Job Area: Computational Biology
The primary job responsibility of the selected candidate will be the management of the main analysis pipeline used at TGen to automate the analysis of next-generation sequencing data. This job will involve frequent interactions with project leaders around the institute to develop project specific processes and to ensure projects are analyzed in timely manner. The successful candidate can expect to be exposed to a diverse array of diseases and will be a key member of our analytical team working to improve the health and outcomes for our patients. [More]
Unique opportunity to join an interdisciplinary team bridging the Harvard Medical School, the Massachusetts General Hospital, and the Broad Institute of Harvard and MIT. The Lawrence Lab at the Massachusetts General Hospital Cancer Center seeks well-qualified candidates to join a team of computational biologists working at the forefront of cancer research and treatment. We use computation as a powerful microscope to study both the fundamental biology of cancer initiation and progression, as well the diagnosis and treatment of cancer patients in the hospital setting. [More]
The Dana-Farber Cancer Institute and the Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health are seeking a distinguished scientist to serve as chair of the Department of Biostatistics and Computational Biology at the Dana-Farber Cancer Institute. The successful candidate will also be appointed as a tenured professor in the Department of Biostatistics at the Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health and will provide leadership in the cancer training and research program in the department. [More]
The Department of Genome Sciences at the University of Washington is continuing a major expansion under its chair, Dr. Robert Waterston. Research in the department encompasses both genetic and genomic analysis of humans and model organisms.he department also has a significant focus in technology development and in computational biology across all levels including sequence, expression, proteomics, single-cell, network, and genetic analysis. The department invites applications for a full-time faculty position at the rank of ASSISTANT PROFESSOR, tenure-track in human genetics, population genetics, computational genomics and/or technology development. [More]
We are seeking a colleague with extensive training and experience in computational biology, statistics, and population genetics to join our highly productive, world-class Ancestry Research & Development team. Our team both develops novel algorithms to interpret the data of individual 23andMe customers and analyzes data from over 1 million customers in order to publish novel findings regarding human genetics and history. We are seeking a team member who is excited to develop cutting edge features that will reach millions of people. [More]
Collaborate with LGCP investigators on ongoing projects and facilitate the completion of computational tasks related to these projects. Make recommendations to LGCP investigators about the correct computational tools for testing scientific hypotheses and reaching valid conclusions. Participate in research design with LGCP investigators for determining best practices pertaining to the bioinformatics analysis in new and ongoing projects. [More]
We seek a Post-Doctoral Fellow/ Computational Biologist to join the Analytical Genomics of Complex Traits team on an exciting multi-omics project to characterise the biological processes underpinning osteoarthritis progression. In this position you will take a leading scientific role in a large-scale project that will combine methylation, chromatin immunoprecipitation sequencing, capture Hi-C, RNA sequencing, quantitative proteomics and whole genome sequencing data from disease-relevant patient tissue samples [More]
We are seeking to recruit a Postdoctoral Fellow for a position in statistical genetics of neurodegeneration. Open Targets has recently launched a series of projects specifically focused on neurodegenerative diseases, including Alzheimer’s disease and Parkinson’s disease. We are seeking a post-doctoral statistical geneticist or genetic epidemiologist, to analyse a wide variety of genetic and genomic data, to identify genetically validated therapeutic targets for these debilitating diseases. [More]
The Gerstung group is looking for a highly talented postdoctoral researcher to contribute to their research in computational cancer biology. Research in the group includes large-scale international projects such as the ICGC PanProstate consortium utilising cloud computing to enhance our understanding of prostate cancer. Other streams of research cover the genomic, epigenomic and transcriptomic analysis of precancerous lesions in different tumour types, which are conducted in collaboration with the Wellcome Trust Sanger Institute and the University of Cambridge. [More]
We are seeking an enthusiastic Bioinformatics Database Engineer to work on PHI-base, a resource allowing researchers without specialist bioinformatics skills to understand how fungal, bacteria and protist pathogens cause disease in plants, animals and humans. PHI-base containing data from over 200 pathogenic species. The successful candidate will develop the existing scheme to support new data types and work on a new curation tool called PHI-CANTO, that will permit researchers to enter the data from their own research publication into PHI-base in a guided and controlled way. [More]