Position title: Bioinformatician

Employer: Peter MacCallum Cancer Centre

Closing date: 23/07/2018

Brief position description: Peter Mac is one of a handful of integrated cancer research, education and treatment centres in the world. Each day our team strives to provide the very best in cancer care, even better treatments and potential cancer cures for all people affected by cancer.

The aim of this role is to provide bioinformatics support to the Pathology Department to develop a high-throughput diagnostic genomics assay for TMB/MSI assessment in cancer patients.

The role will involve designing the assay, interrogating public databases and manipulating large next generation sequencing (NGS) datasets in order to demonstrate the analytical validity of the assay.

Two main requirements for this position:
- PhD or MSc or equivalent in Bioinformatics, Computer Science or Computational Biology
- Prior full-time work experience (1-5 years) in a Bioinformatics, Computer Science or Computational Biology role

For further information about this opportunity, please review the position description or contact us for a confidential discussion.

Job website: http://petermac.mercury.com.au/ViewPosition.aspx?id=7Cm7btcr2bY=

Contact name: Andrew Fellowes

Contact email: andrew.fellowes@petermac.org