collaboration is a key aspect of the role involving working with a multidisciplinary team of scientists including Molecular epidemiologists clinicians microbiologists and bioinformaticians at the Roslin Institute and our international networks.
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Your skills and attributes for success:
The ideal candidate will hold a PhD in microbial genomics or a related area with expertise in amplicon and shotgun metagenomics extensive commandline bioinformatics experience and strong data science skills particularly in bacterial population genetics. A proven ability to manage curate and analyse large metagenomic datasets is essential. Experience coordinating international scientific collaborations is highly desirable. The Roslin Institute is a worldclass centre for biomedical research focusing on infectious diseases relevant to both animal and human health. The Institute provides access to stateoftheart research facilities including advanced imaging proteomics and highthroughput sequencing platforms. Within the Roslin Institute the Digital One Health Laboratory links to international partnerships including: a) AMR initiatives such as the Fleming Fund Fellowship in Africa b) Food sector traceability using blockchain technology in collaboration with the Blockchain Technology Laboratory and c) Development of One Health living laboratory models in partnership with Makerere University.
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As a valued member of our team you can expect:
- A competitive salary.
- An exciting positive creative challenging and rewarding place to work.
- To be part of a diverse and vibrant international community.
- Comprehensive Staff Benefits such as a generous holiday entitlement a defined benefits pension scheme staff discounts familyfriendly initiatives and flexible work options. Check out the full list on ourstaff benefits page(opens in a new tab) and use our reward calculator to discover the total value of your pay and benefits.
Championing equality diversity and inclusion
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.
Prior to any employment commencing with the University you will be required to evidence your right to work in the UK. Further information is available on ourright to work webpages(opens new browser tab.
The University is able to sponsor the employment of international workers in this role. If successful an international applicant requiring sponsorship to work in the UK will need to satisfy the UK Home Offices English Language requirements and apply for and secure a Skilled Worker Visa.
Key dates to note
The closing date for applications is 24 March 2025.
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Interviews will be held TBC the expected start date for the post is 1st April 2025.
Employment Type
Full-Time
