Job ID: 3139
Job date: 2015-04-08
End Date:
Company : Pharmacyclics’ Summer Internship Program Country : Role : Student
Job date: 2015-04-08
End Date:
Company : Pharmacyclics’ Summer Internship Program Country : Role : Student
Job Description:
Summer InternPharmacyclics IncBioinformaticsUSA-CA-Sunnyvale Pharmacyclics’ Summer Internship Program offers new graduates and graduate students the chance to participate in meaningful work experience while exposing them to numerous opportunities in a leading biotechnology company.
Internship Details:
June 15th, 2015 — August 21st, 2015
Pharmacyclics internships take place at our headquarters in Sunnyvale, CA. All internships are paid positions and those who show exceptional work ethic, interest, and productivity may be offered a full-time position upon completion of the program.
We are seeking a Bioinformatics Intern to help develop, maintain, and refine bioinformatics workflows and analytical tools for preclinical and clinical biomarker data analysis. A successful and ideal candidate will have practical knowledge of bioinformatics tools and resources, experience with next generation sequencing (NGS) data, various high-throughput omics analysis pipeline development, and familiarity with genomics and molecular biology fundamentals. As a member of our bioinformatics group, you will be working with other research scientists and clinicians in a highly collaborative and dynamic environment.
An ideal candidate would have experience or eager to learn the following:
- Working with standard bioinformatics tools, visualization packages, and omics databases/annotations resources
- Automating, refining and implementing the processing and analysis of large data sets (especially for high dimensional integrative omics analyses)
- Developing and using bioinformatics pipelines to prepare and analyze data
- Designing, developing, and maintaining databases for scientific and commercial applications
- Analyzing and working with NGS data, ideally whole genome and exome sequence data
An ideal candidate would have the following academic background and concrete skills:
- BSc. in Bioinformatics, Computational Biology, Statistical Genetics/Genomics, Computer Science, Statistics/Biostatistics, or a related quantitative science field
- Demonstrated fluency in UNIX/Linux computing environment
- Proficiency in C/C++, R programming, and a scripting language such as Perl or Python (Java programming is a plus)
- Familiarity with SAS, JMP or JMP Genomics, OmicSoft ArraySuite are a plus
- Strong organizational, written, and communication skills
- Good analytical and problem solving abilities
- Knowledge in human genetics/genomics and cancer biology is highly preferred
At Pharmacyclics our people are our greatest asset. The collective ingenuity, commitment and drive of our employees has created an exciting future where we can discover, develop and commercialize, novel therapies that make a difference for the betterment of patients. The drive for innovation and progress creates challenging opportunities for our employees as they work toward developing cures for disease areas with significant unmet medical needs.
We have a culture that is driven by innovation, collaboration, teamwork and results. Our high-energy team has a common purpose that is committed to improving the lives of patients around the world. We believe that attracting, developing and retaining a base of employees that reflects the diversity of our customers is essential to our success.
All Bioinformatics summer interns at Pharmacyclics will need to have completed their B.Sc. degree in bioinformatics/computational biology or statistical genetics/genomics or a related quantitative science field.
Internships are 8-12 weeks depending on the department and its needs.
Job Information
Position Type: Internship in Bioinformatics Reference (Job ID number): PCYC Bioinformatics
Start Date: January 01, 2015
Duration: Full Time
Status: open
Contact Information
Pharmacyclics Inc
Bioinformatics
Leo Cheung, Ph.D., Sr. Director of Bioinformatics
LCheung@pcyc.com
How To Apply:Please send resume/CV and list of 3 names of references by email.
Additional Info:
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Summer InternPharmacyclics IncBioinformaticsUSA-CA-Sunnyvale Pharmacyclics’ Summer Internship Program offers new graduates and graduate students the chance to participate in meaningful work experience while exposing them to numerous opportunities in a leading biotechnology company.
Internship Details:
June 15th, 2015 — August 21st, 2015
Pharmacyclics internships take place at our headquarters in Sunnyvale, CA. All internships are paid positions and those who show exceptional work ethic, interest, and productivity may be offered a full-time position upon completion of the program.
We are seeking a Bioinformatics Intern to help develop, maintain, and refine bioinformatics workflows and analytical tools for preclinical and clinical biomarker data analysis. A successful and ideal candidate will have practical knowledge of bioinformatics tools and resources, experience with next generation sequencing (NGS) data, various high-throughput omics analysis pipeline development, and familiarity with genomics and molecular biology fundamentals. As a member of our bioinformatics group, you will be working with other research scientists and clinicians in a highly collaborative and dynamic environment.
An ideal candidate would have experience or eager to learn the following:
- Working with standard bioinformatics tools, visualization packages, and omics databases/annotations resources
- Automating, refining and implementing the processing and analysis of large data sets (especially for high dimensional integrative omics analyses)
- Developing and using bioinformatics pipelines to prepare and analyze data
- Designing, developing, and maintaining databases for scientific and commercial applications
- Analyzing and working with NGS data, ideally whole genome and exome sequence data
An ideal candidate would have the following academic background and concrete skills:
- BSc. in Bioinformatics, Computational Biology, Statistical Genetics/Genomics, Computer Science, Statistics/Biostatistics, or a related quantitative science field
- Demonstrated fluency in UNIX/Linux computing environment
- Proficiency in C/C++, R programming, and a scripting language such as Perl or Python (Java programming is a plus)
- Familiarity with SAS, JMP or JMP Genomics, OmicSoft ArraySuite are a plus
- Strong organizational, written, and communication skills
- Good analytical and problem solving abilities
- Knowledge in human genetics/genomics and cancer biology is highly preferred
At Pharmacyclics our people are our greatest asset. The collective ingenuity, commitment and drive of our employees has created an exciting future where we can discover, develop and commercialize, novel therapies that make a difference for the betterment of patients. The drive for innovation and progress creates challenging opportunities for our employees as they work toward developing cures for disease areas with significant unmet medical needs.
We have a culture that is driven by innovation, collaboration, teamwork and results. Our high-energy team has a common purpose that is committed to improving the lives of patients around the world. We believe that attracting, developing and retaining a base of employees that reflects the diversity of our customers is essential to our success.
All Bioinformatics summer interns at Pharmacyclics will need to have completed their B.Sc. degree in bioinformatics/computational biology or statistical genetics/genomics or a related quantitative science field.
Internships are 8-12 weeks depending on the department and its needs.
Job Information
Position Type: Internship in Bioinformatics Reference (Job ID number): PCYC Bioinformatics
Start Date: January 01, 2015
Duration: Full Time
Status: open
Contact Information
Pharmacyclics Inc
Bioinformatics
Leo Cheung, Ph.D., Sr. Director of Bioinformatics
LCheung@pcyc.com
How To Apply:Please send resume/CV and list of 3 names of references by email.
Skills :
- Bioinformatics
- Biology
- Cancer biology
- Computational Biology
- Genetics
- Next Generation Sequencing
- Statistics
Areas :
Additional Info:
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