KEMRI-Wellcome Trust Research Programme (KWTRP) is one of the leading research centres in Africa. The Programme engages in a wide range of research on the main causes of ill health in Africa.The Bioscience department, KWTRP is seeking to appoint a postdoctoral researcher to work in the Next Generation
(9 Months Contract)
Roles for the Assistant Research Officer Job
To undertake sequencing and bioinformatics analysis for a project aimed at understanding the transmission pathways of respiratory viruses in Kenya. Viruses under investigation include rhinovirus, respiratory syncytial virus, influenza, coronavirus, and human metapneumovirus.
- Implementing, optimizing and troubleshooting viral pathogen sequencing protocols
- Developing a multi-species whole genome sequencing method for rhinovirus to investigate sequences in large archive of respiratory samples
- Molecular diagnostic screening for a range of virus targets in archived and ongoing respiratory samples collections
- Assembling viral sequence contigs from the raw sequencing reads derived from next generation sequencers
- Performing phylogenetic analyses, producing reports and presenting arising results
- Contributing to scientific manuscripts and other dissemination activities
Assistant Research Officer Job Qualifications:
- BSc in Medical Laboratory Science and Technology, Molecular Biology Bioinformatics, or similar (Upper second honors or higher)
- At least 1 year experience in virus molecular diagnostics
- Experience in virus whole genome sequencing using Sanger and NGS methods
- Previous experience in rhinovirus typing and sequencing
- Capability in bioinformatics and phylogenetic analysis of sequence data
- Undertaken a Post-Graduate Diploma in relevant subject area
- Knowledge and capability in programming for sequence data manipulations (e.g. R, python)
- A one-year research experience and evidence of scientific publication/contribution
Skills And Competence:
- Understanding of virus sequencing including NGS and phylogenetics
- The ability to plan own workload and keep accurate scientific records.
- Excellent communication and interpersonal skills
- Ability to organize work to changing priorities is essential
Relationships:
- Working in collaboration with members of the Viral Epidemiology and Control (VEC) group (laboratory and research), and with relevant Programme scientists such as those linked to Kilifi Bioinformatics Core (KBiC).
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