Job Description

A postdoctoral position is available immediately in A/Prof Polly Chens groups for a highly motivated PhD graduate with experience in Bioinformatics (computational genomics). The focus of A/P Polly Chens lab is on the transcriptome-wide identification of RNA changes (e.g. RNA editing alterative splicing altered protein-RNA interactions etc) in tumors and functional investigation of these changes in cancer.

Duties And Responsibilities

Candidates should have strong background in bioinformatics genomics/transcriptomics computer science statistics or other related fields. Those who are interested in computational genomics and transcriptomics particularly in analysis and integration of various genomics/transcriptomics data are encouraged to apply. The successful candidate will analyze and integrate in-house NGS datasets (bulk and single-cell RNA-seq spatial transcriptomics DNA-seq eCLIP-seq MeDIP-seq etc) and also utilize publicly available genomic/transriptomics/clinical data sets to identify novel biological biomarkers/patterns and regulatory mechanisms.

Candidates are required to have a strong quantitative and statistics background as well as strong programming skills (e.g. Python Perl C C++ Java R or other related programming knowledge) and excellent skills in handling genomic transcriptomic and proteomic databases. Experience in analyzing RNA editing alternative splicing RNA binding sites using the bulk and single-cell RNA-seq eCLIP-seq spatial transcriptomic data is a plus.

Qualifications

A PhD graduate with relevant experience inareas of computational biology/bioinformatics

Extensive knowledge and experience in working with a variety of NGS datasets pipeline development and algorithm development

Strong publication track record indicated by first author publications in high quality journals

Strong analytical skills and programming skills

Ability to write/contribute to research articles grants and keep meticulous notes/proper scientific documentation

Strong interpersonal written and oral communication skills

A strong team focus and ability to work independently

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