Bioinformatician - McArthur Lab

At Peter Mac we aim to continuously improve cancer care, research and education across all cancers and for all people affected by cancer: changing lives, breaking new ground. Everything we do is underpinned by our core values, Excellence, Compassion and Innovation. Welcoming people from a wide variety of different backgrounds and experiences is critical to fostering innovation, cultivating compassion, attracting and retaining top talent and providing the best possible cancer care for our patients.
YOUR ROLE IN OUR FUTURE
Bioinformatician - McArthur Lab
Full time for 12 months (with possibility of extension)
Classification - Level A Equivalent (1RA5-1RA9)
Salary range: $88,406 – $103,329 plus superannuation
We are seeking a talented and committed Bioinformatics Officer with a PhD or graduate degree who has extensive experience in Bioinformatics, Computational Biology, Systems Biology, Computer Science or Statistics. A background in cell biology would be appropriate. The overall goal of our team is to understand the impact of cancer therapy on both the tumour cell and its microenvironment, our aim is to develop novel treatment strategies that are durable and prevent therapy resistance. To address our aim we are using multiple high-throughput technologies, including single-cell RNA sequencing, lineage tracing, long read RNA sequencing, spatial transcriptomics and multiplex immunohistochemistry. The Bioinformatics Officer would be responsible for both implementing existing available tools and packages as well as developing novel methods, analysis tools or strategies to understand changes in tumour cell biology and the tumour microenvironment.
For more information on our team, recent publications and projects currently running in the McArthur laboratory see: https://www.petermac.org/research/research-programs-and-labs/cancer-biology-and-therapeutics-program/grant-mcarthur-lab.
At the Research Division at Petermac we have an active Computational Biology community that includes computational research laboratories, as well as the Bioinformatics Core Facility and the Research Computing Facility. Scientists come from a range of disciplines including biology, computer science, mathematics and statistics, as well as software engineering.
Applicants to this role should provide a covering letter, resume and response to selection criteria outlining relative key skills and experience to assist us with our assessment.
For further information about this opportunity, click Apply to be redirected to the Peter Mac Careers page where you can review the position summary. Alternatively, please contact us using the information below for a confidential discussion.
Hiring Manager: Assoc Prof Karen Sheppard
Email: **************@petermac.org
Application Close: 11:59 pm 13th February 2024