Job number ACAD104554
Division/School School of Geographical Sciences
Contract type Fixed Term Contract
Working pattern Full time
Salary £33,797 - £38,017 per annum
Closing date for applications 25-May-2020

The School of Geographical Sciences is seeking to appoint an 8-month fixed-term full-time pathway 2 Research Associate. The appointment starts in May 2020 or as soon as possible.

Working as part of the DIATOM ARCTIC project, part of the NERC Changing Arctic Programme in the areas of bioinformatics, genomics and cryosphere the postholder will:

• Extract DNA from a wider range of samples (e.g. soils, filters) collected in extreme environments
• Carry out both18S amplicon sequencing for taxonomy and metagenomic analyses for nutrient cycling
• Download and analyse publicly available data (e.g. NCBI, MG-RAST) from sea ice samples
• Computational analyses: develop tailor-made pipelines to analyse 18S amplicon sequence data, and genomic data from cryosamples
• Curate data generated in the project and make it available in NCBI and MG-RAST
• Coordinate work with project partners
• Write up analyses and results including manuscript for publication

We welcome applications from all members of our community and are particularly encouraging those from diverse groups, such as members of the LGBT+ and BAME communities, to join us.