Postdoctoral Fellow Bioinformatics

Job ID: 452029073
Job date: 2017-09-17
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Company : Roche Holdings Inc 

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Role : Postdoc 


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Job Description:
A Post Doctoral Fellow - Bioinformatics at Roche Sequencing Solutions, Madison participates in research collaborations and early product development. The focus of this collaborative opportunity is to determine how the genomic and proteomic heterogeneity of solid tumors may impact cancer patient outcomes, including response to targeted inhibitors and immunotherapy. Key deliverables include authorship of high impact scientific journal articles, generation of intellectual property, and contributing to novel product concepts in the diagnostic oncology space.

Position responsibilities include:

Leading bioinformatics activities for one or more collaborative research projects. Acting independently in developing analytic methods, techniques, and evaluation/testing criteria for obtaining results. Responsible for the timely achievement of overall project goals, within scope and budget for the project. Assisting in the design of experimental plans to support project objectives. Analyzing sequencing and experimental data. Developing new analysis methods. Participating in feasibility research efforts to define new products, processes, or components. Contributes to potentially patentable work. Ability to provide detailed information on data analysis and algorithms. Preparing technical reports or summaries and delivering presentations to diverse audiences, including project teams, other departments, and collaborators.

OTHER EXPERIENCE AND QUALIFICATIONS:

3+ years of experience with a scripting language such as Perl or Python and/or procedural programming language; Experience working in a Linux command line environment. Wide range of knowledge of techniques in computational biology/genomics and their application with relevant experience. Acts independently to determine methods and procedures on new assignments. Basic knowledge of methods in statistics. Excellent written and verbal communication skills with scientific presentation ability. Capable of searching scientific literature to gain general and specific information. Keeps current on developments in the field. Able to effectively prioritize work. Able to finish tasks in a given timeframe and estimate task completion time for planning purposes. Experience with next generation sequencing (NGS) data analysis. Experience in calling somatic variants (low frequency SNV, indel, CNV, etc in a mixed tumor/normal or sub-clonal sample). Ability to travel up to 10% in the US and the UK. Experience with submitting manuscript(s) for peer-reviewed publication.


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APPLICATION INSTRUCTIONS: Apply Online: ipc.us/t/FDC3054B163143FB

Roche is an Equal Opportunity Employer & prohibits unlawful discrimination based on race, color, religion, gender, sexual orientation, gender identity/expression, national origin/ancestry, age, disability, marital & veteran status.

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