We are looking to appoint a skilled Machine Learning Scientist (KTP Associate) in Multimodal Data Integration with a background in deep learning. This is an exceptional opportunity to work as a KTP Associate in collaboration between AstraZeneca and Queen Mary University of London (QMUL) within the domain of Artificial Intelligence for multimodal integration of multi-omics and imaging data.
About the Role
The position is a joint initiative between Queen Mary University of London, and AstraZeneca, with the successful candidate based in the AstraZeneca Discovery Centre in Cambridge, a world-class R&D facility accommodating over 2,200 research scientists. You will be an employee of Queen Mary University of London and given access rights to facilitate your engagement at AstraZeneca. The postholder will be expected to travel to DERI periodically for research and training.
The project aims to develop innovative multimodal deep learning methodologies to accelerate drug discovery. Specifically, AstraZeneca is researching advanced omics technologies, such as transcriptomics and proteomics, along with imaging, to characterise cells affected by chemical or genetic perturbations. Leveraging advanced AI methodologies developed in DERI at QMUL, this project will explore deep learning-based multimodal integration of the omics and imaging data sets, taking their correlation and complementarity to build predictive systems and provide biological insights.
About You
The ideal candidate will have, or be near completing, a PhD in computer science, bioinformatics or a related field, with experience of interdisciplinary research and a keen interest in life sciences.
About the Institute
The Digital Environment Research Institute (DERI) is Queen Mary’s University Research Institute created as part of the University’s ambitious Strategy 2030. DERI is dedicated to ground-breaking research in digital and data science, including artificial intelligence (AI), and offers an outstanding research environment including a dedicated physical space along with dedicated high performance computing infrastructure to enable scientific breakthroughs. DERI also leads the University’s participation in The Alan Turing Institute, the UK national institute for data science and AI. By tackling grand challenges, DERI will have impact in academia, government, industry and more broadly, society.
About Queen Mary
At Queen Mary University of London, we believe that a diversity of ideas helps us achieve the previously unthinkable.
Throughout our history, we’ve fostered social justice and improved lives through academic excellence. And we continue to live and breathe this spirit today, not because it’s simply ‘the right thing to do’ but for what it helps us achieve and the intellectual brilliance it delivers.
We continue to embrace diversity of thought and opinion in everything we do, in the belief that when views collide, disciplines interact, and perspectives intersect, truly original thought takes form.
Benefits
We offer competitive salaries, access to a generous pension scheme, 30 days’ leave per annum (pro-rata for part-time/fixed-term), a season ticket loan scheme and access to a comprehensive range of personal and professional development opportunities. In addition, we offer a range of work life balance and family friendly, inclusive employment policies, flexible working arrangements, and campus facilities.
Queen Mary’s commitment to our diverse and inclusive community is embedded in our appointments processes. Reasonable adjustments will be made at each stage of the recruitment process for any candidate with a disability. We are open to considering applications from candidates wishing to work flexibly.
