Position title: Bioinformatics Research Officer/Research Assistant
Employer: WEHI
Closing date: 18 December 2020
Brief position description: An opportunity exists for a talented and motivated Research Officer and/or Research Assistant to work with A/Prof Matt Ritchie in the Epigenetics and Development Division at WEHI.
The Ritchie Laboratory uses statistical methodologies to provide new insights into the genetic basis of health and disease. They develop specialised analysis methods for large and complex genomics datasets (e.g. bulk and single cell RNA-seq, long-read RNA-seq and long-read methylation profiling) implemented in open-source software through the Bioconductor project. They collaborate with research groups throughout the Institute to uncover changes in gene regulation that occur during development and in the context of diseases such as cancer.
The successful candidate for a Research Officer role will have a PhD in Statistics, Mathematics, Computer Science, Bioinformatics or Computational Biology, strong computational skills, and experience applying these skills in the analysis of large and complex datasets.
The successful candidate for a Research Assistant role will have an Honour’s or Master’s degree in Mathematics, Statistics, Computer Science, Bioinformatics or Computational Biology.
Job website: http://www.wehi.edu.au/bioinformatics-research-officerresearch-assistant-parental-leave-cover
Contact name: Matt Ritchie
Contact email: mritchie@wehi.edu.au