Employer : Flinders University
Closing date: 26/09/2025
Brief position description:
The Flinders Accelerator for Microbiome Exploration (FAME) is seeking a Research Associate in Computational Genomics to develop next-generation bioinformatics tools for genome and metagenome analysis. This position will leverage AI, protein language models, and structural predictions to annotate unknown phage and microbe proteins, and create HPC-optimised pipelines for large-scale biological datasets.
The Research Associate will:
• Design and implement high-performance workflows integrating GPU programming, deep learning, and large-scale data integration.
• Apply advanced methods such as ColabFold, ESM/ProtT5 embeddings, and neural network architectures to predict protein function.
• Collaborate with the Chief Investigator, students, and research partners to deliver impactful research outcomes.
Contact name: Brett Clarke
Contact email: brett.clarke@flinders.edu.au