Job Advertisement: Staff scientist/Research assistant position in Computational Biology

Job Description:

An opportunity has arisen to join the Computational Systems Genomics Lab, headed by Prof Andrew Teschendorff, at the CAS-MPG Partner Institute for Computational Biology, Shanghai. The Computational Systems Genomics Lab carries out cutting-edge research at the interface between Statistics, Cancer and Genomics, with a special focus on Statistical Cancer Epigenomics, Single-Cell Analysis and Cancer Systems Biology (see http://www.picb.ac.cn/compsysg and https://aeteschendorff-lab.github.io). The job entails performing basic research in addition to a number of secretarial duties, including basic accounting and translation from English to Chinese and vice-versa. This is an excellent opportunity for a recent graduate to develop their academic career, to perform scientific research in Computational Biology, and to improve your communication skills in English.

Job Requirements:

(1) A BSc or MSc degree in a computational/scientific discipline, preferably Computational Biology, Bioinformatics, Statistics, Computer Science, Physics or Engineering.

(2) Good IT skills.

(3) Programming experience in R, Bioconductor or Python is preferable.

(4) Good oral and written English.

(5) Excellent organizational skills.

(6) Team Player.

The job is available with immediate effect. Interested applicants should send a brief cover letter and CV (all in English), to:

Prof Andrew Teschendorff

Email: andrew@picb.ac.cn