Bioinformatics Research Associate

Imperial College London's National Heart & Lung Institute is recruiting a Bioinformatics Research Associate on a 48-month fixed-term contract (hybrid, £50,733 to £59,484 per annum) for the £7.5 million ARIA-funded M2M programme. The role leads harmonisation, integration, and analysis of large-scale multi-omics datasets, including single-cell transcriptomics and proteomics, develops computational pipelines, helps identify immune correlates of protection, collaborates with AI teams on therapeutic discovery, and contributes to publications and conferences. Requirements include a PhD in bioinformatics, computational biology, computer science, genetics, statistics, or a related field; proficiency in Python, R, Bash, and/or Perl with Unix/Linux experience; hands-on work with genomics datasets (scRNA-seq, scATAC-seq, bulk RNA-seq, proteomics); familiarity with workflow tools such as Nextflow or Snakemake; and HPC or cloud computing experience.