Research Assistant / Research Associate: Human Cell Atlas (Fixed Term)

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Department of Computer Science and Technology, West Cambridge

£26,715 - £30,942
or £32,816 - £40,322

NR27626

Research

Published

3 August 2021

Closing date

27 August 2021

Research Assistant: £26,715 -£30,942 or Research Associate: £32,816 -£40,322

Fixed-term: The funds for this post are available until 25 July 2023.

The Human Cell Atlas: https://www.sanger.ac.uk/collaboration/human-cell-atlas/ project aims to chart the properties of human cells, building a reference map of the human body that can be used to understand human health and to treat disease. Building on this work, we are seeking a research assistant/associate to contribute to a project led by Professor Neil Lawrence applying machine learning to the analysis of transcriptomics data.

The project's focus is the creation of a detailed single-cell and spatial atlas of embryos in late organogenesis, creating an in-silico atlas of the human embryo. The post-holder will be responsible for developing machine learning approaches to large-scale dimensionality reduction, focusing on latent variable techniques such as GPLVM or variational auto-encoders.

Successful applicants will be expected to have:

• A PhD in a relevant specialist subject;

• Experience of research in a relevant discipline, demonstrating sufficient breadth and depth of specialist knowledge and research methods to work within established research programmes;

• Organisational skills, and the ability to manage their own workload;

• Communication skills, and the ability to communicate their research effectively to technical and non-technical audiences, in person and in writing;

• Relational-building skills, and the ability to work in multi-disciplinary teams.

For questions about the role, please contact Jess Montgomery: [email protected]

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