Job ID: 329773860
Job date: 2017-06-15
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Company : Foundation Medicine Country : Role : Research Scientist
Job date: 2017-06-15
End Date:
Company : Foundation Medicine Country : Role : Research Scientist
Job Description:
The Bioinformatics Scientist will be responsible for development of clinical diagnostic assays and biomarker signatures for pharmaceutical partners through research, implementation, and validation of advanced computational methods. The successful candidate will possess strong analytical skills, solid programming experience, a high level of professional maturity, and ability to consistently meet deadlines under pressure.
Additional Info:
Foundation Medicine is dedicated to helping bring personalized cancer medicine into routine clinical practice. Harnessing advanced technology, Foundation Medicine is developing clinical laboratory tests that will broadly capture the most relevant tumor genomic and other molecular information, and connect it with relevant scientific and medical knowledge to help oncologists determine the right treatment for each patient. About Foundation Medicine: Foundation Medicine is a molecular information company dedicated to a transformation in cancer care in which treatment is informed by a deep understanding of the genomic changes that contribute to each patient's unique cancer. The company's initial clinical product, FoundationOne™, is a fully informative genomic profile to identify a patient's individual molecular alterations and match them with relevant targeted therapies and clinical trials. Foundation Medicine's molecular information platform aims to improve day-to-day care for patients by serving the needs of clinicians, academic researchers and drug developers to help advance the science of molecular medicine in cancer. Note to Employment Agencies Foundation Medicine values our relationships with our Recruitment Partners and will only accept resumes from those partners whom have been contracted by a member of our Human Resources team to collaborate with us. Foundation Medicine is not responsible for any fees related to resumes that are unsolicited or are received by any employee of Foundation Medicine who is not a member of the Human Resources team. [Click Here to Access the Original Job Post]
The Bioinformatics Scientist will be responsible for development of clinical diagnostic assays and biomarker signatures for pharmaceutical partners through research, implementation, and validation of advanced computational methods. The successful candidate will possess strong analytical skills, solid programming experience, a high level of professional maturity, and ability to consistently meet deadlines under pressure.
- Development, analysis and testing of advanced computational methods to enhance FM's clinical diagnostic platform with an emphasis on rigorously validated results and robust procedures to bring methods to the operational level. Delivery of novel biomarker signatures based on NGS to pharmaceutical partners and academic collaborators, with an emphasis on accuracy and timeliness.
- Development and validation of clinical diagnostic assays for pharmaceutical partners based on massively parallel sequencing (NGS) data.
- Assume responsibility for developing annotated genomic profiles of somatic aberrations based on NGS, in the context of studies of cancer-patient samples.
- Collaborate with other technical teams in specifying requirements for tools to enhance workflow efficiency and robustness.
- Assist with drafting and completing manuscripts for publication; manage data analysis and interpretation of study results throughout manuscript publication process from draft through submission and acceptance.
- Either PhD or MS in Bioinformatics, Computer Science, or a related field with a significant quantitative base. For MS, requires 3+ years' experience in the biopharmaceutical/diagnostics industry or similar academia research.
- Possess extensive scientific understanding of cancer genetics and genomics and show a strong capacity for independent thinking.
- Track record of achievement in developing computational biology methods, preferably Python.
- Highly desirable experience in software engineering, writing production level code with rigorous testing.
- Confident, proactive individual capable of taking the initiative and driving to results.
- Strong organizational skills in order to maintain a high level of productivity innovation, and setting priorities in order to complete assignments in a timely manner.
- Working knowledge of cancer genetics and experience with Next-Generation Sequencing (NGS).
- Experience with bioinformatics tools and databases (NCBI, UCSC Genome Browser, IGV).
- Familiar with UNIX environment and use of clusters to parallelize the execution of computational methods.
- Experience working within a CLIA certified clinical diagnostics laboratory.
Requeriments :
Skills :
- Cancer biology
- Cancer Genomics
- Genetics
- Lunix/Unix
- Next Generation Sequencing
- Programing in Python
- Programing Skills
- Software Design
Areas :
Additional Info:
Foundation Medicine is dedicated to helping bring personalized cancer medicine into routine clinical practice. Harnessing advanced technology, Foundation Medicine is developing clinical laboratory tests that will broadly capture the most relevant tumor genomic and other molecular information, and connect it with relevant scientific and medical knowledge to help oncologists determine the right treatment for each patient. About Foundation Medicine: Foundation Medicine is a molecular information company dedicated to a transformation in cancer care in which treatment is informed by a deep understanding of the genomic changes that contribute to each patient's unique cancer. The company's initial clinical product, FoundationOne™, is a fully informative genomic profile to identify a patient's individual molecular alterations and match them with relevant targeted therapies and clinical trials. Foundation Medicine's molecular information platform aims to improve day-to-day care for patients by serving the needs of clinicians, academic researchers and drug developers to help advance the science of molecular medicine in cancer. Note to Employment Agencies Foundation Medicine values our relationships with our Recruitment Partners and will only accept resumes from those partners whom have been contracted by a member of our Human Resources team to collaborate with us. Foundation Medicine is not responsible for any fees related to resumes that are unsolicited or are received by any employee of Foundation Medicine who is not a member of the Human Resources team. [Click Here to Access the Original Job Post]