6 jobs found in Liverpool

Are you ready to shape the future of crop genomics, invertebrate genomics and genetic variation resources at one of the world's leading bioinformatics institutes? We are seeking an internationally minded, community-focused Team Leader with expertise in genomics, particularly crop plants and their associated insect pests and vectors, to provide scientific leadership for Ensembl in the area of plants, invertebrates, and genomic variation, as well as the European Variation Archive (EVA). Overview Ensembl is one of the world's leading platforms for the exploration and analysis of genomic data, supporting millions of users across academia, healthcare and industry. The resource is undergoing a major transformation to support the unprecedented expansion in the number of reference genomes and the breadth and complexity of biological data across the tree of life. Our recently released website has been designed to operate at this scale, enabling intuitive exploration, visualisation...

Want your engineering skills to enable real scientific breakthroughs? We’re looking for a Senior Site Reliability Engineer to join our highly skilled IT Operations team at EMBL-EBI . At EMBL-EBI, our IT & Technical Services department underpins groundbreaking research that improves human and planetary health. As part of our small but highly skilled IT Operations team, you’ll play a critical role in ensuring the availability, reliability and efficiency of services that support researchers across the globe. In this hands-on role, you’ll ensure the reliability, performance, and availability of the services that thousands of scientists rely on worldwide. You’ll tackle complex infrastructure challenges, improve automation and resilience, and help shape the future of our platform. If you want variety, genuine ownership, and the opportunity to support research that improves human and planetary health, this is a role where your work truly matters. In...

We are seeking a skilled bioinformatician who is enthusiastic about developing and maintaining high-quality genome resources for microbial research communities to join the Ensembl Microbes team. As part of the Ensembl project, Ensembl Microbes provides access to bacterial, archaeal, fungal and protist genomes and their annotations to research communities worldwide. We collaborate closely with bioinformaticians, software engineers and project leaders across Ensembl to manage data flows, increase the representation of microbial genomes, develop new features and annotations, and ensure reliable data delivery. Ensembl Microbes is also part of EMBL-EBI’s Microbiome Informatics team, which develops the MGnify resource and AMR Portal , providing opportunities for collaboration on shared datasets and methods. We are also active partners in international collaborations to support the annotation and dissemination of microbial genomes. The Microbiome Informatics team is led by...

The life sciences increasingly depend on advanced services offered by core facilities, synchrotrons, data services and other research infrastructures, creating a need for highly-skilled professionals who can operate, improve and expand these scientific services. EMBL’s ARISE2 programme offers over 20 fully funded, three-year postdoctoral fellowships for researchers with STEM backgrounds who are interested in advancing their careers in research infrastructures in academia or industry. Your role ARISE2 fellows will: Develop a method or development within EMBL’s areas of expertise, with potential for broader service application Receive structured training in the operation and management of research infrastructures, including service provision, project and staff management, innovation, science policy, FAIR principals and AI. Build professional networks through secondment and job shadowing at EMBL and ARISE2 partner organisations ARISE2 projects...

This is a rare opportunity to shape how responsible research and innovation (RRI) is embedded across a major European advanced materials funding programme. The University of Edinburgh has been awarded European Commission Horizon Europe funding to participate in M-ERA.NET 4 leading a task on the development and operationalisation of RRI across the programme. As Responsible Innovation Manager, you will refine and update guidance and training on responsible research and innovation in materials science for a 46-organisation, 34-country network coordinating over €150 million in public R&I funding, ensuring advanced materials science is aligned with societal values and needs, and making a positive impact through increasingly responsible approaches to advanced materials research and innovation in Europe and beyond. This post is part-time (14 hours per week / 0.4 FTE) and fixed-term for 12 months, with the possibility of extension. We welcome applications from candidates seeking...

This post is full-time (35 hours per week), we welcome applications from candidates seeking part-time hours or flexible working patterns.  We also support hybrid working on a non-contractual basis, offering a blend of home and on-site working to help you balance work and life effectively. This role is a fixed term position until early September 2027 with the possibility of extension. The experience and qualities we are looking for:  Demonstrable experience of managing and delivering successful innovation/entrepreneurial support Programmes Experience of delivering entrepreneurship activities in a Higher Education setting (ideally for student/PhD programmes) and supporting research created founders.  Excellent knowledge and understanding of startup business growth and digital development issues & solutions  Experience of being a Founder (successful or otherwise) or involved in a start-up/scale up company. Excellent...