Position title: Post Doctoral Research Officer - Bioinformatics
Employer: St Vincent's Institute of Medical Research
Closing date: 30 November 2022
Brief position description: The DNA Repair and Recombination Laboratory is an established research group at SVI, focused on understanding the genetic control of DNA repair and recombination and the role that these processes play in inheritance and oncofertility. You will bring your skills as a bioinformatician and will work closely with wetlab researchers in the same team for all experimental stages from planning through to data analysis. You will be a self-motivated researcher with a PhD, first author publications and strengths in bioinformatics, genomics and/or digital image analysis, statistics, computation, and reproducible analyses. The role will be a mixture of semi-autonomous research and providing support as required to the wetlab part of the team. You may have the opportunity to develop your own research projects by negotiation.
To address our biological questions, we use a number of tools that produce large datasets which includes: histological and immunofluorescence microscopy, bulk high-throughput sequencing of genomic DNA, single-cell sequencing of genomic DNA, whole animal phenotyping from pedigrees, and other cell-based phenotypic datasets. The team is specifically interested in performing discovery research and identifying and characterizing phenotypes which in turn improves our understanding of our biological interests.
Having a diverse workforce that represents the global and Australian community is very important to our team and we actively encourage applications from Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islanders, people with disabilities, from culturally and linguistically diverse backgrounds, LGBTQIA+ people, and all genders.
NHMRC-funded Position
We are seeking a self-motivated and passionate bioinformatics postdoc to join the DNA Repair and Recombination Laboratory team headed by Associate Professor Wayne Crismani. This role involves:
Performing exploratory data analysis in the areas of genetics and image analysis
Exploratory data analyses should produce hypotheses which can be tested
Advising wet lab scientists on data practices
Wrangling high throughput screening datasets
Package development where appropriate
Essential selection criteria:
Enthusiasm for science is a must
PhD in a computational discipline and demonstrable experience bioinformatics, genomics and genetics.
Proficiency in computer programming and scripting in one or more of the following languages: R, Python, C++, Go, Nim, Rust, Java, Perl, SQL.
If you would like to read more about this position and find application instructions please visit our website:
https://www.svi.edu.au/careers_students/careers/current_vacancies/#Post%20Doctoral%20Research%20Officer%20-%20Bioinformatics
Job website:https://www.svi.edu.au/careers_students/careers/current_vacancies/#Post%20Doctoral%20Research%20Officer%20-%20Bioinformatics
Contact name: Wayne Crismani
Contact email: wcrismani@svi.edu.au
