Senior Research Associate, Single-Cell Brain Genomics

UNSW; Chicago (IL); On-site; USD 83,000 - 89,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

17% Superannuation

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Job summary

UNSW’s School of Psychology invites a researcher to lead independent and collaborative work leveraging single-cell transcriptomics (snRNAseq) of brain tissue. You will contribute to open-source analysis pipelines, data governance, and cross-disciplinary collaboration with a team of scholars.

You will conduct rigorous analyses, publish high-quality outputs, and mentor students while aligning with UNSW’s values and safety policies. This role is based in Australia.

Qualifications

• PhD in a relevant discipline and/or relevant work experience.
• Demonstrated experience collecting, processing, and analysing gene expression data.
• Strong quantitative and programming skills and experience developing reproducible analysis pipelines and/or open-source tools for large datasets.
• Experience with behavioural testing in mice and brain tissue collection and processing (e.g. nuclei isolation and fixation) is preferred.

Responsibilities

• Contribute independently and collaboratively to a research project requiring collection, processing, analysis, and interpretation of snRNAseq data.
• Conduct research and enable teams to create high quality scholarly outputs recognised by peers.
• Undertake research projects under guidance and contribute to development of research activities.
• Support dissemination of research outcomes through appropriate channels.
• Undertake discipline-appropriate research activities, e.g. literature reviews and data gathering.
• Participate in conferences/workshops relevant to the project.
• Assist supervision of research students when required.
• Align with the Code of Conduct and Values and ensure health and safety compliance.

Skills

Quantitative skills

Programming

Open science practices

Team collaboration

Education

PhD or relevant experience

Tools

Python

R

Open-source pipelines

Job description

UNSW’s School of Psychology invites a researcher to lead independent and collaborative work leveraging single-cell transcriptomics (snRNAseq) of brain tissue. You will contribute to open-source analysis pipelines, data governance, and cross-disciplinary collaboration with a team of scholars.

You will conduct rigorous analyses, publish high-quality outputs, and mentor students while aligning with UNSW’s values and safety policies. This role is based in Australia.