Your role
You will establish and lead an independent research group to pursue ambitious and innovative research goals.
To enable your research, EMBL-EBI will provide a generous package of core support, including salary support for PhD students, bioinformaticians and postdoctoral researchers. You will also have access to outstanding computational infrastructure including high performance clusters and GPU compute, no formal teaching responsibilities, and complete academic freedom.
EMBL’s current programme, Molecules to Ecosystems, includes a vision to advance our understanding of ecosystems at the molecular level, applying expertise in molecular biology to study life in its natural context. New research areas will focus on applying experimental, computational and theoretical approaches to study at multiple levels (molecules, cells, tissues and populations) how organisms interact with each other and respond to environmental change. EMBL-EBI will be happy to host computational activities related to the new transversal themes.
1. Planetary Biology – aiming to understand how microbes, plants, and animals interact with each other and with their abiotic environments at the molecular level.
2. Microbial Ecosystems – studying microorganisms, how they live in communities and interact with their environments, including host organisms.
3. Infection Biology - unravelling new strategies to treat infections by studying pathogens, their molecular machineries, their interface with the host, and their ability to spread in populations and across hosts.
4. Human Ecosystems – applying computational and experimental approaches to reveal the impact of the environment on human health and physiology, both at the individual and the population level.
5. Theory – using modelling, mathematical reasoning, and conceptual approaches to study complex and dynamic biological systems.
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Closing date: 14 July 2024
6. Contract duration: 5 years (renewable to a maximum of 9 years)
7. Grading: Grade 9 - monthly salary starting at £5,596 (after tax but excl. pension & insurances) + benefits
8. Reference number: EBI02247
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12. An aspiration to work on key questions in bioinformatics and computational biology, which implies both biological discoveries and methodological advances. Furthermore, your research will complement and synergise with the activities of EMBL-EBI and the whole of EMBL. You should therefore demonstrate a strong motivation to work in the collaborative and multidisciplinary environment of EMBL.
13. The successful candidate will have a concise research plan with clearly outlined highly original and ambitious research goals.
14. A PhD degree in biological, physical or mathematical sciences is required, with an interest in the wider field of Computational Biology and Bioinformatics.
15. The ability to work independently and to participate in a collaborative team effort is required, as is a proactive and positive problem-solving mind-set.
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16. Experience supervising PhD students, Master Theses, and Postdoctoral Fellows. You should be dedicated to developing effective relationships and to providing leadership and guidance to team members.
17. Experience of promoting your own work and broader science to specialist scientific media and general audiences.