Postdoctoral Research Associate

About the Role

You will be a joint member of the Lamb (1) Research Group, the Maiques (2) and Singh (3) Group in the Centre for Biomarkers and Biotherapeutics. The Lamb group, also known as the SPACE Group (Spatial Prostate Assessment and the Circulating Environment) is newly established at Barts Cancer Institute (BCI), Centre for Cancer Evolution, after 6 years in Oxford. You will have responsibility for implementing a deep learning work-package as part of a Cancer Research UK-funded programme, developing an image-recognition model to identify morphological features corresponding to clonal prostate cancer lethality derived from Visium spatial transcriptomics (https://youtu.be/YdzF0-PFXhc; https://www.nature.com/articles/s41586-022-05023-2;).

About You

You will have a PhD (or close to completion*) in a relevant subject and a proven track record in computational biology and data science, coming from either a bioinformatic or computational background. With experience of working with large-scale data analysis you will be able to demonstrate your expertise in using R and Python to process and analyse genomic data and to employ learning frameworks.

Appointment is at either a grade 4 or grade 5 level for this position**. For grade 5 applicants, you will also be able to demonstrate a track record in published research work and the ability to contribute to writing bids for grants.

About our Institute

We are a leading UK cancer institute and a Cancer Research UK Centre of Excellence. We have core funding from Cancer Research UK as part of the City of London Cancer Centre along with the Francis Crick Institute and UCL. Renowned for ground-breaking basic research alongside translational cancer medicine, with strong links to Barts Health, Guy’s and St Thomas’ (GSTT) and other NHS Foundation Trusts we are committed to supporting and developing future cancer researchers through its extensive postgraduate training programme.

About Queen Mary

At Queen Mary University of London, we believe that a diversity of ideas helps us achieve the previously unthinkable.

Throughout our history, we’ve fostered social justice and improved lives through academic excellence. And we continue to live and breathe this spirit today, not because it’s simply ‘the right thing to do’ but for what it helps us achieve and the intellectual brilliance it delivers.

We continue to embrace diversity of thought and opinion in everything we do, in the belief that when views collide, disciplines interact, and perspectives intersect, truly original thought takes form.

Benefits

We offer competitive salaries, access to a generous pension scheme, 30 days’ leave per annum (pro-rata for part-time/fixed-term), a season ticket loan scheme and access to a comprehensive range of personal and professional development opportunities. In addition, we offer a range of work life balance and family friendly, inclusive employment policies, flexible working arrangements, and campus facilities.

Queen Mary’s commitment to our diverse and inclusive community is embedded in our appointments processes. Reasonable adjustments will be made at each stage of the recruitment process for any candidate with a disability. We are open to considering applications from candidates wishing to work flexibly.

* PhD candidates who are close to completion and have not yet received their PhD award, will be appointed on a salary of £38,483. On providing a copy of the formal award letter / certificate, this will increase to £41,510

** You will need to indicate in your application which grade you are applying for.

1. https://www.bci.qmul.ac.uk/staff/dr-alastair-lamb
2. https://www.bci.qmul.ac.uk/staff/dr-oscar-maiques
3. https://www.bci.qmul.ac.uk/staff/dr-vivek-singh

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