Role Project Scientist

No. of positions vacant 1

Career Level Post Doctoral

Exp. Required in Years Min: 2 years

Position Type (New/Replacement) New hiring

Location of posting Bangalore (India)

Role (Individual / Team) Postdoctoral Computational Biologist Gut Microbiome Metabolic Modeling

Qualification PhD

Technical Certification (If any): NA

Research Experience 2 years

Relevant Industry/Domain Computational Biology statistical modelling

Responsibilities

Position Summary

We are seeking a highly motivated postdoctoral computational biologist to lead and support advanced research in gut microbiome metabolic modelling and systems-level interpretation of host microbe interactions. The candidate will work at the intersection of computational biology, microbial genomics, systems biology, bioinformatics, and translational microbiome science.

The role involves developing computational pipelines and metabolic models from shotgun metagenomics, metatranscriptomics, metabolomics, and associated clinical metadata to understand microbial ecosystem function, metabolic exchange, antimicrobial resistance, and disease-associated dysbiosis.

The successful candidate will contribute to translational microbiome programs spanning population studies, biomarker discovery, precision nutrition, and therapeutic microbiome interventions.

Key Responsibilities

Computational Scientific Responsibilities

- Develop and implement genome-scale metabolic models (GEMs)
- Build computational frameworks for microbiome metabolic network reconstruction
- Perform systems-level analyses:
- Shotgun metagenomics
- Meta-transcriptomics
- Metabolomics
- Clinical and dietary metadata





- Design pipelines using HUMAnN, MetaPhlAn, MICOM, COBRApy, CarveMe, AGORA
- Conduct microbial interaction analysis
- Develop workflows using Nextflow, Snakemake, WDL
- Apply statistical and machine learning methods
- Support multi-omics interpretation
- AMR profiling integration

Data Engineering Infrastructure

- Manage large-scale microbiome datasets
- Optimize workflows
- Use Git/GitHub/GitLab
- Implement FAIR data practices

Research Collaboration

- Collaborate with multidisciplinary teams
- Contribute to study design
- Write manuscripts and grants
- Mentor junior staff
- Develop SOPs

Selection criteria Essential

Required Qualifications

- PhD in Computational Biology / Bioinformatics / Systems Biology / Microbiology / Biotechnology / Genomics
- Experience in microbiome bioinformatics
- Robust programming skills (Python, R, Matlab, Bash)
- Linux/HPC experience
- Metagenomics analysis experience
- Understanding of microbial ecology and systems biology
- Experience with large datasets

Preferred Qualifications

Desirable

- Gut microbiome modelling experience
- FBA / Constraint modeling
- Metabolomics integration
- Cloud (AWS/GCP/Azure)
- ML applications
- Docker/Singularity
- Publication record

Desired Competencies

- Analytical thinking
- Scientific writing
- Independent research
- Collaboration

Salary will be based on skills and fitment.

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📌 Project Scientist (Karnataka)
🏢 SKAN Research Trust
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