Position title: Clinical Bioinformatician
Employer: Neuroscience Research Australia
Closing date: 5th May 2020
Brief position description: This position will support the Randwick Genomics Laboratory, Mackenzie's Mission and the Centre for Research Excellence in Neurocognitive Disorders by assisting with clinical cloud-based bioinformatics requirements for the analysis of next generation sequencing (NGS) data, implementation and maintenance of bioinformatics pipelines around design, performance, validation and quality control. The clinically targeted NGS panels, exomes or genomes and bioinformatics pipelines require embedded bioinformatic expertise. NGS data analysis using computer programming and Unix-based servers is required. This is also largely a development role, so experience with front-end and back-end development and working with Amazon Web Services is desirable The successful candidate will be working closely with wet lab scientists, clinicians, pathologists, genomic analysts, and other bioinformaticians/software developers.
We are seeking an experienced and motivated development Bioinformatician interested in applying their skills in a clinical setting and able to work both independently and as part of a team. This is a full time position for two years.
Job website: http://www.neura.edu.au/about/employment-and-scholarships/
Contact name: Carey-Anne Evans
Contact email: c.evans@neura.edu.au
Clinical Bioinformatician @ Sydney
Position title: Clinical Bioinformatician
Employer: Neuroscience Research Australia
Closing date: 5PM Tuesday 5th May
Brief position description: Full time, fixed term contract for two years
About us
Neuroscience Research Australia (NeuRA) is a leading independent medical research institute whose vision is to prevent and cure disease and disability of the brain and nervous system through leadership, excellence and innovation in neuroscience research. NeuRA has world-class research facilities and is based at Randwick in Sydney.
The NSW Health Pathology Randwick Genetics Laboratory is one of the major Australian centres for genetic diagnostics, providing a comprehensive genome diagnostic service in a consultative pathology context. The laboratory is recognised as a training site by both the HGSA and RCPA for advanced training in laboratory genetics for both scientific and medical personnel. NSW Health Pathology Randwick Genetics Laboratory has held continuous accreditation from NATA/RCPA since 1988, providing testing compliant with the ISO 15189 and ISO 9001 Standards and NPAAC Requirements.
Mackenzie's Mission is a large-scale reproductive carrier screening pilot study which will screen 10,000 couples across Australia for ~500 rare and debilitating genetic disorders including spinal muscular atrophy (SMA), fragile X syndrome and cystic fibrosis (CF).
The CRE in Neurocognitive Disorders (CRE-NCD), based at NeuRA, is a five year-funded NHMRC centre that aims to transform the diagnosis and management of intellectual disability (also known as neurocognitive disorders) through whole exome sequencing (WES), whole genome sequencing (WGS), transcriptomic and methylation analysis.
NeuRA is committed to achieving a diverse workforce and strongly encourages Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people to apply for this position.
The role
This position will support the molecular genetics laboratory, Mackenzie's Mission and the CRE-NCD by assisting with clinical cloud-based bioinformatics requirements for the analysis of next generation sequencing (NGS) data, implementation and maintenance of bioinformatics pipelines around design, performance, validation and quality control. The clinically targeted NGS panels, exomes or genomes and bioinformatics pipelines require embedded bioinformatic expertise. NGS data analysis using computer programming and Unix-based servers is required. This is also largely a development role, so experience with front-end and back-end development and working with Amazon Web Services is desirable The successful candidate will be working closely with wet lab scientists, clinicians, pathologists, genomic analysts, and other bioinformaticians/software developers.
We are seeking an experienced and motivated development Bioinformatician interested in applying their skills in a clinical setting and able to work both independently and as part of a team. This is a full time position for two years.
Our Values
Our values are the essence of our organisation – they are the principles that we live by, and are at the core of everything we do. NeuRA’s values are: Innovation. Excellence. Integrity. Leadership. Human impact.
How to apply
For further information about this opportunity, please review the position description or contact us for a confidential discussion.
Associate Professor Tony Roscioli: Tony.Roscioli@health.nsw.gov.au
Professor Edwin Kirk: Edwin.kirk@health.nsw.gov.au
To view the full position description, please visit:
https://www.neura.edu.au/about/employment-and-scholarships/
To apply, submit your CV and cover letter addressing the selection criteria via seek.com.au.
Please note that applications will not be accepted via other mediums i.e. email
Closing date: 5PM Tuesday 5th May
You must have the right to live and work in Australia.
Neuroscience Research Australia (NeuRA) is an Equal Employment Opportunity Employer. We are committed to promoting equality of opportunity and eliminating discrimination in all our employment policies and practices.
NeuRA acknowledges the traditional custodians of the lands on which we work, and extends respect to all Elders past, present, and emerging.
Job website: https://www.seek.com.au/job/41240338?_ga=2.70321360.1129598423.1586229323-1066421334.1586229323
Contact name: Tony Roscioli
Contact email: Tony.Roscioli@health.nsw.gov.au
Postdoctoral Researcher in Bioinformatics, Computational and Systems Biology @ Sydney
Position title: Postdoctoral Researcher in Bioinformatics, Computational and Systems Biology
Employer: The University of Sydney
Closing date: 11:30pm, Wednesday 8 April 2020 (Sydney Time)
Brief position description: The University of Sydney is welcoming applications for a Postdoctoral Researcher (Level A) to conduct research in a collaborative research team based at the School of Mathematics and Statistics, Charles Perkins Centre (CPC) at the University of Sydney, and Children’s Medical Research Institute (CMRI), Westmead. This role will report to Dr Pengyi Yang, carrying out scientific research in the broad area of computational systems biology and preparing and presenting scientific results in papers and conferences, co-supervising undergraduate and graduate research students, assisting in the recruitment of research students and continuously working towards attracting new funding. Additionally, you will help to coordinate the research of different researchers and eventually apply for an independent research fellowship and collaborative research funding.
Job website: http://sydney.nga.net.au/cp/index.cfm?event=jobs.checkJobDetailsNewApplication&jobid=07341F50-04E6-4285-8EDF-AB6D0105786A
Contact name: Laura Brown
Contact email: laura.brown1@sydney.edu.au
Senior / Research Software Engineer @ Melbourne
Position title: Senior / Research Software Engineer
Employer: CSL Limited
Closing date: 31 March 2020
Brief position description: CSL Research is hiring a Senior/ Research Software Engineer to join our Global Data Science team at Bio21 Institute, Australia. This is a great opportunity for someone to establish themselves in designing and implementing modular solutions and best software development practices with CI/CD and DevOps procedures in an HPC environment. The incumbent in this position will lead software development activities in the Research group to assist scientists automate their data processing workflows in order to improve their effectiveness and efficiency and enable integration of data analytics across projects.
Working closely with scientists to effectively understand, capture and interpret their software requirements, you will devise a development plan that might include interacting with external stakeholders (academic collaborators, vendors, etc.). Furthermore, you will work closely with scientists to design and implement software and software modifications in order to ingest and process large-scale datasets that are generated in-house and/or collected from public databases. You will work with the enterprise IT (BT) organization and their Research BT unit to improve the standardization of data handling across CSL Research globally and migrate intensive computing workflows into cloud-based solutions where possible.
Job website: http://www.linkedin.com/jobs/view/1787963432/
Contact name: Sophie Saba
Contact email: Sophie.Saba@csl.com.au
Biostatistician @ Sydney
Position title: Biostatistician
Employer: The University of Sydney
Closing date: 13 April 2020
Brief position description: • Opportunity to provide statistical analysis to the Prevention Research Collaboration, a research group of the Sydney School of Public Health in the, Faculty of Medicine and Health
• Located at the Charles Perkins Centre on the Camperdown Campus
• Full-time, 3 years, fixed term with a base salary of $104K - $123K p.a., plus leave loading and a generous employer’s contribution to superannuation
About the opportunity
The Prevention Research Collaboration (PRC) has specialised expertise in population-wide prevention research and translational research.
The Biostatistician will use their advanced knowledge of quantitative methods and analytical skills to conduct relevant statistical work and support research within the PRC, and more specifically in support of research activities supported by NSW Health Prevention Research Support Program (PRSP) and the NSW Research Program for Physical Activity, Nutrition and Obesity Prevention (RPANOP).
About you
The University values courage and creativity; openness and engagement; inclusion and diversity; and respect and integrity. As such, we see the importance of recruiting talent aligned to these values and are looking for a Biostatistician who has:
• a relevant tertiary qualification in Statistics or Biostatistics
• experience in health-related statistical analysis with demonstrated skills in applying advanced methods (e.g., multivariate modelling including GEE and related techniques), and other relevant software packages (e.g., SAS, STATA or SPSS or equivalent)
• experience in multivariate modelling relevant to public health and experience in calculating complex sample sizes and weighting in population health studies
• experience in analysing routine surveillance and population health data, and intervention data
• demonstrated skills in data management and analysis of health and intervention data
The successful candidate will use their effective communication skills to understand technical information and translate this to different audiences both internally and internally, as well as, maintain high work standards with minimal guidance and supervision.
About us
The Prevention Research Collaboration (PRC) is a research group within the School of Public Health, at the University of Sydney and has specialised expertise in population-wide prevention research and translational research. In particular, PRC is engaged in generating and disseminating new knowledge about implementation of population-wide prevention. The PRC research portfolio includes public health priority topics, with emphases on chronic disease prevention, epidemiology and health promotion, especially tobacco control, physical activity, public health nutrition, and obesity prevention.
For more information regarding The Prevention Research Collaboration (PRC) please visit: http://sydney.edu.au/medicine/public-health/prevention-research/
Since our inception 160 years ago, the University of Sydney has led to improve the world around us. We believe in education for all and that effective leadership makes lives better. These same values are reflected in our approach to diversity and inclusion and underpin our long-term strategy for growth. We’re Australia's first university and have an outstanding global reputation for academic and research excellence. Across our campuses, we employ over 8,100 academic and non-academic staff who support over 73,000 students.
We are undergoing significant transformative change which brings opportunity for innovation, progressive thinking, breaking with convention, challenging the status quo, and improving the world around us.
How to apply
For more information on the position and University, please view the position description available from the job’s listing on the University of Sydney careers website.
All applications must be submitted via the University of Sydney careers website. Visit sydney.edu.au/recruitment and search by the reference number 543/0320F to apply.
Please note: Visa sponsorship is not available for this position
Closing date: 11:30pm, Monday 13 March 2020
The University of Sydney is committed to diversity and social inclusion. Applications from people of culturally and linguistically diverse backgrounds; equity target groups including women, people with disabilities, people who identify as LGBTIQ; and people of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander descent, are encouraged.
© The University of Sydney
The University reserves the right not to proceed with any appointment.
Job website: http://sydney.nga.net.au/cp/index.cfm?event=jobs.jati&returnToEvent=jobs.home&jobID=EE623D41-75AA-4B7B-A991-AB7D00B2B2D0&audienceTypeCode=EXT&UseAudienceTypeLanguage=1
Contact name: Jessica Taylor
Contact email: recruitment.admin@sydney.edu.au
Medical Research Data Scientist/ Bioinformatician @ NSW
Position title: Medical Research Data Scientist/ Bioinformatician
Employer: Children's Medical Research Institute
Closing date: 4/04/2020
Brief position description: We are seeking a suitably qualified Data Scientist/Bioinformatician to join the Bioinformatics Core Facility. This role will involve collaborating with medical researchers from the CMRI and collaborating institutions to develop and tailor computation tools, statistical and mathematical solutions around specific research questions. It will involve engaging in experimental design, building novel algorithms or using ‘best practices’ tools to transform experimental and clinical data into relevant knowledge that may lead to actionable novel research findings or improvements to clinical decision-making.
Job website: https://www.seek.com.au/job/41114403?_ga=2.145780404.1489545229.1583296416-1002042689.1494473350
Contact name: Paulina Baranowski
Contact email: pbaranowski@cmri.org.au
Senior Research Statistician @ CSL Research
Position title: Senior Research Statistician
Employer: CSL Research
Closing date: 02 Apr 2020
Brief position description: CSL has just advertised for a Senior Research Statistician - https://www.linkedin.com/jobs/cap/view/1768376030/ . This is a full-time permanent position and it will be based at the bio21 Institute in Melbourne Australia, SITEM in Bern Switzerland, or Marburg in Germany . Applications from postdocs with 5+ years of academic experience who are interested in moving into industry are most welcome.
Job website: http://www.linkedin.com/jobs/cap/view/1768376030/
Contact name: Sophie Saba
Contact email: Sophie.Saba@csl.com.au
Biostatistician- ProCan @ NSW
Position title: Biostatistician- ProCan
Employer: Children's Medical Research Institute
Closing date: 28/03/2020
Brief position description: A Biostatistician position is available in the ProCan Cancer Data Science Group, led by Dr. Qing Zhong. ProCan (the ACRF International Centre for the Proteome of Human Cancer) is a world-first initiative developed and launched in September 2016 by Professors Phil Robinson and Roger Reddel, and established with a $10 million grant from the Australian Cancer Research Foundation (ACRF).
Job website: https://www.seek.com.au/job/41064984?_ga=2.68746769.1259234549.1582497270-1002042689.1494473350
Contact name: Paulina Baranowski
Contact email: recruitment@cmri.org.au
Bioinformatics Software Developer @ Canberra
Position title: Bioinformatics Software Developer @ Canberra
Employer: Australian National University
Closing date: 11 Mar 2020
Brief position description: The Bui Lab within the Research School of Computer Science (Australian National University) has received funding from the Chan-Zuckerberg Initiative for a twelve (12) month Software Developer position to develop the IQ-TREE Software (http://www.iqtree.org) which is efficient software for phylogenomic inference.
Applicants should hold a Bachelor or Masters degree in computer science or a related area; demonstrated skills in C++ programming and high performance computing; demonstrated ability to write efficient code and rigorous tests; the ability to work both independently and as part of a small team; and an enthusiasm for open-source software and community building.
The position is available from April 2020 or as soon as possible thereafter.
We are willing to offer flexible working arrangements to the successful candidate, including working from interstate. The successful candidate must be willing to travel to the ANU Campus in Canberra on a regular basis.
For further information please contact Dr Minh Bui (https://bqminh.github.io).
Job website: http://jobs.anu.edu.au/en/job/535194/software-developer
Contact name: Minh Bui
Contact email: m.bui@anu.edu.au
Bioinformatics Research Officer @ Sydney
Position title: Bioinformatics Research Officer
Employer: The Garvan Institute of Medical Research
Closing date: 03.03.2020
Brief position description: The Garvan Institute of Medical Research (Garvan) is one of Australia’s leading medical research institutes, with over 600 scientists, students and support staff. Its mission is to make significant contributions to medical research that will change the directions of science and medicine and have major impacts on human health. Garvan’s research encompasses immunology, bone biology, neuroscience, diabetes and metabolism, cancer, and genomics and epigenetics. These research activities are organised within four themes: Cancer, Inflammatory Diseases, Healthy Aging, and Genomics, and two Centres: The Kinghorn Centre for Clinical Genomics and the Garvan-Weizmann Centre for Cellular Genomics.
The Opportunity
Reporting to A/Prof Elgene Lim and Dr Liz Caldon as a part of Connie Johnson Breast Cancer Research Group and Replication and Genome Stability Group, Cancer Research Division the Research Officer is accountable under direction for conducting research that seeks to identify the biological, genetic and molecular processes in breast cancer. Specifically, this position will be responsible for leading the analysis of transcriptomics, genomic and single cell datasets. A high level of interaction with other bioinformaticians, ROs, RAs and PhD students within the Cancer Research Division is essential.
As the project develops, additional RAs and PhD students may be recruited to the project and the Bioinformatics Research Officer would be expected to assist in their supervision. Assistance in the preparation of research grant proposals, presentations and publications will be expected. This is a two-year full time opportunity to start.
Key Responsibilities
● Recording and assisting with design and interpretation of experimental procedures and results
● Conducting leading-edge informatic analysis of genetic and genomic datasets
● Regular meeting with A/Prof Elgene Lim and Dr Liz Caldon and members of the Cancer Research Division to discuss and review current and future techniques and experiments
● Making presentations of research progress to the Cancer Research Division and other collaborative groups as required
● Undertaking several research projects in an efficient and timely manner and have the outcomes of these projects published under joint authorship in leading scientific journals.
● Providing general research guidance to more junior research staff whose work might have an impact on wider division research goals.
About You
In order to be successful in this position, you will demonstrate the following key skills and attributes:
• The incumbent should possess a Masters or PhD in Bioinformatics or equivalent experience in a related field
• Advanced user of the R programming language and R-based statistical packages and tools, such as those available from the Bioconductor project for high throughput genomic data analysis
• Good knowledge of statistics and presentation of molecular/clinical data
• Experience in the analysis and interpretation of large genomic data sets (WGS, RNAseq)
• Excellent computational background, especially in the management of large data sets in unix/linux environment
• High proficiency in programming and scripting languages (e.g. C/C++, Java, Perl, Python)
• A proven track record, e.g. publications, grants, software/tool development
• Familiarity with the ethical issues and guidelines relating to the use of human tissue and clinical data for research
• Good background knowledge of cancer genetics/biology is desirable
• Excellent problem solving and project management skills is required whilst working independently on projects to meet tight deadlines
How to Apply
Australian/NZ citizen, permanent resident of other applicants with full working rights can only apply.
All applications must include a cover letter along with your resume with at least 2 referees. We are reviewing applications as they are received. This position will remain open until filled.
Job website: https://www.garvan.org.au/
Contact name: Shree Chattopadhyay
Contact email: shreec@garvan.org.au