About the position

An opportunity exists for a talented postdoctoral Biostatistician to join the Colonial Foundation Healthy Ageing Centre (CFHAC) in a joint appointment with WEHI's Bioinformatics Division.

The WEHI and the Royal Melbourne Hospital have come together to create the CFHAC to lead the complex change necessary to deliver the next generation diagnostics for ageing related disease within Victoria's healthcare system. The Centre headed by Associate Professor Andrew Webb brings together clinicians, pathologists and researchers from hospitals and research centres to apply the latest knowledge and technologies to transform the clinical discovery process and rapidly translate discoveries into clinical utility.

The position will be part of the CFHAC and will be jointly supervised by Dr Belinda Phipson. The Phipson Lab primarily develops statistical methods for analysing data from high throughput sequencing technologies. WEHI's Bioinformatics Division has an excellent international reputation and the Phipson Lab is well known for developing bioinformatics methods and software for analysing transcriptomic and epigenetic data.

The appointee will work closely with the Bioinformatics and CFHAC team to develop novel statistical bioinformatic methods for processing, interpreting and analysing large-scale proteomic data with linked clinical information related to ageing and disease. The appointee will particularly develop analysis pipelines appropriate for the latest time-of-flight mass spec technology and apply these pipelines in collaborations with the clinical partners of the CFHAC for implementation into clinical diagnostics.

Key responsibilities

• Develop novel statistical bioinformatic methods for processing and interpreting proteomics data
• Develop analysis pipelines appropriate for the latest time-of-flight mass spec technology
• Apply these pipelines in collaborations with the Colonial Foundation Healthy Ageing Centre for clinical discovery research and biomarker translation

Selection Criteria

The position would suit a PhD graduate in a quantitative discipline such as statistics, mathematics, computer science, physics, computational biology or genetics. The appointee will have solid mathematical training as well as strong programming and data analysis skills. Familiarity with statistical bioinformatics software such as R and Bioconductor would be an advantage. Prior experience in genomic or proteomics research is not essential, but the applicant must be highly motivated to work on problems in medical biology in an interdisciplinary environment.

Prior experience in genomic or proteomics research and familiarity with Unix, R and Bioconductor software is desirable.

Terms of appointment

This position is available for 2 years fixed term in a full time capacity. Salary is dependent upon qualifications and experience. Up to 17% superannuation and very attractive salary packaging options are available.

General enquiries can be directed to A/Prof Andrew Webb ([email protected] using the subject line: Biostatistician - Colonial Foundation / Bioinformatics enquiry via EthicalJobs) or Dr Belinda Phipson ([email protected]).

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How to Apply

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