Research Technician

University of Leeds
November 23, 2023
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Offerd Salary:£30,487 to £36,024
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Research Technician Overview of the Role

Can you provide technical support to research projects and do you have extensive experience in using various bioinformatic tools to analyse large genomic data sets?

This post is funded from a grant awarded to Associate Professor Dr Sinisa Savic. The aim of the fellowship is to investigate the role of post-zygotic, somatic mutations in the pathogenesis of various immune mediated inflammatory diseases and their influence on response to treatment.

You will be working closely with a growing team of research Fellows, research Technicians and PhD students to deliver the objectives of this project. You will be expected to provide bioinformatics and analytical support for the research group, assisting with the analysis of large omics datasets generated from high throughout NGS.

This post is primarily office-based but may also involve assisting laboratory wet-lab work where required. Experience of shell scripting and HPC navigation is essential. Experience using different programming languages i.e., R, Python, SQL is highly desirable.

This role will be based at St James's University campus.

To explore the post further or for any queries you may have, please

contact:

Dr Sinisa Savic, Associate Professor

Email: [email protected]

Additional Information Working at Leeds

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Location: Leeds - St James University Hospital / Main Campus

Faculty/Service: Faculty of Medicine & Health School/Institute: Leeds Institute of Rheumatic & Musculoskeletal Medicine (LIRMM) Section: Inflammatory Arthritis Category: Research Grade: Grade 6 Salary: £30,487 to £36,024 per annum Post Type: Full Time Contract Type: Fixed Term (Available for 12 months due to external grant income) Release Date: Thursday 16 November 2023 Closing Date: Thursday 23 November 2023 Reference: MHLRM1239

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