Employer: University of Massachusetts Medical School
Closing date: 1/1/2020
Brief position description: We are seeking a highly motivated, creative and independent individual to join our program to create algorithms to create accurate gene and isoform annotations in a collaboration between the UMMS Bioinformatics Core (https://www.umassmed.edu/biocore) and Garber laboratory (Computational Biology, http://garberlab.umassmed.edu). We are pursuing a modeling, data centric, approach that integrates multiple RNA-Seq libraries. This is a unique opportunity for building, testing and refining computational models to create more accurate gene/isoform annotations. The person hired for this position will lead the data handling, analysis and algorithm development efforts. As such the ideal candidate will be intimately familiar with machine learning, classification and clustering algorithms, sequencing technologies and have a working knowledge of computational biology.
Responsibilities *
● Responsible for analysis of bulk RNA-Seq data ● Statistical modeling of genomics data ● Development of computational tools for de-novo transcriptome assembly using RNA-Seq data ● Develop, validate, and compare the performance of prediction models. ● Use demonstrated scientific creativity, collaboration with others, and independent thought to expand technical capabilities and identify new research opportunities
Qualifications *
● Ph.D or masters degree in Bioinformatics, Computational Biology, Physics, Computer Science, Statistics or related field
● Working knowledge of computational biology and sequencing technologies
● Fluency in at least one scripting language (e.g. Python, Perl) and good knowledge of non-scripting languages (e.g. C++)
● ANSI sql and nosql knowledge to fast and scalable databases
● Strong publication record and excellent communication skills
● Excellent organization and time management skills
● Must be able to handle a variety of tasks and to adapt to a highly dynamic environment
Job website: https://www.umassmed.edu/biocore/about-us/join-our-team/
Contact name: Alper Kucukural
Contact email: alper.kucukural@umassmed.edu
Assistant Professor in Systems Biology @ Harvard University
Employer: Harvard Medical School
Closing date: 31 October 2019
Brief position description: The Department of Systems Biology at Harvard Medical School invites applications for an Assistant Professor position. We seek researchers who define and address fundamental and/or applied problems in biology or medicine, and who use quantitative experimental, computational, synthetic and/or theoretical approaches in their work.
The Department faculty have diverse backgrounds and interests in cell biology, biochemistry, physics, mathematics, chemistry, computer science, engineering and medicine. We offer a lively, family-friendly and supportive environment in which to perform interdisciplinary science, with the benefit of significant scientific and scholarly resources. We encourage team science, entrepreneurship and innovation, including in the area of mentoring and developing the next generation of scientists with diverse backgrounds and interests. We are committed to building a diverse faculty and we strongly encourage applications from, or nominations of, female and minority candidates.
The successful candidate will become a member of Harvard University’s Ph.D. Program in Systems, Synthetic and Quantitative Biology, a cross-campus interdisciplinary program that attracts extraordinary graduate students.
The deadline for applications is October 31st, 2019. Interviews will occur in two phases, first over video conference (early December) and then in person (weeks of 10 Feb and 24 Feb 2020).
We are an equal opportunity employer and all qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, disability status, protected veteran status, gender identity, sexual orientation, pregnancy and pregnancy-related conditions or any other characteristic protected by law.
For questions, please e-mail Search_SystemsBiology@hms.harvard.edu. For application instructions, and to apply, please go to https://academicpositions.harvard.edu/postings/9257
Job website: https://academicpositions.harvard.edu/postings/9257
Contact name: Angela DePace
Contact email: Search_SystemsBiology@hms.harvard.edu
Bioinformatician @ Auckland
Employer: New Zealand Ministry for Primary Industries
Closing date: 25 October 2019
Brief position description: The Ministry for Primary Industries' Plant Health & Environment Laboratory (PHEL) in Auckland has a fixed-term vacancy (36 months) for a bioinformatician to work on a project to develop a bioinformatics toolkit for the detection of known viruses and the discovery of novel viruses from high-throughput sequencing data. The toolkit will be used to support the work of both the PHEL and the Animal Health Laboratory in Wallaceville. In this role, you will be expected to develop an in-house automated bioinformatics toolkit for the screening of viruses in plant and animal samples of biosecurity importance. For the toolkit to be intuitive and user-friendly, you will be expected to develop a windows-based software with an easy-to-use graphical user interface to allow the laboratory diagnosticians to easily perform data analysis.
Job website: https://jobs.govt.nz/jobs/MPI19-1410388
Contact name: Elvis Madar
Contact email: Elvis.Madar@mpi.govt.nz
Postdoctoral Research Fellow @ Melbourne
Employer: Institute of Vector Borne Disease - Monash University
Closing date: 27 Oct
Brief position description: The Vector and Pathogen Genomics group at the Institute of Vector-Borne disease at Monash University is looking for a skilled postdoctoral Research Fellow to investigate genomic rearrangement and mobile element insertion in Aedes aegypti and its effect on gene flow in wild populations. As well as being a fascinating aspect of genome evolution, this is also a subject of prime interest to the work of the World Mosquito Program and their global network of Wolbachia-based interventions into dengue and Zika transmission.
In our group we apply omics tools to vectors, viruses and parasites in order to better understand disease transmission and develop tools for disease surveillance and control. Specific interests of the group include population structure and speciation in mosquito vectors, pathogen diversity and relatedness, pathogen-vector interactions and genomic epidemiology.
The role would suit a computational biologist looking to work in an important field of infectious disease research, or a skilled dipteran biologist who would like to pursue a postdoc in a computational field. Researchers with previous experience in statistical / population genetics or genomic evolution in insect species are encouraged to apply.
Job website: http://careers.pageuppeople.com/513/cw/en/job/594587/research-fellow
Contact name: Seth Redmond
Contact email: seth.redmond@monash.edu
Post-doctoral Research Officer / Senior Post-doctoral Research Officer @ WEHI
Employer:The Walter and Eliza Hall Institute
Closing date:31/10/2019
Brief position description:Overview
This position offers an opportunity to join the research group of Associate Professor Melissa Davis in the Bioinformatics Division at the Walter and Eliza Hall Institute on a 3 year contract at either Level A or Level B, depending on experience.
The Postdoctoral Research Officer in the Davis Laboratory will undertake research projects in computational cancer biology, including the analysis multi-omics and clinical data associated with drug treatments and response to therapies. They will be expected to undertake high quality research aligned with the interests of the laboratory, and communicate this research through presentations and the production of manuscripts. They will have the opportunity to undertake student supervision, and will participate in the preparation of funding applications related to their research.
Key responsibilities
• Analysis and integration of multi-omics data associated with responses to drugs in cell lines and other models of disease
• Identify opportunities for innovative research and develop and drive novel work aligned with the interests of the group
• Undertake collaborative research projects to study plasticity and cellular differentiation programs in breast cancer to study progression and metastasis
• Prepare reports and communicate effectively with collaborators project stakeholders
• Work effectively with other lab members on joint projects.
• Prepare manuscripts for publication in refereed journals.
• Present research findings in seminars and at national and international conferences.
• Participate in the management and supervision of RHD students
Job website:http://www.wehi.edu.au/research-officersenior-research-officer
Contact name:Melissa Davis
Contact email:davis.m@wehi.edu.au
Bioinformatics Research Technician @ WEHI
Employer:Walter and Eliza Hall Institute of Medical Research
Closing date:17/09/2019
Brief position description:The appointee will join the WEHI Genomics and Single Cell Open Research Endeavour (SCORE) teams and be part of the WEHI Genomics Hub (WGH).
The appointee will be undertake bioinformatic analyses of genomic sequencing data, especially from single cell technologies, using the R programming environment and other tools.
They will also provide software pipeline support for sequencing data generation.
The WGH provides access to several next generation sequencing
platforms (illumina, PacBio, Oxford Nanopore) as well as single cell capture platforms (10X Chromium, CEL-Seq2, Fluidigm C1).
These teams generate next generation sequencing data for both internal and external collaborators.
The appointee will use advanced bioinformatics tools, developed at the WEHI and elsewhere, to compile and
analyse data utilising the in-house high-performance computing infrastructure.
Job website:http://www.seek.com.au/job/39811200?searchrequesttoken=2b42425e-6924-435b-a8b6-a8bde9c2f808&type=standard
Contact name:Stephen Wilcox
Contact email:swilcox@wehi.edu.au
Genomics Bioinformatician (Health Manager Level 2) @ Sydney
Employer:Sydney Local Health District
Closing date:22 September 2019
Brief position description:This is a new position established by the Sydney Local Health District (SLHD) for its Genomics Network located at the Royal Prince Alfred (RPA) Hospital. The purpose is to provide core support in bioinformatics to a number of health professionals working in genomics. The scope is broad including germline, somatic and microbial genetics. As required, the successful applicant might need to collaborate with other bioinformaticians within the SLHD (RPA and Concord Hospitals), the University of Sydney and NSW Health Pathology. The successful candidate will need to demonstrate strong programming proficiency ideally with proven expertise in next generation sequencing genomic analysis.
Job website:https://iworkfor.nsw.gov.au/job/genomics-bioinformatician-health-manager-level-2-172540
Contact name:Bing Yu
Contact email:Bing.Yu@sydney.edu.au
PhD candidate for New Methods in Molecular Phylogenetics @ ANU
Employer: Australian National University
Closing date: September 16th 2019
Brief position description: Phylogenies form the backbone of our understanding of much of life on earth. We are looking for a candidate with experience in bioinformatics, mathematics, computer science, or machine learning to help us build and apply the next generation of phylogenetic methods.
This PhD project will involve designing and testing the next generation of methods for estimating phylogenetic trees from genome-scale sequencing data. There are a large number of potential directions that the research could take, and the details will depend on your interests and experience. Potential directions include: developing rapid phylogenetic methods using machine learning; new approaches to phylogenetic model selection; co-estimating multiple trees; developing empirical benchmark datasets in phylogenomics.
Job website: http://www.findaphd.com/phds/project/new-methods-in-molecular-phylogenetics/?p111348
Contact name: Rob Lanfear
Contact email: rob.lanfear@anu.edu.au
PhD scholarship - Systems Biology/Bioinformatics @ Cairns, Australia
Employer: Australian Institute of Tropical Health and Medicine (AITHM)
Closing date: 30 September
Brief position description: Calling for Systems Biology PhD applications to join the new “Health and Disease” theme of the Centre for Tropical Bioinformatics and Molecular Biology (CTBMB) and Australian Institute of Tropical Health and Medicine (AITHM), at James Cook University (Cairns, Australia).
Bioinformatics and Systems Biology projects opportunities exist in a range of infectious and chronic diseases that affect the tropics, such as tuberculosis, malaria, dengue, and diabetes as well as ongoing national and international collaborations in neuroscience and malaria. Systems Biology aims to better understand human disease using a combination of high-throughput technology (such as DNA/RNA sequencing, proteomics etc.) and bioinformatics. Projects are available in pure bioinformatics/systems biology, utilising and developing bioinformatics/systems biology/statistics/machine learning methods as well as joint wet-lab/dry-lab projects through excellent cross-cutting co-supervision.
Specific project opportunities exist for:
1) Development of bioinformatics methods for untangling disruptive signalling in neurological disease (collaboration with Dr Mark Graham; Children's Medical Research Institute)
2) Establishment of host-pathogen interaction bioinformatics platforms and methods for simultaneous analysis of host and pathogen transcriptomics (collaboration with Dr Firth)
3) Multi-omics bioinformatics of BCG vaccinated and Mtb-infected children (collaboration with Dr Kuptz, TB Immunology Group)
4) Systems immunology and multi-omics approaches to understand protective immunity to human malaria (collaboration with Prof Doolan and Dr Wise). This is supported by an AITHM Scholarship and details about this project are available here (closes, 13th September): https://www.aithm.jcu.edu.au/phd-stipend-scholarship/
Supervisor contacts:
Dr Ashley Waardenberg – Research Fellow (Bioinformatics), Theme Leader, JCU Centre for Tropical Bioinformatics and Molecular Biology https://research.jcu.edu.au/portfolio/ashley.waardenberg/
Ashley.Waardenberg@jcu.edu.au; (61-7) 4232 2046
Professor Denise Doolan – Professorial Research Fellow (Molecular Immunology), AITHM Deputy Director; Director of JCU Centre for Molecular Therapeutics https://research.jcu.edu.au/portfolio/denise.doolan/
denise.doolan@jcu.edu.au; (61-7) 4232 1492
Dr Ingrid Wise – Research Fellow (Molecular Immunology) https://research.jcu.edu.au/portfolio/ingrid.wise/
ingrid.wise@jcu.edu.au
Dr Andreas Kupz – Senior Research Fellow, Group Leader - Tuberculosis Immunology, Centre for Molecular Therapeutics
https://research.jcu.edu.au/portfolio/andreas.kupz/
andreas.kupz@jcu.edu.au; (61-7) 4232 2048
Dr Cadhla Firth – Hot North Career Development Fellow (pathogen genomics)
cadhla.firth@jcu.edu.au
Job website: http://www.jcu.edu.au/graduate-research-school/candidates/postgraduate-research-scholarships
Contact name: Ashley Waardenberg
Contact email: ashley.waardenberg@jcu.edu.au
PhD Scholarship - Genomic Data Analytics @ Monash
Employer: Monash University
Closing date: Saturday 30 November 2019, 11:55 pm AEST
Brief position description: Job No: 589959
Location: The Alfred Centre, 99 Commercial Road, Melbourne
Employment Type: Full-time
Duration: 3 year fixed-term appointment
Remuneration: Monash University Research Training Program (RTP) stipend: $27,872 per annum
The Opportunity
This is a unique opportunity to undertake a PhD in the Public Health Genomics program at Monash University, with direct access to one of the highest quality cohorts in Australia, the ASPirin in Reducing Events in the Elderly (ASPREE) study.
ASPREE have generated genomic data on over 15,000 Australians, now amongst the most comprehensive genomic data ever produced for an Australian cohort (13,500 exomes, 3,000 whole genomes, 15,000 SNP genotyping). The genomic data is accompanied by an unprecedented level of longitudinal phenotype, clinical and lifestyle information collected over 5+ years, to the highest standards of a clinical trial.
We seek talented PhD students to undertake data-driven studies with ASPREE, to begin to build their research careers around this important cohort study. Various projects are available making use of genomic + phenotypic data.
We seek candidates with backgrounds in human genetics, computational biology, statistical genetics, genetic epidemiology and/or clinical DNA sequencing analysis, with a desire for innovative analysis of large datasets. Candidates need to have a baseline knowledge of human genetics and be proficient with command line and R.
Essential Criteria
- Australian Citizen or Australian permanent resident
- An undergraduate (Honours) or Masters degree in biology, genetics, computer science and/or a related discipline
- Good written and oral communication skills and an ability to work in a team environment
- Proficiency (or high aptitude) for R programming and command line
Enquires and How to Apply
Interested candidates, please contact the Head of Public Health Genomics; Paul Lacaze (Paul.Lacaze@monash.edu) for more detail of the application procedure.
Please specify the project name above when making enquiries.
Closing Date
Saturday 30 November 2019, 11:55 pm AEST
Job website: http://careers.pageuppeople.com/513/cw/en/job/589959/phd-scholarship-genomic-data-analytics
Contact name: Paul Lacaze
Contact email: Paul.Lacaze@monash.edu