Genomics Scientist

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Job date: 2018-02-02
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Company : DNAnexus 

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Role : Research Scientist 


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Job Description:
As a DNAnexus scientist, you will interact with leaders in the fields of research and clinical genomics, and through our partnerships your work will help deploy genomic knowledge in clinical practice, drug development, and large-scale academic consortia. You may occasionally publish in collaboration with our partners and often present work at scientific conferences.

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  • Master’s Degree in related field (computational biology, computer sciences, physics, etc.); PhD preferred.
  • Strong computational ability – a major part of the job is coding
  • Expert understanding of genomics
  • Strong verbal and written communication skills
  • Experience working collaboratively with bioinformatics scientists
  • Experience with NGS technology and pipelines a plus
  • Participation in collaborative code development projects a plus
  • Available for occasional travel (~25%) to conferences and customer groups


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DNAnexus combines expertise in cloud computing and bioinformatics to create the global network for genomic medicine. DNAnexus provides security, scalability, and collaboration for organizations that are pursuing genomic-based approaches to health, in the clinic and in the research lab.

The DNAnexus team works directly with organizations to tackle some of the most challenging and exciting opportunities in human health, making it easier—and in many cases feasible—to work with genomic data. The future of human health is in genomics. DNAnexus brings it all together.

The Science team works in partnership with our customers. We translate their pipelines into the DNAnexus platform, use cloud resources to optimize and accelerate them, and confirm their scientific validity. We help train scientists to build their own tools on DNAnexus. We stay current on best practices in genomics and develop tools to benchmark these methods. In the process, we aggregate new tools and best practices, and in certain relationships we apply this knowledge as scientific consultants.

Based in Mountain View, California, DNAnexus is experiencing rapid growth and is searching for the best talent to join our team. Key investors include Google Ventures, TPG Biotech, Wuxi NextCODE and Claremont Creek.

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