Job ID: 463279004
Job date: 2017-10-01
End Date:
Company : The Hospital for Sick Children Country : Role : Other
Job date: 2017-10-01
End Date:
Company : The Hospital for Sick Children Country : Role : Other
Job Description:
The Hospital for Sick Children in Toronto is looking for talented and motivated Bioinformatics Analyst to work on clinical genomics and genetic disease. The successful candidate will join a robust translational research team employing modern sequence-based techniques including whole genome sequencing to better diagnose and treat genetic disease. The group situated in the Division of Genome Diagnostics works closely with The Centre for Applied Genomics and the Centre for Genetic Medicine. This is a unique opportunity to use your informatics skills to impact patient care. Genome Diagnostics Is The Largest CLIA Certified Laboratory In Canada And Is Working On a Number Of Projects, Whose Aims Include:
Additional Info:
Our Commitment to Diversity: SickKids is strongly committed to diversity within its community and welcomes applications from visible minority group members, women, Aboriginal persons, persons with disabilities, members of sexual minority groups and others who may contribute to diversity within our organization. SickKids is also committed to providing services in both official languages and our preference is to hire employees who are fluent in both English and French whenever possible. Thank you for your interest in joining SickKids. Only those applicants selected for an interview will be contacted. In accordance with our Hospital policy, employment at SickKids is conditional upon the Hospital’s receipt of all necessary documentation. How To Apply: Tip: Combine your cover letter and resume into ONE document as you cannot upload multiple documents as part of your application. If you are still experiencing technical difficulties please email ask.hr@sickkids.ca to send us a short description of the issues you are experiencing. Please note that we will not accept resumes sent to this inbox but we are happy to respond to requests for technical assistance.[Click Here to Access the Original Job Post]
The Hospital for Sick Children in Toronto is looking for talented and motivated Bioinformatics Analyst to work on clinical genomics and genetic disease. The successful candidate will join a robust translational research team employing modern sequence-based techniques including whole genome sequencing to better diagnose and treat genetic disease. The group situated in the Division of Genome Diagnostics works closely with The Centre for Applied Genomics and the Centre for Genetic Medicine. This is a unique opportunity to use your informatics skills to impact patient care. Genome Diagnostics Is The Largest CLIA Certified Laboratory In Canada And Is Working On a Number Of Projects, Whose Aims Include:
- Incorporating next-generation genomic sequencing into routine clinical practice.
- Developing novel diagnostic tests using exome and genome sequencing.
- Testing new cutting edge molecular biology assays, which incorporate automation
- Develop and maintain custom software as well as utilize commercial and open source software to help understand clinical genomic data and to support ongoing translational research activities.
- Keep abreast of new and emerging technologies, and suggest new ways of analyzing and integrating very large data sets.
- Work with genome scientists and genetic counselors to ensure the bioinformatics tools are incorporated into the clinical workflow to meet the need for efficient and correct interpretation of genomic data in the diagnostic process.
- Work within a team of bioinformaticians, genome scientists and genetic counsellors on challenging problems and benefit from an intellectually stimulating and very well-resourced environment.
- Develop standard operating procedures, documentation, and validation documents that conform to CAP/CLIA requirements
- Minimum of a Bachelors degree in a relevant field such as bioinformatics, mathematics or computer science.
- Advanced understanding of computer science and bioinformatics including a basic understanding of human genetics.
- Experience with genome-wide data and next-generation sequencing analysis
- Demonstrated programming abilities (C, Perl, Python etc.) and familiarity with Unix, and high-performance computing.
- Familiarity with statistical genomics and/or experience with developing, testing and maintenance of databases (mySQL/mongodb) is an asset
- Excellent verbal and written communication skills
- Demonstrated interpersonal skills including the ability to work effectively with others in a team environment
Requeriments :
Skills :
- Bioinformatics
- Genetics
- genomic
- HPC
- Human Genetics
- Lunix/Unix
- MongoDB
- MySQL
- Next Generation Sequencing
- Programing in C
- Programing in Python
- Programing Skills
- Programming in PERL
- Statistics
Areas :
Additional Info:
Our Commitment to Diversity: SickKids is strongly committed to diversity within its community and welcomes applications from visible minority group members, women, Aboriginal persons, persons with disabilities, members of sexual minority groups and others who may contribute to diversity within our organization. SickKids is also committed to providing services in both official languages and our preference is to hire employees who are fluent in both English and French whenever possible. Thank you for your interest in joining SickKids. Only those applicants selected for an interview will be contacted. In accordance with our Hospital policy, employment at SickKids is conditional upon the Hospital’s receipt of all necessary documentation. How To Apply: Tip: Combine your cover letter and resume into ONE document as you cannot upload multiple documents as part of your application. If you are still experiencing technical difficulties please email ask.hr@sickkids.ca to send us a short description of the issues you are experiencing. Please note that we will not accept resumes sent to this inbox but we are happy to respond to requests for technical assistance.[Click Here to Access the Original Job Post]