Research Officer (Bioinformatics, Chemometrics, Biostatistics) @ WA

Position title: Research Officer (Bioinformatics, Chemometrics, Biostatistics)

Employer: Murdoch University - Health Futures Institute

Closing date: 30 April 2022

Brief position description:

• Fixed Term, Full Time
• HEW0708 | Competitive Remuneration Package to be offered to successful candidate
• 10% employer superannuation contributions
• Salary Packaging opportunities
• Ref: 3814A01/127708

An exciting new opportunity has arisen for a Research Officer with experienced in Bioinformatics, Chemometrics or Biostatistics, to join the Centre for Computational & Systems Medicine (CCSM) at Murdoch University. This is part of the WA Premier’s Science Program specifically aims to apply metabolic phenotyping and data analytics with clinical application targeted at disease prevention.

The position will drive research activities that focus on the development and application of high-fidelity computational and statistical modelling pipelines for modelling spectroscopic data generated by instruments such as nuclear magnetic resonance spectroscopy and mass spectrometers. The candidate will develop and apply univariate and multivariate statistical and pattern recognition techniques to interrogate the spectroscopic data. The candidate will also contribute to the rapidly expanding opportunities in precision health.

What you’ll bring to this role (For a full list, please visit the position description (link on Job Website))

• MSc or PhD with experience in Chemometrics, Bioinformatics or related fields, with a strong focus on applied statistics
• Professional experience in data analysis, data modelling, statistical analysis, and results reporting
• Proficiency in programming languages such as R, Python, MATLAB and JavaScript
• A track record of applying mathematical analysis to interrogate spectroscopic day. Relevant techniques include, and not limited to, pattern recognition, multivariate regression, and machine learning
• Practical experience in analysing high dimensional data, especially data derived from MS and NMR spectroscopy, and visualisation of results

Applicants should refer to the Position Description for further detail on the work requirements, duties, skills and experience required for this role. Applicants must have valid work rights.

What you’ll get in return

You will be part of a vibrant and talented team, work in an innovative and lively university community and enjoy the benefits that come with working at Murdoch.

Our people enjoy a lively, natural campus and world-class facilities, as well as a range of benefits including:

• Competitive remuneration
• Paid leave entitlements
• Flexible work arrangements
• Salary packaging options
• Employee Assistance Program
• On Campus Services and Facilities, including a Childcare Centre, Gym, Vet Hospital and Chiropractic Clinic

To Apply

Please apply through the job website, by submitting the documents below:
• A cover letter including a statement addressing the selection criteria (found in the Position Description)
• Your most recent resume (CV)

Murdoch University values diversity, promotes inclusion, and strongly encourages Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, women, and people with disability to apply. Applicants who have support or access requirements, are encouraged to advise this at the time of their application, to ensure appropriate assistance is provided throughout the recruitment process.

Closing date: 30 April 2022 (8:59pm AWST)

The University reserves the right to withdraw this advertisement at any time.

Job website: http://www.seek.com.au/job/56477730

Contact name: Ruey Leng Loo

Contact email: rueyleng.loo@murdoch.edu.au

Research Officer (CRC Bioinformatics) @ WA

Position title: Research Officer (CRC Bioinformatics)

Employer: Murdoch University - Australian National Phenome Centre

Closing date: 30 April 2022

Brief position description: Fixed Term, full time (possibility for extension)
HEW0708 | Competitive Remuneration Package to be offered to successful candidate
Salary Packaging opportunities
Ref: 120894/2912A01

The position of CRC Bioinformatics Research Officer will play a key role in collating, managing, and studying metabolic phenotyping data derived in-house using dedicated databases and existing informatics pipelines as well as developing new data analysis strategies. This position provides the successful candidate with the opportunity to work with complex, multi-dimensional data, and contribute to the translation of research into food science practice. The position also requires the Bioinformatics Research Officers to work closely with other scientific researchers and industry partners to ensure the outcomes of the project are delivered on time.

This project will involve a number of partners including the WA Department of Primary Industries and Regional Development (DPIRD), global analytical equipment manufacturer Bruker BioSpin GmbH and key SMEs and industry stakeholders. The CCSM will harnesses the deep metabolic phenotyping capabilities of the Australian National Phenome Centre (ANPC) to generate molecular profiles of food and food products using a range of state-of-the-art spectroscopic techniques (eg. Nuclear magnetic resonance spectroscopy and mass spectrometry) to unravel key attributes like molecular make-up, nutritional functionality as well as authenticity and provenance.

The position will drive new research activities that focuses on generating molecular phenotypes of premium food products unique to Western Australia. The overall aim is to connect nutritional quality and composition with health outcomes.

What you’ll bring to this role (see Position Description for a full list, including desirables)

• A Doctorate (or equivalent experience) in bioinformatics, computer science, computational biology, statistics, chemistry or related field,
• Experience in the development and application of bioinformatics tools and biostatistical methodologies common to the field of metabolomics and metabolic phenotyping,
• Proficiency in programming language such as R, Python, MATLAB, JavaScript,
• Experience in analysis of large data sets

Applicants should refer to the Position Description for further detail on the duties, skills and experience required for this role. Applicants must have valid work rights

What you’ll get in return

You will be part of a vibrant and talented team, work in an innovative and lively university community and enjoy the benefits that come with working at Murdoch.

Our people enjoy a lively, natural campus and world-class facilities, as well as a range of benefits including:

• Competitive remuneration
• Paid leave entitlements
• Flexible work arrangements
• Salary packaging options
• Employee Assistance Program
• On Campus Services and Facilities, including a Childcare Centre, Gym, Vet Hospital and Chiropractic Clinic

To Apply

Please apply through the job website, by submitting the documents below:
• A cover letter including a statement addressing the selection criteria (found in the Position Description)
• Your most recent resume (CV)

Position contact: Dr. Ruey Leng Loo, WA Premier’s Mid-Career Fellow in Molecular Nutrition at rueyleng.loo@murdoch.edu.au

Murdoch University values diversity, promotes inclusion, and strongly encourages Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, women, and people with disability to apply. Applicants who have support or access requirements, are encouraged to advise this at the time of their application, to ensure appropriate assistance is provided throughout the recruitment process.

Closing date: 30 April 2022 (8:59pm AWST)

The University reserves the right to withdraw this advertisement at any time.

Job website: https://www.seek.com.au/job/56478330

Contact name: Ruey Leng Loo

Contact email: rueyleng.loo@murdoch.edu.au

Research Officer (Statistical Bioinformatics) @ VIC

Position title: Research Officer (Statistical Bioinformatics)

Employer: Walter and Eliza Hall Institute of Medical Research

Closing date: 18 April 2022

Brief position description: An exciting opportunity exists for a postdoctoral scientist (Research Officer) to join the research laboratory of Doctor Yunshun Chen in the ACRF Cancer Biology and Stem Cells Division (also joint with the Bioinformatics Division) at WEHI.

The laboratory works closely with research collaborators on various cancer diseases, with a particular interest in identification of cancer stem cells and understanding cancer genesis. The laboratory will focus on the application of single-cell and spatial technologies on cancer research and will develop advanced computational and statistical bioinformatics strategies to analyze and interpret genomic data generated by cutting-edge technologies. The successful candidate will be supervised by Dr Yunshun Chen and will work on cancer genomics and statistical bioinformatics methodology development. Specific projects may involve single-cell multi-omics, spatial transcriptomics, RNA-seq, ChIP-seq, ATAC-seq, breast cancer, liver cancer and lung cancer. The successful candidate will be expected to conduct bioinformatics analyses, to develop bioinformatics methodology as appropriate and to work closely with collaborators in a multi-disciplinary team.

Selection Criteria:

Knowledge and Skills:
• A doctoral qualification or equivalent in a relevant discipline such as bioinformatics, statistics, mathematics, computational biology or computer science
• Proficiency in R (prior experience in performing bioinformatics analyses in R would be an advantage as would experience in R package development)
• Experience in performing analyses using various software tools in Unix environment or on high-performance computing platforms
• Ability to apply statistical and computation principles to genomic problems
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills

Personal Qualities:
• Excellent interpersonal and collaborative skills to be able to work constructively within a team environment
• Excellent organization skills, attention to detail, and comprehensive documentation and record-keeping
• Highly motivated with the ability to manage time effectively and be reliable and approachable

Key responsibilities:

• Work under the supervision of the lab head to develop and implement novel methods for analyzing data generated from new technologies
• Work collaboratively with research scientists at the institute, providing bioinformatics supports to analyze and interpret experimental data
• Design statistical strategies to answer specific research questions in collaborative projects
• Produce publishable material of high standard and contribute to writing scientific publications
• Organize and keep a record of project documents, analysis reports, original and processed data
• Present research findings at meetings or conferences

Job website: http://wehi.wd3.myworkdayjobs.com/en-US/WEHI/job/Parkville-Victoria-Australia/Research-Officer--Statistical-Bioinformatics-_JR756-1

Contact name: Yunshun Chen

Contact email: yuchen@wehi.edu.au

Postdoctoral Bioinformatics Researcher @ NSW

Position title: Postdoctoral Bioinformatics Researcher

Employer: The Melanoma Translational Research Group at Melanoma Institute Australia

Closing date: 15/04/2022

Brief position description:

• World's leading melanoma research & treatment centre
• Support provided to develop specialist knowledge
• Located at the University of Sydney, Camperdown
• Full-time position

The Melanoma Translational Research Group at Melanoma Institute Australia (MIA) works alongside our clinical oncology, surgical, pathology and biostatistics teams to investigate the biology of melanoma development, risk stratification and response to systemic therapies. The group is highly successful with major resources in human clinical tissue samples, whole genome sequencing, transcriptome, methylome, multiplex immunohistochemistry (mIHC) and increasing single cell sequencing datasets. The major asset to the group is the expert clinical annotation of the multi-omic data with patient outcomes and response to systemic therapies.
MIA is seeking a postdoctoral bioinformatics researcher that will leverage from the vast resources available for the discovery and validation of diagnostic tools. The role will work alongside computational biologists, pathologists and clinicians to interrogate multi-omics datasets and resources of MIA to improve melanoma diagnosis. The outstanding candidate will make an important contribution towards the accurate diagnosis and treatment of melanoma through impactful translational research.
Responsibilities:
- Identify a research program that can be answered using the resources of the group with a focus on discovery and validation of diagnostic tools.
- Conduct analyses and experimentation to answer scientific hypotheses.
- Publish research in high impact journals and present at international conferences.
- Refine data analysis pipeline for reproducible experimentation for various projects in the laboratory.
- Contribute to the implementation of whole genome, exome, targeted panel and RNA-seq data generation in-house.
- Develop visualization tools for the integration of high dimensional data with clinical phenotypes.
- Mentor and supervise students to develop bioinformatics talent.
- Attend clinical and collaborative research meetings to co-develop clinical questions and the possible implications of research findings.
- Comply with the Institute’s policy for handling information.

Key Selection Criteria
To be successful in this role you will have:
A PhD. in a relevant discipline such as Bioinformatics, Computational Biology or a closely related field.
- Experience processing and analysing multi-omics datasets, particularly whole-genome/whole-exome/targeted-panel DNA sequencing as well as RNA sequencing.
- Demonstrated skills in UNIX/Linux environments.
- Proven ability to execute jobs in high performance computing clusters environments eg via torque/slurm workload manager.
- Proven ability to analyse and visualise data with the R statistical software.
- Experienced in at least one programming language (eg python, perl).
- Proven ability to work across diverse groups of staff within multidisciplinary teams.

Non-essential
- Experience in melanoma research, cancer research and biomarker development.
- Experience with analysis from omics data generated from formalin-fixed paraffin-embedded derived tissue samples.
- Experience with mIHC imaging analysis techniques.
- Experience with machine learning techniques.
Only applicants with full working rights within Australia should apply. Our working week is 38 hours so those on student visas need not apply. Only successful applicants will be contacted. Please no recruitment agencies. Please apply by clicking on the appropriate link on this job board. This is a full-time permanent role. We will consider applicants who apply by 15/04/2022.
Addressing the selection criteria is mandatory and your application will not be considered if not answered.
We pay our respects to the Traditional Custodians of the lands on which Melanoma Institute Australia works, and their Elders both past and present, and acknowledge the deep, continuing connection of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples to the land, waters, and sky.

Job website: https://www.seek.com.au/job/56312628

Contact name: Kylie Scott

Contact email: careers@melanoma.org.au

Bioinfomatician @ WA

Position title: Bioinfomatician

Employer: Telethon Kids Institute

Closing date: 22nd March 2022

Brief position description: The Opportunity
Here at Telethon Kids our vision is simple: Happy, Healthy Kids!

Lead by Professor Alex Brown, this National Indigenous Genomics Consortium will use cutting-edge medical science to deliver better health outcomes for Indigenous Australians and drive the establishment of Australia's first large scale efforts in Indigenous genomics.

The team is united by the goal of ensuring diverse populations have equitable access to the life-changing potential of genomic medicine and they now have an opportunity for a Bioinformatician to apply their expertise and be part of this life changing research.

The Role
Reporting to the Chief Data Scientist and working with other members of the Bioinformatics team, this research role will analyse datasets and develop novel computational methods to integrate datasets generated from a diverse range of sources.

A full list of responsibilities can be found in the job description however some of your duties will include:

• Develop efficient analysis strategies for projects involving multiple omics approaches and techniques, including genomics, transcriptomics, epigenomics, metagenomics, metabolomics, and proteomics.
• Develop publications and scientific reports relating to Indigenous Genomics and other Precision Medicine projects
• Work collaboratively with the Data Science team to develop competitive funding applications.

About You
The ideal applicant will have a PhD in Bioinformatics, Computer Science, Physics, Statistics, or other relevant discipline combined with significant relevant experience.

• Prior experience working in High-throughput sequencing, Statistics or Data integration and visualisation techniques
• Prior experience working in a high-performance computing environment.
• Programming skills in one of: Python, R, C/C++, Perl, SQL, Go, Rust, or Java.

This is a full-time position for 12 months in the first instance. Part-time may be considered for the right applicant.

We are driving inclusion and diversity as part of the way we work. If you meet a number of the requirements (and not all), we encourage you to submit your application.

Job website: https://telethonkids.csod.com/ux/ats/careersite/4/home/requisition/922?c=telethonkids

Contact name: Jimmy Breen

Contact email: jimmy.breen@telethonkids.org.au

PhD Student Research Opportunities in Amphibian and Fungal Genomics and Synthetic Biology @ VIC

Position title: PhD Student Research Opportunities in Amphibian and Fungal Genomics and Synthetic Biology

Employer: University of Melbourne

Closing date: 31-March-2022

Brief position description: Want to help save frogs declining from a pandemic disease?
Interested in studying functional genomics and using the latest methods in synthetic biology?

The One Health Research Group at the University of Melbourne is recruiting PhD students to investigate advantageous genetic traits against the disease chytridiomycosis and develop synthetic biology methods to increase disease resistance in declining frog species, and/or decrease virulence in the fungus. Our research includes a Genome Wide Association Study and developing RNA interference approaches.

The projects are funded through the Australian Research Council, and PhD scholars will be advised by Drs Lee Skerratt, Tiffany Kosch, Lee Berger and members of the One Health Research Group and collaborators including Zoos Victoria. The project will be based at the Melbourne Veterinary School at the Werribee campus.

Emerging infectious diseases are a major threat to ecosystems and new methods are needed to fight them. Chytridiomycosis is the most devastating disease of vertebrates, causing population declines in over 500 amphibian species worldwide. The project is focused on improving disease resilience in ecosystems using genetic approaches, but the specific aims of the PhD research can be determined by the student. The expected outcomes of the project are improved understanding and increased immunity of frogs to chytridiomycosis and restoration of frogs into the environment.

To be eligible,
Must be living in Australia. Sorry, we are not currently accepting applicants living overseas.
Expertise needed: Ideal applicants will have experience with molecular biological or biomedical research such as molecular and synthetic biology, microbiology, computational biology, animal breeding, genetics, or immunology. Skills or interest in genomics, population genetics, conservation genetics, disease ecology, HPC computing, statistical analyses, and animal husbandry are an advantage.
Scholarship applications are competitive – applicants must have first-class Honours, Master’s by research (1 year full-time) or equivalent and an excellent academic record. Peer reviewed publications are beneficial. Post Graduate Research Scholarships for stipends are available through University of Melbourne, for which the applicant will need to apply separately by the 30st of April.

The project will commence in mid 2022

Please submit a CV, cover letter, transcripts, and contact information for two referees to Dr Tiffany Kosch tiffany.kosch@unimelb.edu.au by 31 March 2022.

For more information about our research team please visit our websites:
Lab: blogs.unimelb.edu.au/one-health-research
Facebook page: www.facebook.com/pg/onehealthresearchgroup
Twitter: twitter.com/OneHealthRes
AdLink:www.dropbox.com/s/s7f...f?dl=0

Job website: fvas.unimelb.edu.au/research/graduate-research

Contact name: Tiffany Kosch

Contact email: tiffany.kosch@unimelb.edu.au

Research Officer (Statistical Bioinformatics) @ VIC

Position title: Research Officer (Statistical Bioinformatics)

Employer: The Walter and Eliza Hall Institute

Closing date: 7 March 2022

Brief position description: An excellent opportunity is available for a Research Officer (Statistical Bioinformatics) to join the Bioinformatics Division at Australia’s pre-eminent biomedical research institute.

About the position

The Phipson lab works on both novel bioinformatics methods development and collaborative analysis projects with scientists within and external to the Institute. The role of the Research Officer is to work on statistical bioinformatics methods development and analysis from data generated from cutting-edge technologies including single cell assays. Specific projects may involve single cell transcriptomics, single cell ATAC-seq, spatial transcriptomics and single cell multi-omics. The successful candidate will be expected to conduct bioinformatics analyses, to develop bioinformatics methodology as appropriate and to work closely with collaborators in a multi-disciplinary team.

Selection Criteria

The successful candidate will have a doctoral qualification or equivalent in a quantitative discipline such as statistics, mathematics, computational biology or computer science. The candidate should have the ability to apply mathematical, statistical and computational principles to genomic problems. Experience with data analysis, programming and large datasets would be an advantage as would experience in R, Python, Unix and software development. Prior experience in bioinformatics and medical research would be an advantage but is not required. The candidate will be expected to have excellent organizational and time management skills, and a high level of interpersonal skills. More general selection criteria are listed in the position description.

Terms of appointment

This position is available for 2 years in a full time capacity. Consideration will be given for suitable applicants looking for a part-time position. Salary is Academic Level A6 – A8 (AUD $91,404 – $98,111). Up to 17% superannuation and very attractive salary packaging options are available.

General enquiries can be directed to Dr Belinda Phipson – phipson.b@wehi.edu.au

How to apply

Please apply by uploading your CV, cover letter and a document addressing the key selection criteria in pdf format.

Job website: http://wehi.wd3.myworkdayjobs.com/broadbean_external/job/Parkville-Victoria-Australia/Research-Officer--Statistical-Bioinformatics-_JR631-2?source=seek_oz

Contact name: Belinda Phipson

Contact email: phipson.b@wehi.edu.au

Postdoctoral Research Associate @ NSW

Position title: Postdoctoral Research Associate

Employer: UNSW Sydney

Closing date: 17 March 2022

Brief position description: This position is funded by Medical Research Future Fund (MRFF – EPCDRI) for improving early-detection and diagnosis of liver cancer (hepatocellular carcinoma, HCC). The position duration is 12 months and is extendible subject to the satisfactory performance. The objective of this role includes, but not limited to, developing advance artificial intelligence (AI) and bioinformatics methods to individual clinical metadata, and extensive microbiome-based dataset to identify and validate HCC-specific microbial-derived metabolic/cytokine biomarker models for the early diagnosis of HCC.

The Research Associate will be primarily based at the ‘AI-empowered Biomedicine Laboratory’ (vafaeelab.com) at the School of BABS. The Lab is led by Dr Vafaee, Senior lecturer at the School of BABS, Deputy Director of UNSW Data Science Hub (uDASH), and ‘Health Data Science’ Theme Leader at uDASH. The Research Associate will collaboratively work with an interdisciplinary team of researchers and clinicians.

The Postdoctoral Research Associate will be part of a collaborative and friendly research team conducting cutting-edge research to positively impact society.

Job website: http://external-careers.jobs.unsw.edu.au/cw/en/job/506965/postdoctoral-research-associate

Contact name: Fatemeh Vafaee

Contact email: f.vafaee@unsw.edu.au

CRC Bioinformatics Research Officer @ WA

Position title: CRC Bioinformatics Research Officer

Employer: Murdoch University

Closing date: 10th March 2022

Brief position description: An exciting new opportunity has arisen for a Bioinformatics Research Officer to join the Centre for Computational & Systems Medicine (CCSM) at Murdoch University. This part of the Future Food System Cooperative Research Centre (FFS-CRC) project specifically aims to add value solutions to food industries in the State.

The position will drive new research activities that focuses on generating molecular phenotypes of premium food products unique to Western Australia. The overall aim is to connect nutritional quality and composition with health outcomes. The candidate will focus on the development and application of high-fidelity computational and statistical modelling pipelines for modelling metabolic phenotyping data generated from Western Australia premium food products.

Job website: https://www.seek.com.au/job/55963162

Contact name: Ruey Leng Loo

Contact email: rueyleng.loo@murdoch.edu.au

Scientist - Bioinformatician @ QLD

Position title: Scientist - Bioinformatician

Employer: Queensland Health

Closing date: 21/02/2022

Brief position description: We are seeking a Scientist - Bioinformatician to run, maintain and automate the tools and pipelines for the analysis of clinical next generation sequencing data, using both local and cloud based high performance computing resources.

Job website: http://smartjobs.qld.gov.au/jobtools/jncustomsearch.viewFullSingle?in_organid=14904&in_jnCounter=222292798&in_jobDate=All&in_searchbox=YES&in_site=Seek&in_summary=S

Contact name: Wishva Herath

Contact email: wishva.herath@health.qld.gov.au