Postdoctoral Research Associate – Bioinformatics

Job ID: UOS019271
Job date: 2018-05-21
End Date: 2018-06-18

Company : University of Sheffield 

Country : United Kingdom 

Role : Postdoc  | Research Scientist 


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Job Description:
Applications are invited for the post of Postdoctoral Research Associate in Department of Oncology & Metabolism and Automatic Control & Systems Engineering. This is a unique opportunity to participate in world-class research working with clinicians, clinical engineers and complex system and data analysis scientists to develop new tools and algorithms for personalised medicine.

The successful postholder will be working directly with researchers in the Academic Unit of Reproductive and Developmental Medicine (Department of Oncology & Metabolism, Professor Dilly Anumba – Professor of Obstetrics and Gynaecology) and the Department of Automatic Control and Systems Engineering (Professor Zi-Qiang Lang – Professor of Complex Systems Analysis and Design) on a novel project funded by the Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council (EPSRC, £570k) aimed at improving the screening, diagnosis and management of preterm birth.

This is an excellent opportunity for an innovative and enthusiastic candidate to gain experience of working with a multidisciplinary team on a project with high potential for translation into clinical practice. You will be highly motivated, innovative and be able to work both independently and as part of a team.

Applications are invited from a PhD level or equivalent experience bioinformatician with experience in the design of data collection and the data analysis to gain biomedical and pre-clinical insights. Experience in adapting existing analysis tools to the data and developing of novel analysis tools is desirable.

This post is full time, fixed term for 3 years.


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Additional Info:
Location: Sheffield

Salary: £30,688 to £38,833 per annum

Hours: Full Time

Contract Type: Fixed-Term/Contract

Placed on: 21st May 2018

Closes: 18th June 2018

Job Ref: UOS019271

Contract Type: Fixed-term for three years with a start date of 1 July 2018 or as soon as possible thereafter

Faculty: Faculty of Medicine, Dentistry & Health and Faculty of Engineering

Salary: Grade 7 £30,688 - £38,833 per annum

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