Transcriptomics Bioinformatician

Syngenta Crop Protection is a leader in agricultural innovation, bringing breakthrough technologies and solutions that enable farmers to grow productively and sustainably. We offer a leading portfolio of crop protection solutions for plant and soil health, as well as digital solutions that transform the decision-making capabilities of farmers. Our 17,900 employees serve to advance agriculture in more than 90 countries around the world. Syngenta Crop Protection is headquartered in Basel, Switzerland, and is part of the Syngenta Group.

Our employees reflect the diversity of our customers, the markets where we operate and the communities which we serve. No matter what your position, you will have a vital role in safely feeding the world and taking care of our planet. Join us and help shape the future of agriculture!

We have an exciting opportunity for a Transcriptomics Bioinformatician to help drive the invention of safe and sustainable active ingredients in Product Safety by contributing to the cutting-edge research and development within our dynamic and highly talented team.

As a Transcriptomics Bioinformatician, you will be part of a team working together to deliver transcriptomics data analysis; key responsibilities include:

• Collaborate with scientists within Syngenta to process and analyse, in-house and public domain transcriptomics datasets to provide toxicological insights to enable chemical prioritisation
• Seek out latest developments in data analysis and visualisation, in consultation with senior technical experts, assesses their potential use to support projects.
• Communicate the output of transcriptomics datasets to a wide and varied community of end users
• Contribute to data management processes and solutions for capturing and exploiting omics data
• Contribute to the development of multi-omics integration solutions in multi-disciplinary project teams.
• Network within Syngenta and the external bioinformatics community to ensure best use of resources and opportunities

Critical Experience and Skills:

• Educated to PhD degree level in Bioinformatics, Computational Science, Data Science or Statistics or a Graduate with relevant experience
• Strong demonstrable competence with the programming languages e.g. Python and R; and with writing of bioinformatics analysis and visualisation pipelines for transcriptomics data
• Evidence of applying computational/bioinformatic skills to address complex biological questions
• High level of attention to detail and compliance with best practices
• Ability to work across disciplines and translate transcriptomics data into actionable insights
• Self-starter with enthusiasm, flexibility and motivation to learn and apply new skills
• Ability to work effectively within a team
• Ability to present complex (written and oral) results to non-specialists in a clear and concise manner
• Strong communication and interpersonal skills including the ability to quickly develop key relationships and to communicate within and across multidisciplinary teams

Desirable skills and experience:

• Experience of designing and building agentic LLM workflows that support decision-making in bioinformatics
• Experience of applying transcriptomics to toxicology, ecotoxicology or perturbation biology
• Knowledge of data analysis pipelines for single-cell and spatial multi-omics data
• Experience with integrating multi-omics datasets (genomics, transcriptomics, proteomics, metabolomics) with toxicological data using AI/ML approaches
• Familiarity with high performance computing environments and reproducible workflows
• Development of dash boards for data visualisation
• Familiarity with knowledge graphs

Jealott's Hill International Research Centre UK is situated in pleasant semi-rural surroundings between Bracknell and Maidenhead and is the place of work for approximately 800 Syngenta scientists and support staff.  Jealott’s Hill is one of the main global research and development sites and key activities include research into discovery of new active ingredients, new formulation technologies, product safety and technical support of our product range.

What We Offer:

A culture that celebrates diversity & inclusion, promotes professional development, and strives for a work-life balance that supports the team members.

Extensive benefits package including a generous pension scheme, bonus scheme, private medical & life insurance.

Up to 31.5 days annual holiday plus 8 UK bank holidays.

36-hour working week.

Syngenta is an Equal Opportunity Employer and does not discriminate in recruitment, hiring, training, promotion or any other employment practices for reasons of race, color, religion, gender, national origin, age, sexual orientation, marital or veteran status, disability, or any other legally protected status. 

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