This position offers a unique opportunity for a research scientist to work in an academic, clinical and industry collaboration. The post holder will utilise a combination of technologies and methods to analyse genomic information from cancer specimens, including tissue and circulating biomarkers, in the context of a collaborative project between the Northern Ireland Molecular Pathology Laboratory (NIMPL) at Queen's University Belfast and RANDOX. The post holder will work in Professor Gonzalez de Castro's genomic medicine team in NIMPL, and in close collaboration with our industry partner at RANDOX.
The successful candidate will be responsible for the laboratory work of this project, including sample processing, genomic analysis using a combination of next-generation sequencing technologies (NGS), digital-droplet PCR (ddPCR)and Randox's proprietary technology for the analysis of mutations in tissue and plasma. The successful candidate will be expected to assimilate into the multidisciplinary environment provided on site, and to interact with other groups, in particular with the diagnostic, clinical, bioinformatics, genomics,and biobank teams.
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