Job ID: 2017-8207
Job date: 2017-07-04
End Date:
Company : Foundation Medicine Country : Role : Research Scientist
Job date: 2017-07-04
End Date:
Company : Foundation Medicine Country : Role : Research Scientist
Job Description:
The Scientist will be responsible for assisting the development of clinical diagnostic assays, biomarker signatures, and novel discoveries in cancer genomics, through research, implementation, and validation of advanced computational methods. This work will drive internal development as well as collaborations with academic and biopharma partners. The successful candidate will possess strong analytical skills, creativity, solid programming experience, a high level of professional maturity, and ability to consistently meet deadlines under pressure. Responsibilities:
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 Scientist will be responsible for assisting the development of clinical diagnostic assays, biomarker signatures, and novel discoveries in cancer genomics, through research, implementation, and validation of advanced computational methods. This work will drive internal development as well as collaborations with academic and biopharma partners. The successful candidate will possess strong analytical skills, creativity, solid programming experience, a high level of professional maturity, and ability to consistently meet deadlines under pressure. Responsibilities:
- 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.
- Creation of novel biomarker signatures based on NGS.
- Providing analytic results and interpretation for questions posed by internal and external partners.
- Providing scientific expertise for other internal teams, clinical customers, and external collaborators.
- Drafting and completing manuscripts for publication; manage data analysis and interpretation of study results throughout manuscript publication process from draft through submission and acceptance.
- Development of computational methods and validation of clinical diagnostic assays for pharmaceutical partners based on NGS.
- Minimum PhD in Bioinformatics, Biology, Biomedical Engineering, Computer Science, Mathematics or a related field with a significant quantitative base.
- Ability to develop and rigorously test computational biology methods using a scripting language such as python.
- Possess extensive scientific understanding of genetics and genomics, have technical proficiency and creativity, and show a strong capacity for independent thinking.
- Experience with bioinformatics tools and databases (NCBI, UCSC Genome Browser, IGV, galaxy, biopython, bam files, etc.).
- Experience with writing code for genomic data analysis
- Knowledge of cancer genomics, oncology, genomics, and NGS data analysis
- Substantive research experience in a rigorous academic setting
- Experience working in a medical environment
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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]