Anthony Nolan is the charity that makes lifesaving connections between patients in need and incredible strangers ready to donate their stem cells.
Find out more about what we do here.
We're Anthony Nolan.
We're here to uncover the answers inside us.
Answers for people with blood cancer and blood disorders.
Answers that will not only improve lives today but save them tomorrow.
By uniting people and science, we're growing our world-leading stem cell register, so everyone who needs a transplant, can find their lifesaving match.
We're currently giving four people a day another chance to live.
Driven by patients, backed by stem cell donors, and powered by science, we won't stop until we've unlocked the cures, treatments and transplants that will transform the future for more patients.
And together, we can reach the remarkable day where every patient who needs us can not only survive, but thrive.
If you're inspired by this vision, and feel you have the skills and experience we need to help achieve it, we'd love you to join our lifesaving team.
We are looking for a Bioinformatics Research Scientist to join our Bioinformatics team.
Title: Bioinformatics Research Scientist Salary: £38,000-42,000 per annum Contract: Permanent, full time Hours: 35 per week (standard Anthony Nolan working hours) Location: Research Laboratories office in Hampstead, London This vacancy will move to interview as we get suitable applicants, and the advert may close before the advertised closing date.
Job Summary We are looking for a bioinformatics scientist with an interest in innovation to join our team to work on our sequencing and population genetics pipelines.
The role will focus on two key areas, primarily the development of workflows for the analysis of long-read sequencing data which helps us understand HLA variation at the DNA sequencing level.
Secondly the development, implementation of software for population genetics analysis of our donor registry and other large populations to better understand HLA variation at a population level.
The role combines the development of workflows alongside the opportunity to join established research projects.
We primarily use Python, so experience of this is essential.
We also use NextFlow, MongoDB, Docker alongside Google Cloud Platform and Ubuntu environments – so experience with these would be advantageous.
What's in it for you?
A competitive salary 27 days annual leave, pension scheme, childcare vouchers, access to counselling via a 24-hour Employee Assistance Programme A stimulating work environment full of opportunities to learn and develop Life Assurance of four times annual salary Travel season ticket loan, Cycle to work Scheme And more!
(further details on our Life at Anthony Nolan page) Please check out the full job description here , and you can read more about what to expect on the Our recruitment process page.
Release your remarkable, join our team and give someone another chance to live.
Anthony Nolan is a Disability Confident Committed and Living Wage accredited employer.
A ll applicants must be able to demonstrate the right to work in the UK.