Employer:   University of Western Australia (Harry Perkins Institute of Medical Research)

Closing date:   1/9/2024

Brief position description:
This position is based within the Systems Biology and Genomics Laboratory, led by Professor
Alistair Forrest and is part of the UWA Centre for Medical Research within the Faculty of Health
and Medical Sciences, based at Harry Perkins Institute of Medical Research (Perkins) in
Nedlands.

The Forrest Group is a cutting-edge research lab specializing in advanced transcriptome
techniques, including single-cell and spatial transcriptomics. Our multi-disciplinary team of
molecular, cellular and computational biologists collaborates to unravel complex biological
questions in both genomics and cancer research. We are leading the Western Australian
Cancer Single Cell initiative which is using single-cell, single-nuclei and spatial transcriptomic
profiling to characterize hundreds of tumour samples kindly donated by patients around Perth.
We are seeking a talented and motivated Bioinformatics Postdoctoral Researcher to join our
dynamic team. The Systems Biology and Genomics lab has a strong focus on analysis of
genome-wide datasets to better understand how tumours work as a cellular ecosystem. 

As the appointee, you will, under minimal supervision, perform computational processing and analysis of sequencing datasets, maintain and develop bioinformatics pipelines, interpret results, and contribute to manuscript writing. The primary focus will be on analysing single-cell and spatial transcriptomics datasets, with potential opportunities to work on other datasets, such as Hi-C and bulk RNA-seq.

You should be highly self-driven, with a strong passion for applying computational methods to understand the tumour ecosystem and its interacting cells. Attention to detail and a curiosity to ask questions and design experiments to answer them are essential.

PhD in Bioinformatics, Computational Biology, Data Science, Computer Science or a related field.

Job website: http://external.jobs.uwa.edu.au/en/job/518040/research-associate-bioinformatics

Contact name: Alistair Forrest

Contact email: alistair.forrest@perkins.uwa.edu.au