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Postdoctoral Research Associate in Molecular Evolution and Functional Genomics (Fixed Term)

Cambridge💼 Full-time🗓 2026-05-31 → 2026-07-31

Core

Investigate how gene regulatory elements evolve across the tree of life using large-scale comparative genomic resources and machine learning, focusing on evolutionary constraint propagation between physically interacting genomic elements.

Role type

Postdoctoral Research Associate (Computational Biology/Genomics)

Builds

Research insights on regulatory genomics and molecular evolution

Domain

Computational biology, evolutionary genomics, phylogenetics, machine learning

Deliverable

research

Required skills

molecular evolution, evolutionary genomics, computational biology, functional genomics, bioinformatics, phylogenetics, statistical genetics, statistics, machine learning, quantitative foundations

Preferred skills

regulatory genomics, evolutionary modelling, 3D genome biology

Technologies

machine learning, comparative genomic resources

Responsibilities

Plan and manage own research and administration, contribute to graduate student research skills development, participate in seminars and workshops, collaborate with researchers across computational biology and genetics

Seniority

Postdoctoral Research Associate

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