Position title: Postdoctoral Research Fellow
Employer: The University of Queensland
Closing date: 28th July 2021
Brief position description: A 2 years, full-time position is available for a post-doctoral researcher to conduct analytical research in cellular responses to brain cancer drugs. The ideal candidate will have working experience in biostatistics and programming to analyse cancer genomics data, especially single cell data. This position is well suited to a skilled bioinformatician with demonstrated experience with statistics, Python and R programming. An understanding of cancer biology is an advantage but is not critical. The position is funded by NHMRC and the postdoc will receive multidisciplinary training on both bioinformatics and brain cancer biology.
Job website: http://search.careers.uq.edu.au/caw/en/job/515078/postdoctoral-research-fellow
Contact name: Quan Nguyen
Contact email: quan.nguyen@uq.edu.au
Wright Fellow @ VIC
Position title: Wright Fellow
Employer: The Doherty Institute for Infection & Immunity at The University of Melbourne
Closing date: 05/08/2021
Brief position description: The research fellow will develop bioinformatics projects to support ongoing and new research in Immunology and Microbiology at the Doherty Institute. The fellow will supervise a research team of bioinformaticians. This role is anticipated to generate substantial new scientific discovery in the areas of biological sciences pursued in the institute (including Immunology and Microbiology); as well as facilitate development of novel approaches in bioinformatics, particularly in the application of mathematical and computational techniques to the analysis of data from new and emerging ‘omic technologies (including genomics, transcriptomics, proteomics, metabolomics).
Job website: http://jobs.unimelb.edu.au/caw/en/job/905589/the-wright-fellow-bioinformatics
Contact name: Sammy Bedoui
Contact email: sbedoui@unimelb.edu.au
Research fellow @ VIC
Position title: Research fellow
Employer: The University of Melbourne
Closing date: 05 Aug 2021
Brief position description: The research fellow will develop bioinformatics projects to support ongoing and new research in Immunology and Microbiology at the Doherty Institute. The fellow will supervise a research team of bioinformaticians. This role is anticipated to generate substantial new scientific discovery in the areas of biological sciences pursued in the institute (including Immunology and Microbiology); as well as facilitate development of novel approaches in bioinformatics, particularly in the application of mathematical and computational techniques to the analysis of data from new and emerging ‘omic technologies (including genomics, transcriptomics, proteomics, metabolomics).
Job website: http://jobs.unimelb.edu.au/caw/en/job/905589/the-wright-fellow-bioinformatics
Contact name: Lachlan Coin
Contact email: lachlan.coin@unimelb.edu.au
Computational Biologist @ NSW
Position title: Computational Biologist
Employer: Garvan Institute of Medical Research
Closing date: 31/07/2021
Brief position description: The Garvan Institute of Medical Research brings together world-leading basic and translational researchers with expert clinicians to break down barriers between traditional scientific disciplines and find solutions to disease. Founded in 1963, Garvan’s mission is to harness all the information encoded in our genome to better diagnose, treat, predict and prevent disease.
Our scientists work across four intersecting research themes: medical genomics, epigenetics, and cellular genomics; diseases of immunity and inflammation; cancer; and diseases of ageing affecting bone, brain and metabolism. And three major Centres: the Kinghorn Centre for Clinical Genomics, the Garvan-Weizmann Centre for Cellular Genomics, and the Centre for Population Genomics.
The Kinghorn Centre for Clinical Genomics (KCCG) advances the use of genomic information in patient care. To do this, KCCG employs experts in genomics, including researchers, bioinformaticians, clinicians, educators and software engineers. We use and develop multi-omics technology to enhance diagnosis and treatment for patients.
The Opportunity
KCCG's Computational Biology Group is a newly established team focusing on genomics and biomedical data analysis and interpretation, combining computational skills with biological domain expertise. The team applies and develops computational methods to better understand human disease. We take a collaborative approach, working closely with experimental and clinical researchers to tackle problems that address critical unmet medical needs.
We are looking for a computational scientist to join our team. Successful candidates will work on genomics studies with experimental and clinical researchers across research themes at Garvan and KCCG. Example projects include liquid biopsy ctDNA analysis, nanopore sequencing of cancer genomes and epigenomes, genomics studies of the tumour microenvironment. Successful candidates will contribute to the different phases of genomics studies, including design and planning, data analysis, interpretation and manuscript writing.
Key Responsibilities
This position will be responsible for helping to provide direction and support in genomics studies. This will include:
Analysis of high-throughput datasets, including quality control, unsupervised and supervised analyses, with an emphasis on biological interpretation
Preparing figures for publication, contributing to manuscript writing
Experimental design and planning
Creating and maintaining modular and reusable workflows through use of container and workflow management technologies
Developing best practices for computational workflows through evaluation/benchmarking of existing methods and/or original method development
Import and analysis of external datasets as resource or for validation purposes
Staying informed on advances in genomics, computational methods, as well as building and maintaining biological domain expertise
Contribute to internal education programs through mentoring, technical supervision, code reviews
Occasionally represent KCCG at events, or talks with external stakeholders
About You
The following key skills and attributes are essential to undertaking the role:
PhD degree in a related area of science or engineering
Good knowledge of biology
Good statistical knowledge and programming skills
Previous experience working with next-generation sequencing data, e.g. RNA-seq, targeted or whole genome sequencing, ChIP-seq, ATAC-seq, single-cell sequencing
Publication record commensurate with experience
Comfortable working with Unix and in an HPC environment
Proficient in at least one scripting language (R, Python, Perl)
Familiar with R/Bioconductor
Familiar with version control systems
Highly developed written and verbal communications skills
Ability to work independently
Desired
Postdoctoral research experience
Interest in personalised medicine and clinical genomics
Experience with nanopore sequencing data
Experience with single-cell sequencing data
Experience with software containers, workflow management systems, databases, cloud computing
How to Apply
Australian/NZ citizen, permanent resident or other applicants with full working rights can apply. To apply for this position, please submit your application including CV and cover letter. As we will be reviewing applications as they are received, we encourage you to submit yours as soon as possible.
Job website: https://garvan.wd3.myworkdayjobs.com/en-US/garvan_institute/job/Sydney/Computational-Biologist_PRF5804-1
Contact name: Talent Acquisition Team
Contact email: talent@garvan.org.au
Clinical Bioinformatics Lead @ VIC
Position title: Clinical Bioinformatics Lead
Employer: Victorian Clinical Genetics Services
Closing date: 14/08/2021
Brief position description: The VCGS Clinical Bioinformatics Unit (CBU) provides full support of bioinformatics services needed to enable VCGS clinical testing, including world-leading analytical capabilities to support diagnosis and treatment of critically ill children with genetic disorders. By joining VCGS, you will have the opportunity to be directly involved in helping to diagnose critically ill adults and children suffering from often debilitating or life threatening genetic disorders, as well as in developing testing and screening options that enable couples to have healthy children. Our group works with large volumes of whole genome and exome data, in addition to RNASeq to deliver comprehensive testing options for complex genetic conditions. Our in-house pipelines power large portions some of Australia's most advanced and high profile research programs including the Australian Genomics Acute Care Flagship and the Mackenzies Mission program.
We are seeking a talented and committed bioinformatician to help us scale up our delivery of bioinformatics tools and related software infrastructure and methods to meet our increasing demand for advanced genomic tests based on next generation sequencing data. You will assist us to develop, design and validate new assays that identify causal pathogenic mutations, while contributing strongly to improving our quality control and overall maturity of our software delivery. While our work is funded by core testing revenue and is not dependent on grant funding, as one of Australia's most advanced genetics laboratories positioned at the heart of Melbourne's Parkville biomedical precinct you will have significant opportunities to engage with cutting edge research to maintain and further your own career. It is essential that you are highly motivated by helping patients in need and derive fulfillment and value from working in a clinical setting where patients are at the centre of our values.
This position is Melbourne based, however for the right candidate flexible / remote starting options will be considered.
Job website: https://www.seek.com.au/job/52650977?type=standout
Contact name: Simon Sadedin
Contact email: ssadedin@gmail.com
Senior Systems Microbiologist / Biologist @ NZ
Position title: Senior Systems Microbiologist / Biologist
Employer: Fonterra New Zealand
Closing date: 14/6/2021
Brief position description: About us
We are a proud New Zealand Co-operative built by generations of farming whānau. We believe nutritious food is essential to sustain people today, and for future generations to thrive, which is why we challenge ourselves to find new ways to bring our dairy goodness to people around the world.
Located in Palmerston North, New Zealand, the Fonterra Research and Development Centre (FRDC) is home to a highly collegial team of around 300 qualified scientists, technologists and engineers – many of whom are the world’s leading experts in dairy science – and it is investing in new techniques with cutting edge technology right now!
About the opportunity
As an established researcher supporting the Food Assurance Science Team within Fonterra’s Research and Development Centre, you will be part of a multidisciplinary team working on world leading projects covering Microbiology, Chemistry and Biochemistry.
As Senior Systems Microbiologist / Biologist and part of the Data Programme team, you will contribute to produce sustained, significant commercial value for Fonterra in the area of Food Safety and Quality Science and Innovation through data analysis, interpretation and predictive modelling.
You will use your expertise to plan and lead research on the effective management of microbiological effects on the food chain. You will be part of a wider multi-disciplinary team of experts working in the areas of Risk Modelling and solutions (tools/app) development. You will have a passion for research, successful track record of delivering key goals, and enjoy working with a multidisciplinary team to deliver value to the business.
Key responsibilities:
• Conduct modelling of biological systems and microorganisms to understand effects on dairy products
• Develop algorithms, methods and models to understand biological systems and relationships
• Provide scientific guidance through breadth, depth and currency of theoretical expertise in specialized areas, applying this to enhance the capacity of our R&D function
• Maintain subject matter expertise; identify and pursue opportunities for professional development
• Contribute to Data Programme and Food Assurance Science direction, including identification, evaluation and presentation of opportunities relevant to business initiatives
• Deliver timely, self-critiqued quality research outputs according to prioritised business needs
About you
Your strong communication skills and an ability to tell a story using data is key. Experience in computational or predictive/systems biology is necessary, however we are open to applicants from any industry where you can clearly demonstrate the core skill set.
With a passion for delivering results, engaging across the business, and bringing numbers to life, this is where you will shine.
Key skills and experience:
• Degree (Masters/PhD) or extensive experience in the Biological Sciences, Computer Science, or Statistics is favoured
• Expertise in modelling of biological systems
• Extensive experience with applied predictive modelling for quantitative risk analysis
• Experience in Genomics, Metagenomics is an advantage
• Experience with Food Safety Systems
• Experience across a range of computing languages and systems
• Ability to identify and incorporate new knowledge
• Willingness to help build wider capabilities within a team
Our Story
Whanaungatanga, our Co-operative spirit gives us all a common strength and purpose. Manaakitanga is how we care for all our people who are at the heart of what we do, we want our farmers, employees, customers and communities to thrive. Kaitiakitanga, ensures we take care of the land. We are committed to farming in a way that regenerates our farms and environment for future generations.
Whakaohooho constantly inspires ourselves and each other with great career development opportunities and benefits. We enable flexibility and balance to suit everyone’s lifestyles and choices.
Our Co-operative is a place where everyone can be themselves, feel empowered to do their best.
Sound good to you? Come join our whānau. You, me, Us Together Tᾱtou tᾱtou.
With unparalleled scope, visibility and challenge this opportunity is not to be missed. If you’re results driven and ready for your next big career move this could be for you – Apply now!
For more details or to apply please email tanja.lohr2@fonterra.com
Job website: http://career10.successfactors.com/sfcareer/jobreqcareer?jobId=4428&company=C0001206658P&username=
Contact name: Rosy Corrigan
Contact email: rosy.corrigan@fonterra.com
Postdoctoral Research Fellow (Bioinformatics) @ NSW
Position title: Postdoctoral Research Fellow (Bioinformatics)
Employer: UNSW SYDNEY
Closing date: 4/7/21
Brief position description: The Postdoctoral Research Fellow will be based in the Stem Cell Group, Adult Cancer Program, Lowy Cancer Research Centre and will investigate the molecular identity of healthy and diseased blood stem cells and tissues that support their development with a view to translating findings to benefit blood cancer therapy and regenerative medicine.
The Postdoctoral Research Fellow will demonstrate the ability to conduct high-quality research in computational biology. They will design, set up and manage projects that use single cell transcriptomics and multi-omics to investigate the development and function of healthy blood and leukemic cells.
The ideal candidate will combine a solid background in single cell computational analytics (e.g., data analysis, machine learning, graph-based single cell representations) with a strong drive to work with experimentalists to translate algorithmic advances into novel and interpretable biomedical discoveries
Job website: https://external-careers.jobs.unsw.edu.au/cw/en/job/501981/postdoctoral-research-fellow-bioinformatician
Contact name: Fabio Zanini
Contact email: fabio.zanini@unsw.edu.au
Senior Research Bioinformatician @ NSW
Position title: Senior Research Bioinformatician
Employer: University of Sydney
Closing date: 11.30pm, 12 June 2021
Brief position description: The Sydney Informatics Hub have an exciting new opportunity for a Senior Research Bioinformatician to join their team. As the Senior Research Bioinformatician, you will provide expert leadership, advice and training to researchers and other users of the facility, in particular in the field of bioinformatics. This position will see you take on a range of duties including, but not limited to;
- providing bioinformatics technical and scientific expertise. Taking leadership, managing and delivering advanced user support in bioinformatics for internal and external researchers
- contributing to the coordination and unification of the University’s bioscience research communities and infrastructure by the Sydney Informatics Hub to facilitate ‘omics research throughout the University of Sydney and partner organisations
- designing experiments for bioinformatics research projects utilising University, national and commercial compute facilities, such as Artemis HPC, NCI Gadi HPC and Amazon Cloud to meet the needs of the project, researchers and/or other technical staff in the facility.
This is a full time, 3 year fixed term contract (until 2024) offering a base salary of $95K p.a., plus leave loading and a generous employer’s contribution to superannuation.
Job website: http://usyd.wd3.myworkdayjobs.com/en-US/USYD_EXTERNAL_CAREER_SITE/job/Darlington-Campus/Senior-Research-Bioinformatician_0080560-2
Contact name: Tracy Chew
Contact email: tracy.chew@sydney.edu.au
Bioinformatician/ Computational Biologist / Biostatistician @ VIC
Position title: Bioinformatician/ Computational Biologist / Biostatistician
Employer: Children's Medical Research Institute
Closing date: 25th June 2021
Brief position description: Children’s Medical Research Institute (CMRI) was Australia’s first dedicated paediatric research facility and is now one of the world’s most highly regarded independent medical research centres. Our research focuses on the areas of embryonic development and birth defects, cancer, neuroscience and gene therapy and we have a strong international reputation based on our research outcomes. It is also home to the world-first proteomics project, ProCan, which is changing the way cancer is diagnosed and treated. CMRI’s research programs are supported by state of the art facilities and committed research and support staff. Our achievements are made possible by a loyal network of community supporters, highly engaged donors and the very successful Jeans for Genes® fundraising campaign.
A data scientist 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). Equipped with six SCIEX mass spectrometers and a super computer (800TB / 480 cores), ProCan processes tumour samples through a proteomic method, SWATH-MS, which allows fast mass spectrometric conversion of small amounts of tissue (biopsy level) into a single, permanent digital file representing the quantitative proteome of the sample. One of the goals of ProCan is to measure thousands of proteins in about 70,000 cancers of all types with known treatment outcome and correlate tumour proteotypes with clinical phenotypes. The Cancer Data Science Group aims to develop novel computational tools and sophisticated machine learning algorithms to achieve this goal. Other major focuses of the group are 1) big proteogenomic data mining and management, 2) the genome-proteome association analysis and multi-omic data integration for studying cancer, 3) development of advanced statistical tools to account for batch effects caused by large-scale, high throughput proteomics, and 4) implementation of big data-driven, evidence-based computational tools to achieve predictive, preventive, personalized medicine.
Job website: https://www.seek.com.au/job/52216861
Contact name: Qing Zhong
Contact email: qzhong@cmri.org.au
Scientist - Bioinformatician @ QLD
Position title: Scientist - Bioinformatician
Employer: Queensland Health
Closing date: 24-May-2021
Brief position description: Pathology Queensland are seeking a fixed term temporary full -time HP4 Scientist - Bioinformatician (for 5 months) to join our team. Located in Brisbane the primary purpose of this position is to provide bioinformatics advice and support to the scientists of Pathology Queensland, particularly around developing and supporting tools and pipelines for next generation sequencing analysis. The position will support, improve and automate software programs used as databases and scientific tools within laboratories and work with high performance and virtual and cloud computing used within the facility. If this sounds like the type of role for you we encourage you to apply.
Job website: http://smartjobs.qld.gov.au/jobs/QLD-HSQ372487
Contact name: Ben Lundie 0736468161