Bioinformatics Research Officer @ VIC

Employer: The University of Melbourne - Doherty Institute

Closing date: 4 October 2023

Brief position description: The Computational Sciences Initiative (CSI) at the Peter Doherty Institute for Infection and Immunity is seeking a skilled Research Fellow to contribute to groundbreaking research under the guidance of Dr. Jan Schroeder. The institute's renowned work on infectious diseases and immunity, notably during the COVID-19 pandemic, underscores its dedication to impactful research. 

As a member of the CSI, the successful candidate will collaborate with diverse research teams, leading bioinformatics projects focused on infectious diseases and immunology. The role's emphasis on multi-omic data analysis, integration, and cutting-edge machine learning techniques offers a unique chance to drive scientific discoveries while contributing to innovative approaches in bioinformatics.

The responsibilities of the role include:

* Assisting the development of a strong program of collaborative research with other groups in the Doherty Institute in bioinformatics.
* Use best-practice pipelines for analysis of bulk, single cell and spatial multi-omic data generated by collaborators.
* Develop new methods and software packages for analysis of genomic, epigenomic, transcriptomic, proteomic and metabolomic sequence data where appropriate.
* Develop and apply machine learning approaches to analyse multi-omics datasets.

Please see the below link for more details, a position description and to apply.

Job website: http://jobs.unimelb.edu.au/en/job/913982/research-officer-bioinformatics

Contact name: Jan Schroeder

Contact email: jan.schroeder@unimelb.edu.au