Hi, we’ve got an excellent job position that has just opened up. Please drop me an email if you’ve got any questions (jake.lever@glasgow.ac.uk) and forward it on to anyone who may be interested. Details below.

Role: Research assistant/associate at the University of Glasgow

Fast summary of the project:

Using machine learning to automatically read cancer research papers to help catalogue the meaning of different cancer mutations and how they may affect patients’ treatments

Slightly longer description about the project

Modern DNA sequencing technologies enable us to probe the genetics of individual cancers. Each cancer is unique and can have a multitude of mutations. However, understanding the importance and impact of each of those mutations is hugely challenging and relies heavily on searching the research literature. The CIViC database, managed by the Griffith Lab at Washington University at St Louis, collates this knowledge on cancer mutations from research papers for fast searching by clinicians and researchers worldwide. However, keeping it up to date involves a lot of human effort to read the latest research. The collaboration with Glasgow will enable the latest innovations in language technologies to be applied to automatically process research papers and flag relevant research useful for the CIViC database. This will involve development of all kinds of information extraction techniques. No background knowledge of biology/medicine is needed.

Salary: Grade 6 (£32,332 - £36,024) / Grade 7 (£39,347 - £44,263)

The contract is for two years with the potential for renewal.

More details available at: https://www.jobs.ac.uk/job/DHO579/research-assistant-associate

Application close on 6th June 2024