Research Assistant (Part Time, Fixed Term)
Fixed-term: The funds for this post are available for 20 months in the first instance.
Highly motivated graduate scientists are invited to apply for the position of Research Assistant, based at the Crop Science Centre, Department of Plant Sciences at the University of Cambridge, to work with Dr Sebastian Eves-van den Akker's team. The successful candidate will be joining a vibrant and friendly group of researchers in the Crop Science Centre.
The Crop Science Centre opened in October 2020 and benefits from the diverse skills and expertise of the University of Cambridge and NIAB, providing an environment for research excellence in crops, with the drive and expertise for scientific translation to address real-world problems. About 80 staff and students are located at the Centre, with 6 research groups.
The project will focus on characterizing the bewildering diversity of HYP effectors of plant parasitic nematodes and the role holder will provide support to ongoing research experiments and analyses.
Successful candidates will have a BSc or MSc (or equivalent) in Statistics, Bioinformatics or Biological/life Sciences.
Experience in working with long-read sequencing data sets, specially from plant parasitic nematodes will be advantageous.
The position is part time (@25% FTE) and for 20 months, starting as the earliest opportunity, and can be carried out partially or entirely remotely.
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