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Salary- Full time 3 years fixed term
- Great opportunity for a Computational Biologist to work with a domestic and international research team in cancer immunotherapy
- Base Salary $100,032 - $108,979 + 17% superannuation
The University of Sydney recently appointed Professor Cameron Turtle as the CLEARbridge Chair of Cancer Immunotherapy. Professor Turtle has recently returned to Australia from Seattle where he led clinical and laboratory research teams conducting multiple investigator-initiated phase 1 clinical trials of genetically modified cellular (CAR-T cell) immunotherapies for patients with haematologic malignancies.
The Faculty of Medicine and Health has a great opportunity for a Computational Biologist to join Professor Turtle's new Sydney based research team, in the School of Medical Sciences. The Computational Biologist will work in collaboration with research teams based locally and in Seattle to analyse data gathered from the Sydney based lab.
Your key responsibilities will be to:
- analyse data gathered from research teams in Sydney, including single cell RNAseq, CITEseq, epigenomic, and multiplexed imaging data.
- collaborate with research teams at Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center in Seattle to learn and perform data analyses
- tertiary qualifications in biostatistics, computational biology or similar related areas
- experience delivering high quality statistical research outputs
- experience working with Python and R
- experience with analyses of sequencing data (e.g., single cell RNAseq/CITEseq data, epigenomic data, and multiplexed imaging data) will be advantageous.
Sponsorship / work rights for Australia
Please note: Visa sponsorship is not available for this position. For a continuing position, you must be an Australian or New Zealand citizen or an Australian Permanent Resident.
Australian Temporary Residents currently employed at the University of Sydney may be considered for a fixed term contract for the length of their visa, depending on the requirements of the hiring area and the position.
Pre-employment checks
Your employment is conditional upon the completion of all role required pre-employment or background checks in terms satisfactory to the University. Similarly, your ongoing employment is conditional upon the satisfactory maintenance of all relevant clearances and background check requirements. If you do not meet these conditions, the University may take any necessary step, including the termination of your employment.
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