Research Assistant (fixed-term) at University of Bath
Job Description
About the role:
You will work as a key member of a GW4 consortium interested in plant epigenetics.
The consortium of GW4 scientists and external partners aims to establish a coordinated and transdisciplinary framework around plant epigenetics extending across and beyond the GW4 universities.
The goal is to harness diverse expertise to build a research community that is able to deliver a step change in our understanding of plant epigenetics that will be required for UK breeders to exploit epigenetic processes.
This is a fixed-term, part-time position (0.4 FTE).
About you:
As a skilled and experienced bioinformatician, you will be contributing to consortium training in bioinformatics and perform a meta-analysis and comparison of existing bioinformatic tools for managing epigenetic data sets irrespective of the source species.
You will also contribute to the writing of a review article on plant epigenetics and grant proposals and to the creation of new bioinformatics procedures dedicated to the analysis of epigenetics in complex genomes.
What we can offer you:
Find out more about our benefits.
We consider ourselves to be an inclusive university, where difference is celebrated, respected and encouraged. We have an excellent international reputation with staff from over 60 different nations and have made a positive commitment towards gender equality and intersectionality receiving a Silver Athena SWAN award. We truly believe that diversity of experience, perspectives, and backgrounds will lead to a better environment for our employees and students, so we encourage applications from all genders, backgrounds, and communities, particularly from under-represented groups, and value the positive impact that will have on our teams.
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Further details:
We are constantly seeking to reduce the unconscious bias that enters any assessment process, with the goal of creating an inclusive and equal assessment process. To support this, personal details will be removed from application forms at the initial shortlisting stage.