A guide for applicants
So you think we do cool stuff and want to be part of the team?
That's great, thank you very much for your interest in our lab.
But .. calm down! relax! .. before you send in an application, take a few seconds to read to the end of this page.
We are particularly interested in people combining statistical and computational skills with a background and interest in biology and medicine.
- If you have never written a line of code in your life, you may want to consider working for one of our collaborating experimental labs.
- If you are very strong on the analytic and theoretical side, but don't feel a passion for biology or medicine, you may find it hard to adapt to the interdisciplinary athmosphere at the CRI and the close collaborations we have with experimental labs.
Florian Markowetz receives inquiries about PhD or postdoc opportunities almost every day. Many of them are well written and he usually responds to them quickly. These positive examples have several features in common:
- Good emails address Florian by his name: 'Dear Dr. Markowetz' is fine; 'Hi Florian' is Ok if we have met; but 'Dear Most Respected Sir' or no salutation at all will lead to instant deletion.
- Good emails explain why the applicant's background would fit into the Markowetz lab: A desire to work at a 'most glorious university' is not enough, you must explain why you think you are a good fit for a computational biology group at a cancer research center.
- Good emails attach a CV: in English, short and concise (less than 4 pages), clearly organized.
If your email follows these positive examples, there is a good chance you get a response. To increase your chances even further: put '[fmlab]' into the subject line of your email. This will ensure that you land in the right email folder.
Please also submit your application to the official CRUK job site at jobs.cancerresearchuk.org.
And finally, in all correspondence please make sure to quote the reference number you found in the job advert.
Good Luck!
Florian Markowetz
