Job highlights

- Preference for candidates with experience in GWAS,PRS,and microbiome analysis
- Experience : Both freshers and experienced may apply,preference for those with experience
- Preferred Language: English and Kannada . Disclaimer: This job posting has been aggregated from external source

Job Summary

Bangalore

Identifying genetic factors underlying maternal de novo lipogenesis (DNL) and infant body fat and its interaction with gut microbiome.

No of Vacancy: One

Responsibilities

- Perform genome-wide association studies (GWAS) using large-scale genotypic and phenotypic datasets.
- Conduct Mendelian randomization analyses using the UK Biobank dataset and infer causal relationships between genetic variants, biomarkers, and disease outcomes.
- Develop, validate, and apply polygenic risk scores (PRS) for prediction of disease risk and stratification of individuals.
- Process and analyze microbiome whole metagenome sequencing data, including taxonomic profiling, diversity metrics, and functional pathway analysis.
- Implement rigorous data quality control, imputation, and statistical modeling pipelines.
- Collaborate with project coordinators, molecular biologists, nutrition scientists,



and clinicians to interpret bioinformatics results in a translational context.
- Maintain and document reproducible workflows using open-source bioinformatics/statistical tools (e.g., PLINK, R, Python, MR-Base, QIIME).
- Contribute to preparation of publications, reports, presentations, and grant deliverables.
- Support the development of a project-specific database/knowledge base integrating genetic, microbiome, and clinical information.

Eligibility Criteria

Preferred Qualifications: Master s degree in Bioinformatics, Biostatistics, Computational Biology, Statistical Genetics, or a related field. Preference for candidates with experience in GWAS, PRS, and microbiome analysis. Age Criteria : 35 Years

Experience : Both freshers and experienced may apply, preference for those with experience.

Preferred Language: English and Kannada

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