Bioinformatics Scientist R&D

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Job date: 2018-02-23
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Company : Sema4 Genomics 

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Role : Research Scientist 


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Job Description:
Sema4 Genomics is seeking a talented, self-motivated individual to participate in leading edge research in translational bioinformatics as a member of the R&D Disease Discovery group. A successful applicant will be part of an interdisciplinary team that develops and applies computational methods and databases to integrate and perform analysis on large-scale human genetic and other-omic datasets to better understand Mendelian and complex diseases. A successful applicant may also play a role in developing systems for integrating novel informatics and genomic tools and methodologies into clinical practice.

DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES:

  • Support research in disease discovery on internal, pharma and academic collaborations by performing computational analysis of big data collected from patients.
  • This computational support will involve working closely with biology researchers to execute specific computational tasks providing the basis for research for publications, internal projects and projects involving external collaborators.
  • Analyze the functional impact of genetic variants, and identify variant disease association.
  • Analyze high throughput genetic data including whole genome, whole exome, genome-wide genotyping, and RNAseq (bulk and single cell) data.
  • Integrate analysis of genetic data and clinical data to understand genetic risks, disease mechanisms, and drug response.
  • Generate processing pipelines for gene expression and proteomic data.
  • Generate differential expression and gene correlation signatures.
  • Construct gene expression co-expression and Bayesian causal networks.
  • Mine EMR for gene trait correlation analysis.
  • Perform un supervised gene expression clustering analysis.
QUALIFICATIONS:
  • Prior experience analyzing next generation sequencing and genotyping data in a high performance computing environment for the analysis of large human molecular biology, genetics and clinical datasets.
  • A track record of contributing to biomedical projects using statistical and/or computational approaches.
  • Outstanding programming skills with two or more of the following languages: R, Python, Perl, Matlab, Java, C, and/or C++, and UNIX.
  • Experience in SQL.
  • Experience in machine learning application preferred.
  • Strong genomics and genetics background required.
  • Outstanding knowledge of public repositories of genetic, genomic, biological and drug data.
  • Experience mining EHR data.
  • Aptitude for learning and applying new methods.
  • Strong ability to collaborate with teams of research scientists, bioinformaticians, software developers, and external collaborators.
  • Experience with meeting deadlines in a fast-paced environment. Strong written and verbal communication skills.
EDUCATION REQUIREMENTS:

PhD in bioinformatics, biomedical informatics, computer science, computational biology, genomics, genetics, or a related field or masters degree with prior experience (+7 years) in computational biomedical research.

Post doctoral experience is preferred, but not required.


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