Bioinformatics Researcher : Osaka, Japan

Job ID: 625691
Job date: 2017-10-01
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Company : KOTAI Biotechnologies 

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Role : Research Scientist 


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Job Description:
We recruit Bioinformatics researchers working for immune repertoire (NGS of T- and B-cell receptors) analysis and the algorithm development for biomarker discovery. The researchers should be quick learners, as they need to smoothly communicate with experimental and clinical researchers.

Since individuals in the company have different backgrounds, the applicants have to be team players and good communicators.

Job details

We look for researchers to work on:

- Development of Bioinformatics algorithms and the analysis of high throughput sequencing data such as immune repertoires and RNA-seq.

- Integration of 3D structure with sequence information

- Discoveries of biomarkers and therapeutics

Qualifications

Requirements:

- Expertise to conduct research independently (At least one first author paper)

- Experiences of analyzing NGS data (RNA-seq is required)

- Programing skills: Perl/Python/R/SQL on Linux environment (Not necessarily all of them, but able to implement pipelines by themselves)

- Experience with machine learning and data mining.

- Experience developing algorithms and implementing them as practical tools

- Strong mathematics background, especially in statistics

- Ability to communicate in English. (Communication in KOTAI will be conducted in English)

- Interests in interdisciplinary research and experimental and clinical Immunologies

Preferences:

- Experiences of discovery and/or development of clinical biomarkers (Cancer or autoimmune diseases are preferable)

- Knowledge in Immunology.

- Ph.D. degree

We welcome applicants with backgrounds other than Biology such as Computational Physics and Informatics.

Compensation: The compensation will be commensurate with the applicant's experience and training.

Working hours: 9am-5:30pm (Discretionary)

Compensation includes weekly working hours (40 hours) and 16 hours of monthly holiday work is included.

Benefits:

- Annual paid leave.

- Holidays are defined by KOTAI's company rules: More than 120 days including weekends, national holidays, summer and new year holidays.

- Health insurance and the other social insurances


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Additional Info:
KOTAI Biotechnologies, Inc. (KOTAI, Osaka, Japan) is a Bioinformatics company focusing on the application to the Immunology. Both Bioinformatics and AI experts from world's top universities are working together on from basic and clinical Immunologies to drug and biomarker discoveries.

address of work location

Research Institute for Microbial Diseases, Osaka University, 3-1 Yamadaoka, Suita, Osaka 565-0871, Japan

starting date

Earliest date possible (negotiable)

Application:

Please submit the following materials via email or mail (to the address below).

- Cover letter

- Curriculum Vitae with brief summary of your research history. Copies of at most five (5) papers.

- Resume

- Preference: two or more references, or letters of recommendation.

All of them should be written in English. Only the contents included would be assessed. The submitted materials will not be returned.

Contact:

Recruiting staff at KOTAI Biotechnologies, Inc.

Address: Research Institute of Microbial Diseases, Osaka Unviersity, 3-1, Yamadaoka, Suita, Osaka, 560-0071, Japan

Email: recruit@kotai-bio.com

Tel: +81-6-6170-5267…

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