Higher Scientific Officer - Glioma Team

Salary:Starting salary £32,000

Salary range £32,000 to £44,400 per annum.Appointments are normally made at the starting salary. Future progression is based on annual performance review.

Duration of Contract: Fixed Term for 3 years

Hours per week: 35 hours per week (Full Time)

Closing Date:20 March 2022

Summary of Role

We are looking for a highly motivated Higher Scientific Officer to join our laboratory and lead our ongoing molecular profiling initiatives. The postholder will have responsibility for carrying out and co-ordinating databasing and processing of tissue samples from a range of sources for further analysis. This will include methylation array profiling, and bulk / single-cell sequencing of DNA and RNA, either on instruments within our laboratory (MiSeq, 10X Chromium X), or via third-party providers internally or externally. Although working closely with two bioinformaticians within the lab to provide formal analysis, some experience with data analysis and report generation would be desirable. There will be ample opportunity to work across multiple areas of research within the lab, as well as develop ownership of individual projects.

This post is funded by the CRIS Cancer Foundation for 3 years in the first instance.

Key Requirements

The successful candidate must have:

Department/Directorate Information

The Glioma Team at the ICR is focussed on understanding thebiology of paediatric-type diffuse high grade glioma (PDHGG), such that we mayimprove the clinical outcome of children with these currently untreatabletumours. We have expertise in genomics and molecular cell biology of the humandisease, and use this knowledge to design and test new drug treatments in novelmouse models. We have leadership roles in national and internationalpreclinical and clinical trials groups, and have active research programs aimedat both forward and reverse translation in these diseases.

We encourage all applicants to access the job pack attached for more detailed information regarding this role.

Why work for us?

As a member of staff, you’ll have exclusive access to a range of staff benefits.

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The Institute of Cancer Research, London, is one of the world’s most influential cancer research institutes, with an outstanding record of achievement dating back more than 100 years. Further information about working at the ICR can be found here.

We look forward to receiving applications from all candidates, wherever in the world they are currently based. We will select those who display the potential to become, or to support, the world leading cancer researchers of the future based on their application and performance at interview. However, we particularly welcome British applicants from black and ethnic minority backgrounds, as they are under-represented within the ICR and nationwide in STEM roles.