Career Opportunities at Queen's

We are seeking an exceptional Research Fellow in Cancer Genomics and Healthcare Data to join a new interdisciplinary team at the Patrick G Johnston Centre for Cancer Research (PGJCCR), Queen's University Belfast. You will play a key role at the interface between PGJCCR, Momentum 1.0 (M1.0) One Health Hub, and the Future Medicines Institute (FMI), contributing directly to pioneering research aimed at enhancing cancer treatment and patient outcomes.

 
Your primary focus will be supporting creation of connected data infrastructure to support cancer research. This will include application to research into the mechanisms of treatment-induced persistence in colorectal cancer patients undergoing 5FU-based chemotherapy. Leveraging cutting-edge multi-omics techniques—including CRISPR, RNA-seq Mass-Spec, single-cell, and spatial transcriptomics—you will integrate complex pre-clinical and patient-derived datasets. Your insights will be crucial in identifying novel vulnerabilities and predictive biomarkers, influencing both clinical practice and broader research initiatives, such as prostate cancer radiotherapy outcomes.
  

This position provides exceptional career development opportunities, extensive collaboration across academia, clinical environments, and industry, and the chance to shape critical infrastructure through innovative data-driven approaches.

  
About the person:

The successful candidate must have, and your application should clearly demonstrate that you meet, the following criteria:

• Hold or be about to obtain* a PhD in Cancer Bioinformatics (*must be obtained within 3 months of the closing date for the post).
• Significant, relevant research experience with demonstrated expertise in the analysis of healthcare and/or 'omics' data, especially within the context of cancer research.
• Experience in omics based research of colorectal cancer
• A track record of senior author publications appropriate to the career stage
• Proficiency in programming languages commonly used in bioinformatics and data-science, such as Python, R, Perl, and Shell scripting, is essential.
• Experience in data processing and utilising open-source Omics software and packages, including Bioconductor and Python packages.
• Experience with the analysis, integration and interpretation of large Omics datasets, including working with public genomic databases, is required. Familiarity with downstream analysis and the integration of multi-omics data is also crucial.
• Experience in providing guidance and support to staff, collaborators, and students, contributing to their development and training, particularly in methodologies developed within functional genomics groups.

To be successful at shortlisting stage, please ensure you clearly evidence in your application how you meet the essential and, where applicable, desirable criteria listed in the Candidate Information.

Fixed term contract posts are available for the stated period in the first instance but in particular circumstances may be renewed or made permanent subject to availability of funding.

What we offer:

Beyond a competitive salary, the University offers an attractive benefits package including a holiday entitlement of up to 8.4 weeks a year, pension schemes and development opportunities. We support staff wellbeing with flexible working options, work-life balance initiatives and support for physical and mental health. You can find more detail on all of this and more at Pay, Reward and Benefits | People and Culture | Queen's University Belfast

Queen's University is committed to promoting equality of opportunity to all. We subscribe to Equality Charter Marks such as the Diversity Charter Mark NI and Athena Swan and have established staff networks such as iRise (Black, Asian, Minority Ethnic and International Staff Network) and PRISM (LGBTQ+) which help us progress equality.

For further information on our commitment to Equality, Diversity and Inclusion, please visit Diversity and Inclusion | People and Culture | Queen's University Belfast

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Candidate Information