Job ID: 5926
Job date: 2018-02-16
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Company : University of the Witwatersrand Country : Role : Postdoc
Job date: 2018-02-16
End Date:
Company : University of the Witwatersrand Country : Role : Postdoc
Job Description:
The ERICA-SA project will utilise lifestyle data and biological samples collected by the Johannesburg Cancer Study (JCS) from 20,000 African cancer patients to investigate the causes of cancer and to enhance scientific research capacity in South Africa. This will be the largest study of its kind in Africa. ERICA - SA will support three PhD students and two Postdoctoral fellows with a background in genetics, microbiology, epidemiology, bioinformatics or biostatistics to work with an international team of geneticists, infectious disease specialists and epidemiologists from the SAMRC, the NHLS National Cancer Registry, the Sydney Brenner Institute for Molecular Bioscience (SBIMB) at WITS, King’s College London, the University of Cambridge, the German Cancer Research Centre in Germany, the MRC AIDS Virus Research Centre in Uganda, and the University of Sydney, Australia. The ERICA-SA team will analyse biological samples using genome-wide scans to identify susceptibility loci for breast, cervical and oesophageal cancer, analyse epidemiological data to investigate lifestyle risk fac tors over a range of cancer types, and use multiplex serotyping to screen for serological markers from over 20 cancer causing infectious agents. Qualifications: PhD in Bioinformatics or related discipline
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Start date: As soon as possible How to Apply Please submit one PDF document to Dr Stuart Ali (stuart.ali@wits.ac.za) by 6 March 2018. This PDF document should include (1) Curriculum Vitae (maximum 4 pages) ; (2) a cover letter (maximum 2 pages) indicating how your knowledge and skills would align to the research topic and what your expectations are should you be successful; and (3) details of three potential academic referees. Contact: Professor Chris Mathew christopher.mathew@kcl.ac.uk[Click Here to Access the Original Job Post]
The ERICA-SA project will utilise lifestyle data and biological samples collected by the Johannesburg Cancer Study (JCS) from 20,000 African cancer patients to investigate the causes of cancer and to enhance scientific research capacity in South Africa. This will be the largest study of its kind in Africa. ERICA - SA will support three PhD students and two Postdoctoral fellows with a background in genetics, microbiology, epidemiology, bioinformatics or biostatistics to work with an international team of geneticists, infectious disease specialists and epidemiologists from the SAMRC, the NHLS National Cancer Registry, the Sydney Brenner Institute for Molecular Bioscience (SBIMB) at WITS, King’s College London, the University of Cambridge, the German Cancer Research Centre in Germany, the MRC AIDS Virus Research Centre in Uganda, and the University of Sydney, Australia. The ERICA-SA team will analyse biological samples using genome-wide scans to identify susceptibility loci for breast, cervical and oesophageal cancer, analyse epidemiological data to investigate lifestyle risk fac tors over a range of cancer types, and use multiplex serotyping to screen for serological markers from over 20 cancer causing infectious agents. Qualifications: PhD in Bioinformatics or related discipline
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Start date: As soon as possible How to Apply Please submit one PDF document to Dr Stuart Ali (stuart.ali@wits.ac.za) by 6 March 2018. This PDF document should include (1) Curriculum Vitae (maximum 4 pages) ; (2) a cover letter (maximum 2 pages) indicating how your knowledge and skills would align to the research topic and what your expectations are should you be successful; and (3) details of three potential academic referees. Contact: Professor Chris Mathew christopher.mathew@kcl.ac.uk[Click Here to Access the Original Job Post]