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The Wellcome Trust/Cancer Research UK Gurdon Institute is seeking two people to join our Core Bioinformatics team. The successful applicants will work collaboratively with scientists engaged in cutting edge research in nuclear reprogramming, stem cell biology, embryo development, gene expression control, cancer, and DNA replication and repair. The post will involve computational analyses of a range of different data types, including RNA-seq in single cells, cultured cells and tissues, chromatin immunoprecipitation, ATAC-seq, Hi-C, and mutation detection, and could include the development of new methods. A description of our research can be found at http://www.gurdon.cam.ac.uk/research.
The persons appointed should have a PhD or equivalent relevant expertise and the ability to communicate computational analyses with wet-lab biologists. Applicants should have a solid understanding of molecular biology and experience of computational techniques used in the analysis of biological data, as well as an understanding of statistical methods and their application to large data sets. Expertise in the analysis of Illumina sequence data is essential.
Limited funding: The funds for this post are available until 30 November 2021 in the first instance.
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Informal enquiries can be addressed to Alex Sossick (a.sossick@gurdon.cam.ac.uk). Please quote reference PR12281 on your application and in any correspondence about this vacancy.
The University values diversity and is committed to equality of opportunity. The University has a responsibility to ensure that all employees are eligible to live and work in the UK. Benefits include generous maternity/paternity leave, flexible working and funds for returning carers and other family-friendly schemes.
