Cambridge Centre for Research Associate / Senior Research Associate (Fixed Term)
Department of Oncology
We are looking for an experienced and highly motivated data analyst or computational biologist to join our multidisciplinary team (https://www.earlycancer.cam.ac.uk/dr-harveer-dev) at the University of Cambridge Early Cancer Institute (https://www.earlycancer.cam.ac.uk).
We are focussed on developing accurate and scalable tests that could make a significant contribution to reducing the number of cancer deaths. We are looking for a data analyst or computational biologist with experience of analysing biological data to join our multi-disciplinary cancer research team, develop our cutting-edge bioassay, and transform the lives of cancer sufferers.
Cancer survival rates are highest when diagnosed at an early stage, therefore we are developing sensitive, specific and minimally invasive tests that could inform the early detection and stratification of urological cancers. Our projects build on the results of large-scale molecular profiling studies to implement targeted high-sensitivity genomic analyses of circulating tumour DNA (ctDNA) in liquid biopsies. We leverage epigenetic changes that are specific features of early stage cancers. These studies generate large amounts of genome sequencing data and require bespoke analysis methods to identify rare events with high accuracy and recall.