Bioinformatics Research Assistant

Garvan’s 2030: Discoveries to Impact Strategy is designed to galvanise Garvan’s researchers, professional staff, partners, donors and community around our vision of
_Global leadership in discoveries to impact_, and to enable us as an Institute to deliver on that vision - such that Garvan becomes an institute where research discoveries are taken through to patient impact (new treatments, tests and prevention approaches), on a global scale.

The Australian Genomic Cancer Medicine Centre (Omico) is a not-for-profit, nationwide network of centres and medical research institutes that delivers precision medicine clinical trials and studies for the screening, prevention and treatment of cancers. It has a focus on patients with rare, less common and early onset cancers, and cancers with poor outcomes.

The Opportunity

This position will be embedded within Omico at the Garvan Institute, and play a pivotal role in the success of the Molecular Screening and Therapeutics (MoST) and Precision Oncology Screening Platform Enabling Clinical Trials (PrOSPeCT) programs.

We require a bioinformatics research assistant to work with the Head of Bioinformatics to implement and optimise genomic pipelines for the MoST and PrOSPeCT programs for clinical research use. This role will be jointly responsible for continuous development and optimisation of the genomic analysis component of the programs, as well as overseeing the operation of the pipelines.

Key Responsibilities

This position will be responsible for helping to provide support in clinical genomics, genome informatics and translational research in cancer genomics. This will include:
- Improving the breadth, quality and efficiency, and reliability of existing genomic analysis pipelines- Testing and deploying novel bioinformatics analyses into the existing pipelines- Developing and maintaining the integration of genomic data with other database systems- Continuous cohort genomic data validation and auditing- Staying abreast on advances in genomics and next generation sequencing technology in general, as well as maintaining knowledge about clinical genomic testing and personalised medicine.- Working independently, but importantly, ability to work as part of a dynamic team.

Snap shot of benefits- This is a full time one-year, fixed-term position with a base salary up to $100,000 (dependant on experience) plus 10% superannuation and salary packaging benefits.- Generous salary packaging ($15,900 for general household expenses and $2,650 for meal/entertainment allowance on top of base salary)- On-going training and development- Flexible work arrangements- Additional day’s leave as Garvan Day- Employee Assistance Program- Discounted Health Insurance- Lifestyle discounts with our community partners

About You

The key skills and experience include:
- Masters degree in a related discipline, preferably bioinformatics engineering- Excellent problem-solving abilities and strong attention to detail- Well developed python programming skills- Project management skills- Experience with source code management tools (git preferred)- Source control management, unit and regression testing, continuous integration- Database management and SQL skills

Desirable- Industry experience in related disciplines- Experience with analysis of next-generation sequencing data- Well-developed skills in bioinformatics and genomics- Understanding of genomics, transcriptomics and epigenetics- Understanding of clinical interpretation of genomic data- Experience with laboratory information management systems (LIMS)

How to Apply