CRUK RadNet Research Associate Bioinformatician / Data Scientist Oglesby Cancer Research Building Job reference: BMH-016449 Location: Oglesby Cancer Research Building Closing date (DD/MM/YYYY): 18/04/2021 Salary: £32,816 to £40,322 per annum (depending on experience) Employment type: Fixed Term Faculty/Organisation: Biology, Medicine & Health School/ Directorate: Cancer Sciences Hours per week: full time Contract Duration: starting April 2021 to June 2024 The research of the Wedge lab is focused on Cancer Evolution and Heterogeneity. We analyse genomic and other data to characterise clonal and subclonal populations of cells within tumours. We have pioneered the development of computational methods to decompose DNA sequencing data and thereby generate genomic profiles of sub-populations within each tumour. We track the evolutionary trajectories of tumours and, by aggregating chronologies across thousands of tumours, are starting to discover common pathways to progression across multiple cancer types, including prostate, colorectal, lung, oesophageal, breast and haematological cancers. Through our research we aim to improve clinical practice by advancing our understanding of the processes and mechanisms involved in the progression of tumours from pre-malignant to aggressive, treatment-resistant and metastatic cancers. You will take a leading role in the analysis of sequencing data from the CRUK RadNet programme. Successful candidates will hold a PhD or equivalent in a relevant subject and have exemplary programming skills in R or other programming languages, highly developed problem solving and reasoning skills and experience of dealing with large datasets. The School is strongly committed to promoting equality and diversity, including the Athena SWAN charter for gender equality in higher education. The School holds a Silver Award which recognises their good practice in relation to gender; including flexible working arrangements, family-friendly policies, and support to allow staff achieve a good work-life balance. We particularly welcome applications from women for this post. All appointment will be made on merit. For further information, please visit: https://www.bmh.manchester.ac.uk/about/equality/ Blended working arrangements may be considered Please note that we are unable to respond to enquiries, accept CVs or applications from Recruitment Agencies. Enquiries about the vacancy, shortlisting and interviews: Name: Professor David Wedge Email: David.Wedge@manchester.ac.uk General enquiries: Email: hrservices@manchester.ac.uk Technical support: https://jobseekersupport.jobtrain.co.uk/support/home This vacancy will close for applications at midnight on the closing date. Please see the link below for the Further Particulars document which contains the person specification criteria. If you apply for this position please say you saw it on Computeroxy

CRUK RadNet Research Associate Bioinformatician / Data Scientist

Oglesby Cancer Research Building

Job reference: BMH-016449

Location: Oglesby Cancer Research Building

Closing date (DD/MM/YYYY): 18/04/2021

Salary: £32,816 to £40,322 per annum (depending on experience)

Employment type: Fixed Term

Faculty/Organisation: Biology, Medicine & Health

School/ Directorate: Cancer Sciences

Hours per week: full time

Contract Duration: starting April 2021 to June 2024

The research of the Wedge lab is focused on Cancer Evolution and Heterogeneity. We analyse genomic and other data to characterise clonal and subclonal populations of cells within tumours. We have pioneered the development of computational methods to decompose DNA sequencing data and thereby generate genomic profiles of sub-populations within each tumour. We track the evolutionary trajectories of tumours and, by aggregating chronologies across thousands of tumours, are starting to discover common pathways to progression across multiple cancer types, including prostate, colorectal, lung, oesophageal, breast and haematological cancers. Through our research we aim to improve clinical practice by advancing our understanding of the processes and mechanisms involved in the progression of tumours from pre-malignant to aggressive, treatment-resistant and metastatic cancers.

You will take a leading role in the analysis of sequencing data from the CRUK RadNet programme.

Successful candidates will hold a PhD or equivalent in a relevant subject and have exemplary programming skills in R or other programming languages, highly developed problem solving and reasoning skills and experience of dealing with large datasets.

The School is strongly committed to promoting equality and diversity, including the Athena SWAN charter for gender equality in higher education. The School holds a Silver Award which recognises their good practice in relation to gender; including flexible working arrangements, family-friendly policies, and support to allow staff achieve a good work-life balance. We particularly welcome applications from women for this post. All appointment will be made on merit. For further information, please visit:

https://www.bmh.manchester.ac.uk/about/equality/

Blended working arrangements may be considered

Please note that we are unable to respond to enquiries, accept CVs or applications from Recruitment Agencies.

Enquiries about the vacancy, shortlisting and interviews:

Name: Professor David Wedge

Email: David.Wedge@manchester.ac.uk

General enquiries:

Email: hrservices@manchester.ac.uk

Technical support:

https://jobseekersupport.jobtrain.co.uk/support/home

This vacancy will close for applications at midnight on the closing date.

Please see the link below for the Further Particulars document which contains the person specification criteria.