Computational Biologist (Bioinformatics)

Job Description:
Apex Life Sciences is seeking a highly motivated full-time Computational Biologist/Bioinformatics Associate to join the department of Bioinformatics and Computational Biology at a large biotech company in South San Francisco. Our work is at the intersection of multiple disciplines including data science, cancer and molecular biology, statistics, and bioinformatics.

• An ideal candidate will apply their training to exciting problems in translational cancer genomics.
• You will be working directly with a diverse team of clinical and research scientists to develop computational analyses to address biological questions utilizing large scale next-generation sequencing datasets.
• A successful computational biologist contractor will be expected to support computational analyses of large datasets to explore underlying biology
• Develop and maintain software of in-house computational tools
• Contribute to publications in high-quality scientific, technical, and medical journals

Qualifications:

• Masters or Ph.D. in a relevant field (such as computational biology, systems biology, bioinformatics, genomics, statistics, computer science, cancer biology, etc.)
• Strong programming skills (eg., R or Python) with familiarity with Unix environment required
• Experience in high-throughput data analysis, visualization, and interpretation
• Post-graduate experience (eg., post-doc) and scientific publications is a plus but not required

Job Type: Contract

Job Location: South San Francisco, CA 94080

Required education: Master's

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Requeriments :

• M.Sc. or higher Degree in Bioinformatics
• M.Sc. or higher Degree in computational biology
• M.Sc. or higher Degree in Computer Science
• M.Sc. or higher Degree in Statistics

Skills :

• Lunix/Unix
• Programing in Python
• Programing Skills
• Programming in R
• Software Design

Areas :

• Bioinformatics
• Computational Biology

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Additional Info:

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