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Job reference
19/107576
Date posted
24/06/2019
Application closing date
24/07/2019
Salary
£27,831 - £32,236 per annum (potential to progress to £35,210 per annum through sustained exceptional contribution)
Job category/type
Technical
Attachments
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Bioinformatician Technician
Job description
Queen's University Belfast is one of the leading universities in the UK and Ireland, with a distinguished heritage and history. With over 24,000 students, 3,700 staff and an annual turnover of some GBP 300m, Queen's University Belfast plays a unique leadership role in Northern Ireland. As a member of the Russell Group of UK research-intensive universities,
Queen's University Belfast combines excellence in research and education with a student centred ethos.
Queen's University has generous terms and conditions of employment underpinned by excellent benefits. We also provide attractive well-being, family friendly and other lifestyle benefits.
The Genomics Core Technology Unit (GCTU) sits within the Faculty of Medicine, Health and Life Sciences at Queen's University Belfast and aims to enhance research by providing access to the latest genomics technology.
A significant investment in state-of-the-art equipment enables us the Unit to support a range of genomics applications, with a particular focus on Next-Generation Sequencing (NGS). The Unit provides an increasing range of off-the shelf NGS services and will also works with research teams to develop bespoke projects that exploit the power of NGS applications to enhance research outputs.
The GCTU is a not-for-profit service provider for the research community and is equipped with state-of-the-art next generation sequencing platforms. Coupled with complementary robotics, sequence capture and array capabilities, the Unit offers optimum, tailor-made solutions across a wide range of biological applications.
We are recruiting for a Bio-Information Technician who will be based in the Genomics Core Technology Unit. The successful candidate will work under the direction of the Genomics and Informatics CTU Managers to support a range of projects within the Units. The successful candidate will develop, validate and maintain analytical tools, data analysis pipelines and algorithms to analyse data generated from Next Generation sequencing and associated workflows using the Illumina platforms, suitable for service delivery. The post will also require correlating biological findings with biological outcomes and integration with other datasets such as expression profiling.
The Technician will also develop pipelines for the processing and analysis of raw data from Next Generation Sequencing, and any new platforms brought into the unit (There is a specific focus on RNA, exome, whole genome and single cell sequencing)
This post is available for 12 months.
Candidate Information
For further information contact Dr Pauline Erwin:
p.j.erwin@qub.ac.uk
About the Unit
Information for International Applicants
Note to EEA Applicants on Brexit
Job title
Bioinformatician Technician
Job reference
19/107576
Date posted
24/06/2019
Application closing date
24/07/2019
Salary
£27,831 - £32,236 per annum (potential to progress to £35,210 per annum through sustained exceptional contribution)
Job category/type
Technical
Attachments
Blank
Job description
Queen's University Belfast is one of the leading universities in the UK and Ireland, with a distinguished heritage and history. With over 24,000 students, 3,700 staff and an annual turnover of some GBP 300m, Queen's University Belfast plays a unique leadership role in Northern Ireland. As a member of the Russell Group of UK research-intensive universities,
Queen's University Belfast combines excellence in research and education with a student centred ethos.
Queen's University has generous terms and conditions of employment underpinned by excellent benefits. We also provide attractive well-being, family friendly and other lifestyle benefits.
The Genomics Core Technology Unit (GCTU) sits within the Faculty of Medicine, Health and Life Sciences at Queen's University Belfast and aims to enhance research by providing access to the latest genomics technology.
A significant investment in state-of-the-art equipment enables us the Unit to support a range of genomics applications, with a particular focus on Next-Generation Sequencing (NGS). The Unit provides an increasing range of off-the shelf NGS services and will also works with research teams to develop bespoke projects that exploit the power of NGS applications to enhance research outputs.
The GCTU is a not-for-profit service provider for the research community and is equipped with state-of-the-art next generation sequencing platforms. Coupled with complementary robotics, sequence capture and array capabilities, the Unit offers optimum, tailor-made solutions across a wide range of biological applications.
We are recruiting for a Bio-Information Technician who will be based in the Genomics Core Technology Unit. The successful candidate will work under the direction of the Genomics and Informatics CTU Managers to support a range of projects within the Units. The successful candidate will develop, validate and maintain analytical tools, data analysis pipelines and algorithms to analyse data generated from Next Generation sequencing and associated workflows using the Illumina platforms, suitable for service delivery. The post will also require correlating biological findings with biological outcomes and integration with other datasets such as expression profiling.
The Technician will also develop pipelines for the processing and analysis of raw data from Next Generation Sequencing, and any new platforms brought into the unit (There is a specific focus on RNA, exome, whole genome and single cell sequencing)
This post is available for 12 months.
Candidate Information
For further information contact Dr Pauline Erwin:
p.j.erwin@qub.ac.uk
About the Unit
Information for International Applicants
Note to EEA Applicants on Brexit