Job ID: 170131
Job date: 2017-10-19
End Date:
Company : Adaptive Biotechnologies Corp. Country : Role : Other
Job date: 2017-10-19
End Date:
Company : Adaptive Biotechnologies Corp. Country : Role : Other
Job Description:
As part of the Computational Biology team, the Associate Computational Biologist's role is to create robust and complete databases of annotated samples and to provide support to the computational biology, TCR discovery, and R&D teams through Analyzer tool development and maintenance. Responsibilities:
Additional Info:
ARE YOU ADAPTIVE? We’re driving groundbreaking research in cancer and other immune-mediated diseases that translates into novel clinical diagnostics and innovative therapeutics. We are at the forefront of immune-based discoveries, transforming the future state of health through our disruptive, proprietary immunosequencing technology. With strong financial footing and rapid growth, we are looking for the brightest, most passionate and collaborative innovators to join us. At Adaptive, you'll be challenged, you'll be inspired, and you'll be proud to be part of an innovative organization making a real impact on improving the quality of life globally. No matter what your role is, you'll find a diverse, team-driven, fun culture where your contributions truly count. #BeingAdaptive[Click Here to Access the Original Job Post]
As part of the Computational Biology team, the Associate Computational Biologist's role is to create robust and complete databases of annotated samples and to provide support to the computational biology, TCR discovery, and R&D teams through Analyzer tool development and maintenance. Responsibilities:
- Develop features to enhance databases and facilitate data analysis (30%)
- Oversee tagging of current projects and retroactively tag projects in the Analyzer
- Develop statistical analysis and visualization tools in the Analyzer to meet the needs of the computational biology team and clients
- Create and maintain system for collecting, storing, and cataloging metadata
- Develop and maintain Analyzer Tools (30%)
- Publish tools on the Analyzer that assist with data analysis and visualization
- Create tools requested by clients and analysts
- Maintain current tools to meet client needs
- Support functionality (30%)
- Provide user support for all online Analyzer and internal tools, and extend tool function as the need arises
- Conduct unit tests to ensure published tools are functional and effective
- Constantly update tag synonym dictionary and work to standardize tagging vocabulary within the Analyzer
- Communicate with other departments on behalf of computational biology (10%)
- Facilitate transfer of stored collaboration contracts for legal review
- Collaborate with software team to implement tagging ontology and internal databases
Experience and Skills:
Required Experience:- B Sc. in biology, bioinformatics or related field with research experience
- Familiarity with medical terms and clinical trial data
- Basic programming ability
- Experience programming in at least one of the following languages: Python, R, perl
- Experience manipulating data within a database (ie: Pandas)
- Understanding of data structures
- Working knowledge of statistics and math
- Ability to work on diverse projects
- Eagerness to find opportunities for improvement and follow up on them
- Very organized and detail oriented
- Flexible and willing to take on projects as they arise
- Independent
- Eager to learn and apply new knowledge in order to solve problems
Requeriments :
Skills :
- Database design
- Mathematics
- Programing in Python
- Programing Skills
- Programming in PERL
- Programming in R
- Statistics
Areas :
Additional Info:
ARE YOU ADAPTIVE? We’re driving groundbreaking research in cancer and other immune-mediated diseases that translates into novel clinical diagnostics and innovative therapeutics. We are at the forefront of immune-based discoveries, transforming the future state of health through our disruptive, proprietary immunosequencing technology. With strong financial footing and rapid growth, we are looking for the brightest, most passionate and collaborative innovators to join us. At Adaptive, you'll be challenged, you'll be inspired, and you'll be proud to be part of an innovative organization making a real impact on improving the quality of life globally. No matter what your role is, you'll find a diverse, team-driven, fun culture where your contributions truly count. #BeingAdaptive[Click Here to Access the Original Job Post]