Postdoctoral Training Fellow - Computational Single Cell Biology (Dr Stephen-John Sammut)

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Location:

Chelsea

Department:

Cancer Dynamics

Salary Details:

Salary Range: £35,844 - £41,607 per annum

Contract:

Fixed term

Contract Length:

Not Specified

Advertising End Date:

03 Nov 2024

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Postdoctoral Training Fellow - Computational Single Cell Biology (Dr Stephen-John Sammut)

Key Information

Salary: Dependent on relevant Postdoctoral experience. Future progression is based on annual performance review. If the candidate has completed their viva but has not yet been awarded their PhD, the starting salary will be £35,844, pre-PhD level. Progression to the full PDTF scale will commence once confirmation of PhD award is received. Award must be provided within 6 months of start date.

This role is eligible for ICR Sponsorship. Support will be provided for costs associated with Visa application. If you are considering relocating to the UK, further information can be found here.

Duration of Contract: Fixed Term for 3 years

Hours per week: 35 hours per week (Full Time)

Closing Date: 03 November 2024

Job Details

Under the leadership of Dr Stephen-John Sammut, we are seeking to appoint a highly motivated Postdoctoral Training Fellow to join the Cancer Dynamics team, to contribute to the development of single-cell computational methods to model tumour evolution during cancer therapy.

The successful candidate will develop technologies to analyse single cell multiomic data obtained from established and new technologies being developed within our laboratory, and apply these to novel clinical cohorts comprising serial tumour samples acquired during therapy to characterise the evolutionary trajectories associated with response and resistance to therapy in breast cancer.

For general information on Post Doc's at The ICR can be found here.

Key Requirements

The successful candidate will have a PhD in bioinformatics, computational biology, biostatistics, computer science or in a related quantitative field together with advanced programming experience in R and/or Python, knowledge of NIX systems and shell scripting and a demonstrable knowledge of cancer biology.

The ICR has a workforce agreement stating that Postdoctoral Training Fellows can only be employed for up to 7 years as PDTF at the ICR, providing total postdoctoral experience (including previous employment at this level elsewhere) does not exceed 10 years

Department/Directorate Information:

The Cancer Dynamics Laboratory, headed by Dr Stephen John Sammut, focuses on developing computational and experimental frameworks that model changes in breast cancer biology during treatment to develop personalised precision cancer therapies.

The Breast Cancer Now Toby Robins Research Centre at the ICR is the first centre in the UK entirely devoted to breast cancer research. Our goal is to advance research into the causes, diagnosis and treatment of breast cancer. It is located in state-of-the-art laboratory space, with excellent core facilities and is funded through a long term renewable programme grant from Breast Cancer Now. The Centre is directed by Clinician Scientist Professor Andrew Tutt. Our Breast Cancer Research Centre was recently awarded the 2022 AACR Team Science award with our breast cancer clinical research partners in the ICR’s CTSU clinical trial unit and Royal Marsden Hospital.

We encourage all applicants to access the job pack attached for more detailed information regarding this role.

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The Institute of Cancer Research, London, is one of the world's most influential cancer research institutes, with an outstanding record of achievement dating back more than 100 years. Further information about working at the ICR can be found here.

We look forward to receiving applications from all candidates, wherever in the world they are currently based. We will select those who display the potential to become, or to support, the world leading cancer researchers of the future based on their application and performance at interview. However, we particularly welcome British applicants from black and ethnic minority backgrounds, as they are under-represented within the ICR and nationwide in STEM roles.

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