Research Fellow : Edinburgh, United Kingdom

What are the patterns of new mutations and what process generate them?

We are looking for an ambitious computational biologist to take a leadership role in identifying distinct patterns of mutations that occur and discerning the processes that generate them. You will be joining a successful and well resourced group of computational biologists in the highly collaborative and collegiate environment of the MRC Human Genetics Unit (HGU). Complementing the computational environment there is great scope for commissioning or collaborating to generate novel data to support the project and test hypotheses, validating our findings and maximising the impact of our discoveries.

The research environment is multidisciplinary and applicants with PhDs in the biological, physical, computational or mathematical sciences are welcome, but a good understanding of genome biology and large scale computational analysis is essential.

The appointment will be for 3 years in the first instance and is available immediately.