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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-top:12.0pt"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">Job post:
<b>Postdoctoral Fellow </b></span><b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:black">(CEVR-R117)
</span></b><b><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">/ Research Associate</span></b><b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:black">(CEVR-R118)
</span></b><b><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black"> / Research Assistant
</span></b><b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:black">(CEVR-R119)
</span></b><b><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">[Appointment period: contract of 12 months to max 36 months]</span></b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-top:12.0pt"><b><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">Organisation background</span></b><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">: Centre for Eye and Vision Research Limited (CEVR) is a research
collaboration between The Hong Kong Polytechnic University (PolyU) and the University of Waterloo (UW) in Canada. It will be located at the Hong Kong Science Park, New Territories, Hong Kong. It will be the first global hub performing ground-breaking research
in five key areas – myopia and eye growth, ocular drug discovery and delivery, vision enhancement, tear film and ocular surface and advanced optometric technology. The mission of CEVR is to generate technologies to prevent vision loss in the aging population
and preserve healthy vision.</span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-top:12.0pt"><b><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">Research study background:</span></b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-top:12.0pt"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">We are at the interface of multiple disciplines including meta-genomics, proteomics, metabolomics, transcriptomics to study ocular microbiology. To gain
valuable information from the big data related to ocular diseases in our research, bioinformatics will play a central role.</span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-top:12.0pt"><b><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">Required skills and job duty</span></b><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">:</span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-top:12.0pt"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">The appointees will assist the project leaders in the research project : “Ocular surface microbiome” The tasks include:</span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Develop new software applications or customize existing applications to meet specific scientific project needs.<o:p></o:p></span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="color:black;mso-list:l1 level1 lfo1;vertical-align:baseline">
<span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Analyze large molecular datasets such as genomic sequence data such as RNA-seq or Ribo-seq, proteomics data for clinical or basic research purposes.<o:p></o:p></span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="color:black;mso-list:l1 level1 lfo1;vertical-align:baseline">
<span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Communicate research results through conference presentations, scientific publications, or project reports.<o:p></o:p></span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="color:black;mso-list:l1 level1 lfo1;vertical-align:baseline">
<span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Test new and updated bioinformatics tools and software. Develop data models and databases.<o:p></o:p></span></li></ol>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-top:12.0pt"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">Preference will be given to candidate who has the experience in the following areas or related skills:</span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Proficient with R or python, and experience in the Unix/Linux environments.<o:p></o:p></span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="color:black;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo2;vertical-align:baseline">
<span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Proficiency in creating, modifying, and maintaining Unix scripts (shell/perl/python) to perform database management and analysis in parallel.<o:p></o:p></span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="color:black;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo2;vertical-align:baseline">
<span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Familiarity with bioinformatics software packages, such as STAR, BWA, DESEQ2, Bioconductor, GSEA, samtools, etc.<o:p></o:p></span></li></ol>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-top:12.0pt"><b><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">Qualification</span></b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-top:12.0pt"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">Applicants for the
<b>Postdoctoral Fellow</b> posts should have a doctoral degree or an equivalent qualification in any of Computer Science, Engineering, Mathematics, Biology, Vision Science, Psychology, Neuroscience, Optometry, Ophthalmology, Applied Physics, Optics, Chemical
Technology, Health Technology, Bioinformatics, Rehabilitation or other related disciplines.</span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">Applicants for the <b>Research Associate</b> posts should have a master’s degree or an equivalent qualification in one of the said disciplines. </span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">Applicants for the <b>Research Assistant</b> posts should have an honours degree or an equivalent qualification in one of the said disciplines.</span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">The appointees shall be working in Hong Kong. Overseas graduate is welcome to apply, the qualification awarding institution should be the top 100 institutions for STEM-related subjects in QS/Shanghai
Jiao Tong Uni/Times Higher Education world university rankings.</span><a href="https://drive.google.com/file/d/1CvMCaVZsB--SeVGbioZHtqFcx7-UmQZl/view?usp=sharing"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">
</span><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#1155CC">(details here</span></a><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">)</span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-top:12.0pt"><b><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">Enquiry</span></b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-top:12.0pt"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">Applicants may contact Dr. Qian Zhao (<a href="mailto:q.zhao@polyu.edu.hk">q.zhao@polyu.edu.hk</a>) of the Hong Kong Polytechnic University or Prof. Trevor
Charles (<a href="mailto:tcharles@uwaterloo.ca">tcharles@uwaterloo.ca</a>) of the University of Waterloo for enquiry.</span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-top:12.0pt"><b><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">Remuneration</span></b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-top:12.0pt"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">A highly competitive remuneration package will be offered. Applicants are invited to send the application form
</span><a href="https://drive.google.com/file/d/16GzSQ4JHy3TnJsynR_ss8hFwvB7X1fxY/view?usp=sharing"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#1155CC">(download
</span></a><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">here), CV and expected salary to the email
<a href="mailto:career@cevr.hk">career@cevr.hk</a>.</span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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