Location: | Cambridge |
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Salary: | £40,521 to £54,395 |
Hours: | Full Time |
Contract Type: | Fixed-Term/Contract |
Placed On: | 16th July 2024 |
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Closes: | 4th August 2024 |
Job Ref: | PU42487 |
Location: Central Cambridge
The Medical Research Council Toxicology Unit is an internationally renowned institution focussed on the delivery of field-changing mechanistic insights into toxicology and disease. We are looking for a Bioinformatician to join the Bioinformatics Core Facility at the Toxicology Unit, providing expert support to research scientists in data processing, statistical analysis, integration and visualisation of disparate datasets, development of analysis workflows, and training. You will contribute to various support and training tasks as part of a team under the supervision of the Facility Manager and the Academic Lead.
A degree in a scientific or computational discipline is required together with a postgraduate degree (PhD) and/or experience in bioinformatics or computational biology. Experience in consulting with non-computational research scientists on experimental design and bioinformatics analysis and/or publication record of meaningful analysis roles in peer reviewed articles is highly desirable.
Basic programming or scripting skills and experience in cluster computing are required together with experience in computational analysis of high-throughput molecular biology experiments. Expert knowledge and ability to work in the following areas is essential:
Mass-spectrometry based proteomics-processing of proteomics data including working with raw data, statistical analysis, and feature identification. Helping researchers in interpretation of the statistical analysis.
In addidition, skills/experience in the areas below are desirable:
Fixed-term: The funds for this post are available for 2 years in the first instance.
To apply online for this vacancy and to view further information about the role, please visit: www.jobs.cam.ac.uk/job/47411.
Informal enquiries are welcome and can be directed to Kiran Patil (kp533@mrc-tox.cam.ac.uk)
If you have any queries regarding the application process, please contact hradmin@mrc-tox.cam.ac.uk
Further information can be found on our website: www.mrc-tox.cam.ac.uk
Please quote reference PU42487 on your application and in any correspondence about this vacancy.
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