Bioinformatics Manager

Job ID: JM002
Job date: 2017-04-28
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Company : The Natural History Museum 

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Job Description:
The Bioinformatics Manager will build and maintain the bioinformatics infrastructure to facilitate NHM research in molecular evolution and genomics, by curating sequencing data, by assessing, improving, and using bioinformatics processes, and by curating and communicating current best practice.

Additionally the post holder will work with external partners (e.g. Sanger Institute, EBI) in strengthening existing and emerging links.

The successful candidate will have a good knowledge of current bioinformatics procedures relevant to genome assembly, metagenomics, metabarcoding, and gene expression profiling, and familiarity with different sequencing platforms such as Illumina and MinION. A good understanding of Python, R and bash is a key requirement as well as having experience with Linux system administration

With the ability to operate on multiple concurrent projects, with multiple concurrent collaborations, you will have experience of successful delivery of informatics projects.


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The Natural History Museum is one of the world's leading museums, internationally recognised for its dual role as a centre of excellence in scientific research and as a leader in the presentation of natural history through exhibitions, public programmes, publications and the web.

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