Position title: Research Fellow - Bioinformatics

Employer: School of Biomedical Sciences, The University of Melbourne

Closing date: 09 Feb 2022 11:55 PM AUS Eastern Daylight Time

Brief position description:

Work type: Fixed Term

Location: Parkville

Division/Faculty: Faculty of Medicine, Dentistry and Health Sciences

Department/School: School of Biomedical Sciences

Salary: $75,289 - $102,163 (Level A)

Role & Superannuation rate: Academic - Full time - 17% super

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About the Department of Microbiology and Immunology
The Department of Microbiology & Immunology is one of the departments within the School of Biomedical Sciences in the Faculty of Medicine, Dentistry and Health Sciences. 

Further information is available at http://www.microbiol.unimelb.edu.au/ and http://bsac.unimelb.edu.au/.

About the Role
The Peter Doherty Institute for Infection and Immunity (Doherty Institute) is internationally renowned for its cutting-edge studies of infectious diseases and immunity, as highlighted during the COVID-19 pandemic. To support ongoing and new research activities at the Doherty Institute, a new Computational Sciences Initiative has been formed. This is to provide new resources for computational and data sciences, incorporating bioinformatics, biostatistics, infectious disease modelling and artificial intelligence.

As part of the Institute’s Computational Sciences Initiative, a Research Fellow is required to drive computational and statistical analysis of multi-omics datasets, applied to the areas of infectious diseases and immunology. The candidate will be self-motivated and develop a strong program of collaborative projects with other researchers in the Doherty Institute. This is anticipated to generate substantial new scientific discovery in areas spanning Immunology and Microbiology pursued in the institute.  It will also facilitate the development of novel approaches in bioinformatics, particularly in the application of mathematical and computational techniques to analyse data from new and emerging ‘omic’ technologies, including genomics, epigenomics, transcriptomics, proteomics, and metabolomics. Talented, highly motivated, computer scientists with an interest in infection and immunity are encouraged to apply 

About You

• PhD in bioinformatics, statistivs, computer science or a related field

• Demonstrated ability to communicate across teams and disciplines (biology and computer science), work as a member of a research team, and interact in a courteous, collaborative and effective manner with academic, administrative and support staff

• Experience in running bioinformatics workflows on high-performance computing clusters

• Experience in analysis of high-dimensional datasets, ideally those arising from high-throughput molecular assays

• Strong organisation skills and accurate recording and analysis of data generated from research undertaken

• Demonstrated experience in using initiative, working with minimal supervision and ability to prioritise tasks to achieve project objectives within timelines

• Excellent verbal and written communication skills, demonstrated by presentation of research results at internal forums, conferences, and through manuscript submissions, inclusive of manuscripts posted to preprint servers

• Experience in the following would be desirable: analysing single cell RNAseq datasets; integrating different high-dimensional datasets and multi-omics analyses; developing bioinformatics pipelines and/or software packages; cloud computing; machine learning or statistics; supervising students or research staff; and fundamental understanding and prior exposure to concepts in immunology and/or microbiology.

Benefits of Working with Us
In addition to having the opportunity to grow and be challenged, and to be part of a vibrant campus life, our people enjoy a range of rewarding benefits:

• Flexible working arrangements and generous personal, parental and cultural leave

• Competitive remuneration, 17% super, salary packaging and leave loading

• Free and subsidised health and wellbeing services, and access to fitness and cultural clubs

• Discounts on a wide range of products and services including Myki cards and Qantas Club

• Career development opportunities and 25% off graduate courses for staff and their immediate families

To find out more, please visit https://about.unimelb.edu.au/careers/staff-benefits.

Be Yourself
At UoM, we value the unique backgrounds, experiences and contributions that each person brings to our community, and we encourage and celebrate diversity. Indigenous Australians, those identifying as LGBTQIA+, females, people of all ages and culturally diverse backgrounds are encouraged to apply for our roles. Our aim is to create a workforce that reflects the community in which we live.

Position Description: 0055073_Research Fellow, Bioinformatics_PD.pdf

Job website: https://jobs.unimelb.edu.au/en/job/907615/research-fellow-bioinformatics

Contact name: Dr Jan Schroeder

Contact email: jan.schroeder@unimelb.edu.au Please do not send your application to this contact