The Institute of Cancer Research, London
Closing Date of vacancy: 02 Dec 2015
Division: Genetics & Epidemiology
Team: Oncogenetics
Salary Range: £32,467 - £33,740
Work Location: Sutton (Surrey)
The research of the Oncogenetics Team is focusing on identifying and characterising inherited genetic variation influencing an individual's risk of developing prostate cancer.
We are seeking a highly motivated individual to work in our team primarily on next generation sequence analysis of whole genomes from germline and somatic tissue from data QC to statistical analysis. In addition the post-holder will be also involved in various other projects including analysis of large-scale genetic datasets using publicly available packages, commercial software and their own code.
Responsibilities/Duties
- Analysis of whole genome, whole exome or targeted next generation sequencing data
- Analysis of large datasets, including preparation of scripts in Perl, C/C++ , R, PYTHON
- Independent and collaborative research including development of new methodology for advanced analysis of datasets
- Monitoring of developments within the wider bioinformatics/genetics community and testing/implementing of promising methods
- Development of innovative solutions to bioinformatics/statistical problems
- To support and facilitate the work of other researchers in the group and to help writing papers for conference presentation and submission to peer- reviewed journals.
- To shape, develop and maintain the current computing resources of the group (with support from the IT department)
- Collaboration with other research teams within and outside the ICR
