The International Cancer Genome Consortium (ICGC) is an ambitious project to sequence and study the genomes of (initially) 25,000 tumours with matched normal samples), as well as generating additional 'omics' data and curating clinical information for each case. Cancer Research UK (CRUK) are jointly leading a Prostate contribution to ICGC, distributed between London, Norwich, Cambridge, and Hinxton.
We seek a research-oriented computational biologist to carry out methodological development and applied research motivated by the rich data set being generated, to be based within the Tavaré group at the CRUK Cambridge Institute (CI). In particular, research on the project at the CI is focussed mainly on questions of data integration, the role of androgens in prostate cancer, identifying biomarkers, and investigating mitochondrial behaviour. It is expected that the successful candidate will address questions within these topics.
The Tavaré group has a strong history of research relating to high-throughput sequencing methods and cancer, and is involved in the ICGC Oesophageal Adenocarcinoma project in addition to this one. As well as strong support within the institute, there are frequent meetings between the sites involved in the project.
The successful candidate will have a PhD and relevant experience. Experience with NGS data analysis, cancer genomics (especially if prostate cancer), and R/Bioconductor would be an advantage.
Fixed-term: The funds for this post are available for 3 years in the first instance.
The closing date for applications is Monday 17 November 2014.
For further information, and to apply, please visit http://www.jobs.cam.ac.uk/job/5214/
