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FTC - Full-time Contract

Applications close Monday 06, July 2020

South Australian Genomics Centre

Full-Time, 2 Year Contract

 

The South Australian Genomics Centre (SAGC) has recently been established to support researchers across the genomics community in South Australia, nationally and internationally. The SAGC is a partnership between SAHMRI, the 3 universities in SA, the Australian Genome Research Facility, and the Australian Wine Research Institute. SAGC will provide a broad range of sequencing services that will be supported by a dedicated Bioinformatics Platform.

SAGC is seeking three talented bioinformaticians to join the SAGC Bioinformatics Platform. They will support users of the facility and develop advanced and customised approaches for data analysis, integration and visualisation. Staff in the Bioinformatics Platform will also engage in education and outreach activities to develop researcher capabilities to analyse and interpret their own data.

The successful candidates will join existing bioinformatics/computational biology staff in the SAGC to establish the SAGC Bioinformatics Platform. Successful candidates will need to demonstrate proven skills and experience in bioinformatics/computational biology (or closely related field) and must be able to manage multiple projects and customers simultaneously. Two of these positions will primarily be based at the SAGC hub facility at SAHMRI, while the other position will focus on supporting plant and environmental genomics and will be primarily based at AGRF’s facilities on the University of Adelaide’s Waite Campus.

 

About the SAGC

The SAGC will support genomics researchers, industry partners, and clinicians working in animal, plant, environmental, microbial and human genomics, and will provide a broad range of services including RNA sequencing, small RNA sequencing, exome and genome sequencing, epigenomics, metagenomics, single cell genomics and a range of other bespoke methods. These services will be supported by a dedicated Bioinformatics Platform that will support users of the facility and will develop advanced and customised approaches for data analysis, integration and visualisation. Staff in the Bioinformatics Platform will also engage in education and outreach activities to develop researcher capabilities to analyse and interpret their own data.

About the Role

Key responsibilities include:

• Provide collaborative analysis support to SAGC clients with the bioinformatics components of their projects.

• Implement and develop efficient pipelines for the QC, analysis, and visualisation of a wide range of genomics data and where necessary develop new custom bioinformatics methods and/or pipelines.

• Develop methods to aid SAGC facility users to integrate their genomics data with other types of data including proteomics and metabolomics.

• Undertake education and outreach activities to support the research community in SA to enhance skills in bioinformatics/computational biology.

• Lead or assist with drafting publications relating to the projects.

Contribute to development of competitive funding applications.

About You

The successful candidate will possess the following key attributes:

• PhD or MSc in Bioinformatics, Computer Science, Physics, Statistics or closely related field

• A strong track record in bioinformatics as evidenced by prior publications in high impact journals in the field.

• Prior experience working in a high-performance computing environment.

• Programming skills in one or several of the following: Python, R, C/C++, Perl, SQL, Go or Java.

• Prior experience in bioinformatics software/package development.

• Prior experience working in at least some of the following areas is essential:

  • High-throughput sequencing, statistics, data integration, and analysis in omics techniques such as genomics, transcriptomics, metagenomics, metabolomics or proteomics.

• Demonstrated experience in implementing FAIR Data Principles (Findable, Accessible, Interoperable, Reusable)

• Demonstrated problem solving and communication skills.

• Must be highly collaborative, be a strong team player and be able to manage multiple ongoing projects.

Desirable

• Prior experience in providing bioinformatics support in a research environment would be a strong asset.

• Prior experience in plant genomics; incl. genome assembly.

• Prior experience in the analysis of single cell genomics data.

• Prior experience in student supervision and other education and outreach activities.

• Prior experience in writing competitive funding applications.

 

For a copy of the position description, please click here.

 

Applications should include a cover letter that briefly summarises their relevant qualifications, experience, knowledge and skills, as listed in the Position Description.

For a confidential discussion and more information, please contact interim SAGC Scientific Director, Prof. David Lynn at David.Lynn@sahmri.com

 

Applications close: -  6th  July 2020, 5pm

 

Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people are strongly encouraged to apply

SAHMRI is a member of the Athena SWAN Science in Australia Gender Equity program. We have been awarded Bronze status for our commitment to advancing the careers of women, trans and gender diverse individuals in STEMM.