We seek a highly motivated computational researcher for a key role within Professor Sir Shankar Balasubramanian's pioneering research programme at the Cancer Research UK Cambridge Institute (CI). Our research focuses on the chemical biology of the genome and epigenome (https://www.balasubramanian.co.uk/publications). Our lab invents and applies new computational methods for the analysis of sequence, structure and chemical modifications in DNA and RNA. This position provides opportunities to develop computational tools at the interface between chemistry, biology and bioinformatics from experimental design to the analysis of novel types of data in collaboration with talented experimental scientists.

Skills required include:

• Excellent programming/scripting skills in languages such as R or Matlab, Python or Perl, C/C++, Ruby or Java.
• A good working knowledge of Linux/Unix, with experience in data processing in an HPC cluster environment and basic understanding of computer systems administration.
• Algorithm development, data mining and statistical analysis of large datasets.
• Experience in statistical modelling and mathematical tools (e.g. Bayesian statistics, Markov models, simulation models or machine learning).
• Knowledge of biological data resources (e.g., NCBI, EMBL-EBI, KEGG, ENCODE and ELIXIR).
• Experience collaborating with experimental scientists e.g. chemists or biologists, and managing several concurrent projects with changing priorities
• Ability to version control and share research code (e.g. git/GitHub).

http://www.jobs.cam.ac.uk/job/26702/