Clinical Microbial Bioinformatician @ Microba Life Sciences
Employer: Microba Life Sciences
Closing date: Until filled
Brief position description:
Join Microba's Bioinformatics Squad as a Clinical Microbial Bioinformatician. The Bioinformatics Squad at Microba are responsible for development, validation, and delivery of results in all of Microba’s microbiome tests. The Clinical Microbial Bioinformatician plays a pivotal role in these activities and supports overseeing the microbial molecular pathology testing. This role is also important to provide expertise within the cross-functional team to translate genomic technologies into novel testing methods.
Status: Permanent Full Time
RESPONSIBILITIES (include but not limited to)
Working in a cross-functional team;
Identify microbial pathogenic markers (e.g. virulence factors, AMR genes, SNPs and multi-kingdom pathogens) and support their incorporation as genomic reference targets into our metagenomic based detection methods.
Validate the detection of markers with in silico, in vitro and clinical samples. Determine test analytical and diagnostic performance and provide recommendations on target inclusion and reporting mechanisms.
Develop and extend methods for identification and genome annotation of specific genes and pathways.
Generate and review microbiome and diagnostic test reports and provide scientific oversight and support for clinical interpretation.
Propose and implement innovative solutions and technologies, and stay up to date with recent microbial pathogenesis
Investigate findings and support test improvements and preventive actions.
SKILLS & EXPERIENCE
- PhD in clinical microbial genomics, clinical bioinformatics, or a related field.
- Minimum 3 years of post-doctoral or clinical research experience.
- Advanced knowledge in clinical microbiology, virulence mechanisms, antimicrobial resistance, and microbial metabolism.
- Intermediate to advanced Linux and scripting skills (e.g., Python).
- Strong skills in bioinformatics, NGS, and molecular biology.
- Excellent written and verbal communication.
Highly Advantageous
- Formal training in infectious disease pathology, microbial ecology, or statistics.
- Experience in production bioinformatics and ISO 15189 and ISO 13485.
- Proficiency in programming languages such as R and knowledge of cloud technologies.
Contact name: David Wood
Contact email: david.wood@microba.com