Postdoctoral Fellow in Coorens Group

Postdoctoral Fellow in Coorens Group

EMBL-EBI - European Bioinformatics Institute

Hinxton, United Kingdom

Your role

The Coorens lab at EMBL-EBI is seeking a postdoctoral researcher to lead analyses and develop new algorithms and computational tools for somatic genomics and phylogenetics. The group is associated with the Somatic Mosaicism across Human Tissues (SMaHT) Network and the developmental Genotype-Tissue Expression (dGTEx) project.

Possible directions within the group include, but are not limited to:

• Analysis and computational tool development for human tissue data from the SMaHT Network, which includes
  • Spatial single cell DNA sequencing
  • Duplex sequencing
  • Long read sequencing
• Developing new computational methods for the fast and joint inference of variant calling and phylogenetics of single cells
• Developing new computational methods for the integration of multi-omics readouts of somatic mutations and functional consequences
• Analysis of childhood cancer genomes and normal tissues to deduce the origins of pediatric cancers

Potential postdocs are also encouraged to pitch their own projects and pursue their own specific research interests within the broad scientific scope of the group.

You have

• A PhD in bioinformatics, genomics, a related data-intensive field (computer science, physics, engineering) or a biomedical field with a strong computational component
• Strong programming skills, preferably in R and/or Python, and clean code practices
• Experience with computational analysis of genomic data, algorithm development, and statistics.
• Strong communication and teamwork skills
• The desire to be a supportive, creative, and responsible team member.
• Demonstrated ability to publish research in international peer reviewed journals or sharing bioinformatic tools and code (e.g. on GitHub)

You may also have

• Experience with machine learning/AI
• Experience in cancer genomics or somatic mutation-based research

Apply NowDeadline 25 July