Applications are invited for a Computational Biologist (KTP Associate) to join the group of Prof Anthony Hall at the Earlham Institute (EI), in partnership with Chris O’Grady at Syngenta. This role will be based primarily at Syngenta’s Jealott’s Hill International Research Centre (Bracknell, Berkshire), with regular interaction and visits to the Earlham Institute (Norwich).

Background:
Earlham Institute is a vibrant research institute with deep expertise in genomics technologies and bioinformatics, delivering programmes that support food security, advance industrial biotechnology, and improve human health and wellbeing. 

Syngenta’s Crop Protection Bioscience function contributes to the innovation of safe crop protection solutions through a deep understanding of biology. This detailed understanding of mode of action, resistance and bioprocessing is used to enhance product performance and sustainability. We collect a wide range of data across Bioscience and our digital teams employ a combination of advanced analytical techniques, including statistical, and machine learning models to support data-driven decision making.

A large component of the work is the support of design of complex experiments, the integration of heterogenous data sources, and the knowledge extraction.

If you are passionate about delivering computational solutions that will help Syngenta create products which can feed the world sustainably, we have the job for you.

This UKRI Innovate UK–funded Knowledge Transfer Partnership (KTP) between Syngenta and EI will build in-house capability to apply genomic large language models (gLLMs)—foundation models trained on DNA sequence—to predict and understand target-site and non-target site resistance mechanisms.