Research Project Support Officer in Cancer Gene Expression

Research Project Support Officer in Cancer Gene Expression

CAPTION: Job details

• Posting date: 04 June 2026


• Hours: Full time


• Closing date: 19 June 2026


• Location: LL57 2DG - option to spend some time working remotely which will be discussed further with candidates at interview.


• Remote working: Hybrid - work remotely up to 2 days per week


• Company: Bangor University


• Job type: Temporary


• Job reference: BU04036

Summary

BANGOR UNIVERSITY
SCHOOL OF ENVIRONMENTAL & NATURAL SCIENCES
Research Project Support Officer in Cancer Gene Expression
(Ref: BU04036)
Salary: £30,805 - £37,174 p.a. (Grade 6)

Applications are invited for a fixed-term, full-time Research Project Support Officer role working in the School of Environmental and Natural Sciences at Bangor University. The post is funded by Cancer Research Wales.

Duties will include providing desk-based research support in the identification and analysis of relevant publicly-available gene expression data for primary tumours and neighbouring tissues, metastases, and comparator non-tumour tissues. Candidates should be educated to undergraduate degree standard (or equivalent) and have previous experience in bioinformatics, especially analysis of gene expression data in humans, or in animal model systems.

The successful candidate will be expected to commence as soon as possible, and the role is available to 30 April 2027 with the possibility of extension subject to funding.

This role will be located on campus in Bangor. Through our Dynamic Working framework, there will also be the option to spend time working remotely (although remaining in the UK) to support work life balance, which will be discussed further with candidates at interview.

Applications will also be considered to carry out this role on a part-time basis.

Applications will only be accepted via our on-line recruitment website, jobs.bangor.ac.uk. However, in cases of access issues due to disability, paper application forms are available by telephoning .

Closing date for applications: 19 June 2026

Informal enquiries can be made by contacting: Dr John Mulley
j.mulley@bangor.ac.uk

Committed to Equal Opportunities

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Duties will include providing desk-based research support in the identification and analysis of relevant publicly-available gene expression data for primary tumours and neighbouring tissues, metastases, and comparator non-tumour tissues. Candidates should be educated to undergraduate degree standard (or equivalent) and have previous experience in bioinformatics, especially analysis of gene expression data in humans, or in animal model systems.

The successful candidate will be expected to commence as soon as possible, and the role is available to 30 April 2027 with the possibility of extension subject to funding.

This role will be located on campus in Bangor. Through our Dynamic Working framework, there will also be the option to spend time working remotely (although remaining in the UK) to support work life balance, which will be discussed further with candidates at interview.