A*STAR

Scientist - Cancer Genome Reconstruction (GIS)

A*STAR
ResearchSingaporeFull-time3 weeks ago

About the role

AI summarised

Postdoctoral researcher position at the Genome Institute of Singapore (GIS) in the Laboratory of AI in Genomics, focusing on reconstructing cancer genomes using advanced bioinformatics and deep learning approaches. The role involves assembling normal and cancer genomes from long-read sequencing data and analyzing genome and epigenome.

ResearchFull-timeGenome Institute of Singapore

Key Responsibilities

  • Being part of team of wet lab and computational scientist aiming to reconstruct various types of cancer genomes and analyse their genome and epigenome
  • Reconstruct various pairs of normal and cancer genomes using various types of reads (ie. long ONT and HiFi reads, Hi-C reads)

Requirements

  • A PhD in computational biology or related fields
  • Proven experience in using de novo genome assemblers and visualization tools such as IGV
  • Publication record at top-tier journals or bioinformatics conferences (i.e. Recomb, ISMB, EECB and Genome Informatics)
  • Strong experience in Python programming
  • A structured, independent, proactive and collaborative working style