Postdoctoral Fellow - Cancer Genome Project
Organization: Wellcome Trust Sanger Institute
Location: Cambridge, UK
Field: Biology
Requirements:
Essential Skills
The successful candidate will have a PhD in a scientific discipline. As interactions between internal team members and external collaborators will be key, they will have excellent written and verbal communication skills with the ability to prioritise tasks in order to work independently.
Ideal Skills
Experience in cancer genomics.
Other information
Postdoctoral Fellows are typically in their first or second postdoctoral position as part of a period of early career research training. This is a three year fixed-term contract. Successful applicant(s) who have submitted their PhD thesis and are awaiting their PhD award to be confirmed will be placed on a transitional pay point, currently £26,103. On confirmation applicants will be moved on to the pay scale above.
Abstract:
Applicants are sought for two Postdoctoral Fellow positions available within the CGP. These positions will be supervised by Dr. Andy Futreal, Head of Cancer Genetics and Genomics and Dr. Peter Campbell, Group Leader of Cancer Genome Project. The research will involve investigation of somatic mutations in a variety of human cancer types from perspectives ranging from identification of new cancer genes and the elaboration of the somatic genetic architecture of cancers through to the analyses of mutation spectra to more fully understand the potential roles of exposure and repair in shaping cancer genomes - all extensively utilising next generation sequencing data
Description:
The Wellcome Trust Sanger Institute is a world leader in genomic research, with an expanding scientific programme dedicated to understanding gene function in health & disease.
The Cancer Genome Project (CGP) at The Wellcome Trust Sanger Institute is at the forefront of applying the latest technologies in genome analysis in the study of human cancer. The central aim is to comprehensively characterize the full repertoire of genomic alterations that can contribute to cancer, thus empowering improvements in the diagnosis and treatment of these diseases.
Applicants are sought for two Postdoctoral Fellow positions available within the CGP. These positions will be supervised by Dr. Andy Futreal, Head of Cancer Genetics and Genomics and Dr. Peter Campbell, Group Leader of Cancer Genome Project. The research will involve investigation of somatic mutations in a variety of human cancer types from perspectives ranging from identification of new cancer genes and the elaboration of the somatic genetic architecture of cancers through to the analyses of mutation spectra to more fully understand the potential roles of exposure and repair in shaping cancer genomes - all extensively utilising next generation sequencing data
Background
The Cancer Genome Project (CGP) at the Institute has led the way in the systematic analysis of cancer genomes by using the human genome sequence and high throughput mutation detection techniques to identify somatically acquired sequence variants/mutations and hence identify genes critical in the development of human cancers (http://www.sanger.ac.uk/genetics/CGP/).
For informal enquires about this position please contact Dr Andy Futreal (paf@ sanger.ac.uk) and/ Dr. Peter Campbell (pc8@sanger.ac.uk).
Salary range £28280 to £34778 dependent on experience.
Deadline: 08-04-2011
Contacts:
Link: https://jobs.sanger.ac.uk/wd/plsql/wd_portal.show_job?p_web_site_id=1764&p_web_p...
Email: hrservices@sanger.ac.uk
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