Project Scientist

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 Strong programming skills (Python, R, Matlab, Bash) Linux/HPC experience Metagenomics analysis experience Understanding of microbial ecology and systems biology Experience with large datasets
Selection criteria Desirable	Preferred Qualifications 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
Interested and eligible candidates may send their updated CV to careers@skanrt.in Only shortlisted candidates will be contacted. Salary will be based on skills and fitment.