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June 18, 2026
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United Kingdom, United Kingdom, United Kingdom

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Summary

  • Develop cost-effective metagenomic sequencing workflows compatible with ARTIC field-deployable approaches and applicable across RNA viruses, bacteria, fungi, and parasites
  • Design and validate hybrid strategies such for SMART-Seq or multiplex PCR methods to improve sensitivity for low-biomass samples
  • Optimise host-depletion and pathogen-enrichment strategies for diverse sample types including blood, respiratory samples, urine, milk, water, and air
  • Develop and validate extraction methods optimised for long-read metagenomics, including lysis approaches for difficult-to-lyse organisms
  • Contribute to the development of standardised controls and mock communities for robust cross-site comparison of metagenomic methods
  • Contribute to the development bioinformatic pipelines for long-read metagenomics, clinical metagenomics and assembly and taxonomic classification of metagenome-assembled genomes (MAGs).

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    Job Overview

    Job Type: Full time
    Location: United Kingdom, United Kingdom
    Posted: June 18, 2026
    Deadline: July 28, 2026