The ICR is recruiting three Data Scientists to enhance our data science capabilities. These three posts will rotate through Divisions/Centres/Teams with pre-existing bioinformatics expertise for 12–18-month periods.
We are looking to recruit three Data Scientists to work in one of three research areas: integrative analysis of large datasets, analysis of single cell data and analysis of spatial data.
Key Requirements
Applicants must have skills in bioinformatics computing coding, in languages including R, Python and other scripting languages as is appropriate and experience of computational biology research methodologies pertinent to the role.
Please refer to the attached Job Description for full details surrounding essential criteria the candidate must have.
Department/Directorate Information
Data Science at the ICR
It is universally recognised that Data Science is a core component of research across the spectrum of activities ongoing at the ICR, enabling ICR’s strategic vision to understand the complex ecosystem of cancer by fully realising the knowledge within internal and external datasets.
Data Science Steering Committee
These post will be accountable to the Data Science Steering Committee which provides a federated model for academic leadership of data science at the ICR to maximise the impact of our cancer research, by applying innovative data science and computation tools (in addition to our traditional areas of strength) to tackle the important cancer questions and ensuring infrastructure is considered to enable this.
We encourage all applicants to access the job pack attached for more detailed information regarding this role. For an informal discussion regarding the role, please contact Richard Houlston or Trevor Graham by emailing [email protected] or [email protected]