Job Description
UE07: £40,247 - £47,874 per annum.
College/School/Department: MRC Human Genetics Unit, Institute of Genetics and Cancer
Contract type: Full time - 35 hours
Fixed Term dates: 2 years (1/04/25-31/03/27)
The Opportunity:
We are looking for an experienced and well-motivated bioinformatician, interested in bringing their computational expertise to cutting edge, biomedical sequencing projects.
This is an opportunity to play critical roles in a variety of collaborative sequence analysis efforts in large cancer cohort projects. You will join an experienced and well-resourced group within an extended community of computational biologists at IGC, and work with multidisciplinary teams involving clinicians and experimentalists active in cancer research. The position is for 2 years initially, with likely extension beyond this point.
This post is full-time (35 hours per week), however, we are open to considering part-time or flexible working patterns. We are also open to considering requests for hybrid working (on a non-contractual basis) that combines a mix of remote and regular on-campus working.
Your skills and attributes for success:
1. PhD in Computational Biology, Bioinformatics, Statistics, Computer Science or a closely related discipline (or near completion)
2. Research experience in computational biology, particularly projects generating novel insights into medical genomics or cancer.
3. Published experience in the analysis of high throughput biological datasets.
4. Programming experience in Linux/UNIX environments.
5. Strong analytical and statistical skills in R.
Please ensure you include the following documents in your application:
1. CV
2. Cover letter
As a valued member of our team you can expect:
1. To work with a variety of distinguished scientists and clinical staff on a wide range of research projects, encompassing cancer genomics, transcriptomics and epigenomics.
2. To be part of a diverse and vibrant international community.
3. Comprehensive Staff Benefits, such as a generous holiday entitlement, a defined benefits pension scheme, staff discounts, family-friendly initiatives, and flexible work options.
Championing equality, diversity and inclusion
The University of Edinburgh holds a Silver Athena SWAN award in recognition of our commitment to advance gender equality in higher education. We are members of the Race Equality Charter and we are also Stonewall Scotland Diversity Champions, actively promoting LGBT equality.
Key dates to note
The closing date for applications is 7th February 2025.
Unless stated otherwise the closing time for applications is 11:59pm GMT. If you are applying outside the UK the closing time on our adverts automatically adjusts to your browsers local time zone.
Interviews will be held later in February 2024.
The University is able to sponsor the employment of international workers in this role.
About Us
As a world-leading research-intensive University, we are here to address tomorrow's greatest challenges.
About the Team
A deep understanding of human genome function - particularly for the non-coding genome - is an outstanding grand challenge. Our mission is to discover how our genome controls the function of molecules, cells and tissues, in health and disease, connecting human genetic variation to phenotype.
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