Data Scientist I/II/III

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Job date: 2017-02-28
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Company : Macrogen Corp 

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Role : Research Scientist 


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Job Description:
Macrogen Clinical Laboratory (MCL), Macrogen Corp. in Rockville, MD is seeking a Computational Scientist/Bioinformatician to work on implementing analytic pipelines, computational analysis and/or interpretation for clinical genomic samples associated with cancer and rare diseases of high throughput NGS (DNA/RNA) data. Computational language expertise such as Python, Java, or Perl programming and proficiency in Linux environment are required. Grid/cloud computing familiarity and database experience are desirable.

Minimum Requirements:

-Bachelor or Master degree in Bioinformatics, Statistics, Computer Science, Systems Biology (genomics area) or relevant field required.

-Familiarity with Linux/Unix environment and shell script programming.

-Strong programming skills and experience using Python (Preferably), Perl, Java, and/or R.

-Good communication, interpersonal and presentation skills for team work.

-Strong interest in big data analysis and data mining.

-Experience with software development is plus.

Preferred Qualifications:

-2+ years prior working experience as a programmer/bioinformatician.

-Prior experience analyzing high throughput sequencing data analysis (NGS data analysis).

-Experience to using bioinformatics tools (BWA, bowtie2, GATK, vcftools, bedtools, samtools, etc).

-Familiarity with genomic database (UCSC genome browser, NCBI, Ensembl, dbSNP, dbGAP, etc).


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About our organization:

Macrogen Clinical Laboratory, Macrogen Corp. provides CLIA-licensed and distinguished quality genomic technology services (NGS, capillary sequencing and bioinformatics) to researchers in academic and clinical settings. We are located in biomedical community in Rockville, MD (HQ), as well as in Boston and New York. MCL has highly trained experts in cutting-edge NGS instrument systems such as the Illumina’s latest HiSeq X/HiSeq 2500 and Life Technologies’s Ion PGM/Proton instruments. Macrogen Inc., our parent company, has been providing genome research solutions to over 16 countries in Asia and Europe since 1997. Website: www.macrogenlab.com / www.macrogen.com

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