Bioinformatician

Job ID: 452923385
Job date: 2017-09-18
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Company : NantOmics LLC 

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Job Description:
We are seeking a candidate with strong software engineering and bioinformatics experience to join the Discovery Proteomics Group at NantOmics (Rockville, MD). The incumbent will be an integral part of the Company’s expansion to discovery efforts focusing on innovative clinical assays for precision medicine in cancer. Major duties include: Establishing a robust data analysis pipeline for discovery proteomics, automating analytical data processing, building scientific databases, and helping on large-scale multi-omics studies. Close collaboration with scientists in proteomics and genomics groups is essential. The successful candidate will be highly motivated to work within a science focused, collaborative and multidisciplinary team environment to achieve the company’s goal of providing solutions for precision medicine.

Essential Functions:

  • Develop, optimize, and maintain a data analysis pipeline for discovery proteomics. Responsible for designing database architecture based on company’s discovery framework. Construct algorithms allowing novel data analysis for mass spectrometry (MS)-based proteomics. Automate a series of data processing to facilitate large-scale analysis including statistical analysis. (40
  • Create web-based applications that visualize analytical results of multi-omics analysis. (20%) Collaborate with scientists to understand the scientific background of their analytical needs to improve the data process pipeline and in-house software. (20%)
  • Maintain high-quality data entry of proteomics, genomics, and clinical data. Stay current with public databases and analytical tools, and promptly update the in-house pipeline. (10%)
  • Develop and maintain standard operating procedures (GLP, CLIA) by authoring SOPs and implementing the current SOP for maintenance of GLP and CLIA facility. Contribute to manuscript submission and to patent application. (10%)
Education/Experience Requirements:
  • Master degree in Bioinformatics and Biotechnology or related discipline with 3-8 years industrial experience.
  • Proficient in programing languages including C#, C++, Java, or Python.
  • Experience in programming with R or other statistical packages.
  • Experience in web application development with JSP, PHP, HTML5, CSS, JavaScript or jQuery.
  • Familiar with Windows server, Linux, and SQL Server.-Familiar with LC-MS and proteomics data.
  • Excellent oral and written communication skills.
Other Comments or Specific Duties:

This position requires the employee to work in a laboratory environment, which can create the potential for occupational exposure to biological or chemical hazards. NantOmics, a member of the NantWorks ecosystem of companies, is a leader in molecular testing and the first company to employ an integrated panomic approach to inform personalized treatment options for patients with cancer. Combining DNA sequencing, RNA sequencing, and quantitative proteomics, NantOmics offers extensive testing capabilities that provide a comprehensive molecular profile of a patient’s cancer. Our proprietary analytical platform delivers molecular diagnostic capabilities that provide actionable intelligence and molecularly driven decision support for cancer patients and their providers at the point of care.


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