Data Scientist/Bioinformatician - Molecular Oncology

Salary: £39,805 - £50,862 per annum. Commencement on the salary range is subject to comparable skills and experience.

Reporting to: Dr Ros Cutts

Duration of Contract: Fixed Term for 2 years

Hours per week: 35 hours per week (Full Time)

Location: Chelsea

Closing Date: Wednesday 8th of July 2026

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The Molecular Oncology Laboratory, headed by Professor Nicholas Turner, focuses on identifying and understanding resistance to breast cancer treatments with the objective of designing novel approaches to treating cancer. In addition, we are developing novel precision medicine strategies for breast cancer using circulating free DNA and other non-invasive assays of breast tumour phenotypes, with the aim to use such assays to personalise breast cancer therapy.

We are looking to appoint a Data Scientist/Bioinformatician with strong ML skills to work as part of our multidisciplinary team to deliver the next generation of biomarker-based clinical studies in breast cancer. The position will be line managed by Dr Ros Cutts, Senior Bioinformatician (Liquid Biopsy) at the ICR.

The Molecular Oncology lab is increasingly producing more complex high dimensional datasets that require novel analytical approaches and we are looking to appoint someone with strong computational statistics/machine learning skills that can apply novel statistical approaches for data analysis.

What We Offer

• A dynamic and supportive research environment

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• Access to state-of-the-art facilities and professional development opportunities
• Collaboration with leading researchers in the field
• Competitive salary and pension
  
  

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