Director of Bioinformatics

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Job date: 2014-09-30
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Company : Shanghai ChemPartner 

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Role : Research Scientist 


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Director of Bioinformatics

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Posting Title               Bioinformatics lead (Director) Company                    Shanghai ChemPartner Therapeutic Area       Oncology Job Type                     Full Time Employment Type     Permanent   Job Description:         We are seeking a highly motivated and experienced bioinformatics scientist to lead ChemPartner’s computational and bioinformatics team.  The successful candidate must be self-directed and highly collaborative; he/she will: - Support and build in-house capabilities for the analysis and interpretation of large-scale data sets, including next generation sequencing data; - Perform necessary computational and statistical analysis on genomic datasets (expression, copy number, mutation, epigenetic) acquired in collaboration with academic and industrial research institutes. - Collaborate and work closely with biology teams to utilize genomic data in support of needs from clients, including assistance in data interpretation, correlation to PD and biology, formulating testable hypotheses, and advice on the design of experiments - Develop an internal searchable genomic database for cell lines and xenograft tumor models as part of ChemPartner’s biology knowledge database.     Minimum requirements        - MS (+7 years experience), or PhD (+2 years experience) in Bioinformatics or related field plus work experience from a bioinformatics research environment - Knowledge and working experience in human disease biology, especially cancer, is highly desired - Strong communication skills and a successful track record of collaborating with cross-functional scientific teams - Experience in machine learning algorithms and their application to biological problems - Experience integrating publicly or commercially available genetic, genomic, and pathway/network datasets with novel experimental data - Extensive programming experience pertinent to analysis of large and diverse data sets. Knowledge of one or more of UNIX, R, C/C++, Java, Perl/Python, MySQL.   - Familiarity with Java/C/C++ platforms is a plus. - Demonstrated skill in prioritizing multiple responsibilities and tasks; excellent organizational skills. - Excellent verbal and written communication skills.


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