Bioinformatics Scientist [SUP2017]

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Job date: 2017-06-09
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Company : OmicSoft/QIAGEN 

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Role : Research Scientist 


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Job Description:
QIAGEN/Omicsoft is seeking a highly motivated and experienced bioinformatics scientist who can contribute his/her own unique perspectives to our collective understanding of genomics data for biomedical researches. The primary responsibility is to understand genomics data from varied disease areas, and to develop data analysis plans/pipelines to generate biological meaningful results and visualizations. By collaboratively working with internal research and development team, the successful candidate will integrate acquired knowledge into our efforts to provide great genomics knowledge products to our clients.

Key Responsibilities:

  • Collaborate with colleagues to understand our clients’ interests and biological questions
  • Develop data analysis strategies and plans to address clients’ need.
  • Perform data analysis on genomics data sets using Omicsoft products as well as other Bioinformatics and statistical tools
  • Prepare presentations to summarize findings and train customers
  • Training customers to explore data and answer biological questions using Omicsoft software and Lands
  • Other data analysis and bioinformatics researches funded by clients

Basic Qualification:

  • PhD in Bioinformatics, Computational Biology or related fields
  • Research experience in the fields of genomics and NGS data analysis
  • Understanding of basic biology and cancer biology
  • Experience with R, Python or Java, Unix/Linux/HPC
  • Enjoys working in collaborative team environment
  • Strong written and oral communication skills to present scientific data and methods

Preferred Qualifications:

  • Experience in cancer research and drug development is a plus


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Job location: Cary, NC

About QIAGEN and OmicSoft

QIAGEN N.V., a Netherlands-based holding company, is the leading global provider of Sample to Insight solutions that enable customers to gain valuable molecular insights from samples containing the building blocks of life. Our sample technologies isolate and process DNA, RNA and proteins from blood, tissue and other materials. Assay technologies make these biomolecules visible and ready for analysis. Bioinformatics software and knowledge bases interpret data to report relevant, actionable insights. Automation solutions tie these together in seamless and cost-effective workflows. QIAGEN provides solutions to more than 500,000 customers around the world in Molecular Diagnostics (human healthcare), Applied Testing (forensics, veterinary testing and food safety), Pharma (pharma and biotech companies) and Academia (life sciences research). As of September 30, 2016, QIAGEN employed approximately 4,700 people in over 35 locations worldwide. Further information can be found at http://www.qiagen.com.

QIAGEN enhances bioinformatics portfolio with acquisition of OmicSoft on 1/9/2017.

OmicSoft Corporation is the leader in providing enterprise solutions for next-generation sequencing and Omics data analysis, management, and visualization. Our flagship product, Array Suite (Array Studio and Array Server), provides full data management with server-client architecture. Array Server stores and manages all of the large data for users, while Array Studio provides the graphical user interface and full visualization capabilities, including the industry leading OmicSoft Genome Browser. Our technology and products increase productivity and allow our users to concentrate on the bigger picture. Omicsoft also provides an Omics-based data service through its Land technology which provides biomedical researchers a knowledge hub to easily access integrative genomics data. Additional information can be found at www.omicsoft.com

Job Type: Full-time

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