619-24 - Research Assistant / Research Associate in Bioinformatics

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Infection and Immunity Research Institute
Salary:  SGUL 5 / SGUL 6 depending on experience. Please see JD for more details.
Fixed Term
Opening Date:  Thursday 25 January 2024
Closing Date:  Sunday 18 February 2024
Interview Date:  See advert
Reference:  619-24

Join our dynamic team in a BBSRC-funded project “AMPQuest - Journeying to new horizons in treating drug-resistant infections.” Collaborate with international teams from Canada and Germany, including a one-month knowledge exchange in these countries. This role provides opportunities for career development through leading publications and contributing to grant applications.

Main Duties and Responsibilities:

• Data analysis of screening processes
• Optimization of AI tools for antimicrobial peptide prediction
• Contribution to grant and manuscript submissions
• Opportunity to mentor students

Person Specification:

• Postgraduate degree in Bioinformatics, Computer Science, or related field
• Experience in machine learning models development
• Skills in AI tool optimization
• Proactive, flexible, and effective team collaboration
• Willingness to travel internationally

For further information about this position and to apply, visit http://jobs.sgul.ac.uk .  

We welcome and encourage applications from underrepresented groups, especially from people with disabilities and/or people from ethnic minority backgrounds.

Flexible working, including part-time or reduced hours of work, opportunities to work from home for many posts, compressed hours and local flexibility in agreeing start and finish times of work are among the extra benefits offered by St George’s, University of London.

Please quote reference:  619-24

Closing date: 18 February 2024

Interview date: W/c 19 February 2024

Further details:

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