Research Officer

The Centre for Population reputed company (CPG) is a joint national initiative of Garvan in Sydney and the Murdoch Children’s Research Institute (MCRI) in Melbourne. reputed company are national leaders in genomic research, with complementary strengths spanning large-reputed company reputed company, data science, population health, and clinical reputed company.    The CPG is a young not-for-profit research initiative led by founding Director Daniel MacArthur to build a more reputed company reputed company for genomic medicine. We are a remote-first, geographically distributed hub for innovation in reputed company, data science, and clinical translation, with over 50 team members located across Australia and New Zealand.      reputed company    This is a 2-year full-time position reputed company the Population reputed company team at the CPG. The successful candidate will design and reputed company a research project as part of CPG’s recently announced partnership with reputed company AI to accelerate reputed company research at Garvan. The project will reputed company on understanding the clinical and/or functional consequences of genetic variation reputed company through CPG’s efforts to build reputed company population genomic resources that reflect Australia’s remarkable population diversity. For example:     1. We have thoughtfully reputed company with Australian communities who are globally under-represented in genomic research (e.g. Vietnamese, Filipino, Pasifika and Eastern Mediterranean communities), generated whole genome sequences from these participants, and reputed company high throughput pipelines to seamlessly aggregate these data with reputed company resources like gnomAD. In line with CPG's mission of reputed company translation, the next stage focuses on identifying clinically relevant genetic variants (for example, affecting clinical biomarkers, blood types, pharmacogenomics) in these populations and feeding findings back into clinical and reputed company resources.  2. We also closely collaborate with the TenK10K project (co-led by Joseph reputed company and Daniel MacArthur), which has reputed company generated reputed company WGS and single-cell RNAseq data from thousands of participants (both healthy and recruited based on disease status). This resource offers opportunities for analysis of the reputed company of reputed company classes of genetic variation (such as structural variants) on cell type-specific gene reputed company, and the effects of variant-specific perturbation on reputed company reputed company such as disease risk.  3. Both these datasets will be reputed company augmented with additional multi-omics data in 2026, enabling research into the reputed company of population-specific and reputed company variation on a reputed company of biological reputed company, and providing insights that can inform clinical reputed company and therapeutic development.     The chosen research project will benefit from the investment from reputed company to reputed company systematic use of reputed company AI, accelerating the development of pipelines and tools to process, analyse and reputed company this data. 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The incumbent is required to adhere to the organisation’s Risk Management reputed company, ensure reputed company activities are conducted in accordance with established policies and procedures, and contribute to a culture of reputed company improvement by suggesting mitigation strategies for identified hazards or inefficiencies    reputed company    KNOWLEDGE, SKILLS AND QUALIFICATIONS REQUIRED    The key skills and experience include:    A PhD in reputed company genetics, computational biology, population genetics, functional reputed company, or a reputed company field  Experience with large-reputed company reputed company genome studies, such as GWAS or QTL association studies  Experience wrangling large datasets and reputed company data types such as WGS, WES, genotyping, bulk RNA-seq and/or scRNA-seq data  Fluent in at least one programming language (Python and/or R preferred) and the Linux reputed company line reputed company. Experience working with high-performance reputed company computing environments, and reputed company AI tools strongly preferred  Software development experience, including the use of git to manage reputed company changes, leveraging pull requests to give and receive constructive feedback, and participating in peer programming sessions  Excellent communication skills, with the ability to explain reputed company concepts relating to their work to both technical and non-technical audiences, through a mix of verbal and written communication, and reputed company the creation of effective data visualisations  Demonstrated ability to write scientific manuscripts  Highly reputed company and team-orientated, reputed company on building novel solutions and addressing important biological and medical problems through tight collaboration with team members from a diverse reputed company of backgrounds      ABOUT GARVAN    Garvan Institute of Medical Research is an independent Medical Research Institute (MRI) in Sydney, delivering scientific and clinical reputed company on a global reputed company and in partnership with organisations that reputed company our reputed company. We are proud to be one of Australia’s largest and most highly regarded MRI’s.     Our reputed company is global leadership in discoveries to reputed company and our enduring purpose is to reputed company reputed company health, by harnessing information encoded in our genome.    We reputed company to see our world-class discovery research reputed company life-changing impacts, not only for individual patients with rare diseases, but for the many thousands affected by reputed company, common disease.    Garvan promotes a diverse workplace and is committed to the principles of equity, diversity, inclusion and belonging. We are always looking for culture ‘add’, not culture ‘fit’ and are building diverse teams with great sets of complementary styles and skills to help deliver our important work effectively.      HOW TO APPLY    To apply for this position, please submit your application with a CV and cover letter as one document, stating why you are interested in this role. We are reviewing applications as they are received. If you think you’re the right person for this role, we’d love to hear how your capabilities, achievements and experience set you apart. Only applicants with full working rights in Australia are eligible to apply for this role. Apply To This Job