Bioinformatician / Bioinformatics Research Fellow - Tooting

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City St George’s, University of London is the University of business, practice and the professions and brings together the expertise and excellence of City, University of London and St George’s, University of London into one institution. The combined university is now one of the largest higher education destinations for London students, combining a breadth of disciplines across health, business, policy, law, creativity, communications, science and technology. Our students are at the heart of everything that we do, and we are committed to supporting them to pursue their career and personal ambitions.

Background: The group studies lymphovascular diseases, specifically Primary Lymphoedema, which is clinically and genetically heterogeneous and is caused by defects in the lymphatic system that lead to swelling of one or more limbs or other parts of the body. Treatment is limited to compression garments and manual lymphatic drainage. Our work has focused on the genetic causes of lymphatic failure. We are seeking to recruit a Postdoctoral Bioinformatics Research Fellow, initially until October 2027, funded by an ARPA-H LIGHT (lymphatic imaging, genomics, and phenotyping technologies) grant, a multicentre study which overall purpose is to accelerate transformative advances in lymphatic medicine.

Responsibilities: You will be based at City St George’s University London (Tooting Campus) working in the Lymphovascular Research group collaborating with computational, clinical and laboratory scientists. You will support the group by analysing genomic data to identify and characterise genes underlying Primary Lymphoedema utilising a range of computational and statistical approaches.

Person Specification: Background in computational biology with experience in the analysis of genetic data. MSc in Bioinformatics or a closely related field, plus PhD with a bioinformatics focus or equivalent post‑MSc professional experience in bioinformatics, computational biology, computer science or human genomics fields. Strong organisational, time‑management and communication skills. Demonstrated academic ambition, initiative and independent thinking. Good understanding of disease genetics, valued though not essential. Prior knowledge of the lymphatic system not essential.

Additional Information: Closing date for applications: 17th May 2026 at 11:59pm. Interviews are scheduled to take place w/c 1st June 2026.

Benefits: City St George’s offers a sector-leading salary, pension scheme and benefits including a comprehensive package of staff training and development.

Equality, Diversity and Inclusion: City St George’s, University of London is committed to promoting equality, diversity and inclusion in all its activities, processes, and culture for our whole community, including staff, students and visitors. We welcome applications regardless of age, caring responsibilities, disability, gender identity, gender reassignment, marital status, nationality, pregnancy, race and ethnic origin, religion and belief, sex, sexual orientation and socio‑economic background. City St George’s operates a guaranteed interview scheme for disabled applicants.