Computational Scientist

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Job date: 2017-02-27
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Company : Evelo Biosciences 

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Role : Research Scientist 


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Job Description:
Evelo Biosciences is seeking an experienced Computational Scientist to join our talented and dedicated team of scientists and engineers in changing the lives of patients around the world in a fast-paced environment. The successful candidate will drive the use of computational approaches to advance cutting-edge programs and the discovery and validation of novel targets and biomarkers in preclinical and clinical drug discovery and development. Must have a deep passion for improving health outcomes for patients.

Responsibilities:

The successful candidate will advance Evelo’s pipeline in discovery, preclinical and clinical stages by accomplishing the following:

-Collaborative with therapeutic area scientists and clinical researchers in applying state-of-the art informatics and data mining approaches.

-Design and execute on the analysis of in vivo and in vitro experiments.

-Design and execute on the analysis of in silico experiments.

-Identify and evaluate external collaborators, novel methods and emerging expertise.

-In-depth characterization of cellular and human microbiome responses in preclinical and clinical models.

-Share and contribute scientific and technical know-how and experience with team members.

Qualifications :

-D. in a relevant scientific discipline or technology area, particularly in Computational Biology, Computer Science, Data Science.

-In-depth knowledge and extensive hands-on experience with genomics, metagenomics, microbiome or electronic medical records.

-Minimum of 5 years of post-graduate or biotech/pharma experience in analyzing large data sets with advanced analytics approaches.

-Hands-on experience with scientific computing capabilities including high performance computing (HPC), bioinformatics pipelines, natural language processing and machine learning.

-Versed in traditional and emerging mathematics and methods to model high dimensionality data sets.

-Knowledge of the pharmaceutical drug discovery and development process with a relevant track record, including preclinical and clinical drug development.

-Proven track record of scientific accomplishment and contributions to the field of computational sciences.

-Exceptional scientific reporting and presentation skills in translating complex statistical methods into readily understood and valuable results.

-Demonstrated ability to work collaboratively with research project teams and clinical development teams.

-Dynamic, flexible, well-organized, pro-active, collaborative-minded individual passionate about improving health outcomes for patients around the world.


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