Job Company: Dana-Farber Cancer Institute

The Bioinformatics Analyst will provide bioinformatics consultation to biomedical researchers in the collection, management, interpretation, and analysis on high-throughput biological/clinical data with emphasis on next-generation sequence analysis. Require good knowledge on a wide range of existing bioinformatics databases and tools as well as proficiency in programming languages such as Perl, Python, Java and R.  [More]

Master’s level research position in computational biology focused on cancer genomics is available at the Dana-Farber Cancer Institute/Harvard Medical School for a highly motivated, hard-working, individual. The position will be jointly co-mentored by Dr Rani George (Pediatric Oncology) and Dr Kwok-Kin Wong (Medical Oncology). The successful candidate will apply computational solutions for integrative analysis of gene expression, RNAseq, and ChIPseq data to gain mechanistic insights into the effect of drug treatment in altering the transcription factor activities, epigenetic patterns, and pathway activities in cancer cells.  [More]

Job duties are to perform laboratory research and integrative 'omics data analysis to gain systems-level understanding of mechanisms underlying virus-host interactions, innate immune responses, and metabolic dysregulation, and host differences in viral suppression and therapeutic responses in HIV infection. [More]

This newly created role, the Assistant Computational Biologist role provides assistance to faculty and research staff in the collection, management, analysis and interpretation of biological data, with a focus on the analysis of data from genomic, transcriptomic, proteomic, or microarray studies. This role will be in the laboratories of Dr. Kimberly Stegmaier and Dr. Scott Armstrong at the Dana-Farber Cancer Institute in the Department of Pediatric Oncology. [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]

Provides assistance to faculty and research staff in the collection, management, analysis and interpretation of biological data, with a focus on the analysis of data from genomic, transcriptomic, proteomic, or microarray studies. [More]

The Bioinformatics Analyst works with the Center Staff and interacts with Principal Investigators, Researchers both within and external to the Center. Responsibilities include analysis of all types of genomic data generated as part of the Center’s projects. Additional activities may include preparing manuscripts and grant applications. [More]

Job ID: 28065 Date Posted: 04/15/2016 Location: Center for Life Sciences Job Family: Research - Laboratory Full/Part Time: Full-Time Regular/Temporary: Regular FLSA Status: Exempt About Dana-Farber Located in Boston, Dana-Farber Cancer Institute brings together world renowned clinicians, innovative researchers and dedicated professionals, allies in the common mission of conquering cancer, HIV/AIDS and related diseases. Combining extremely talented people with the best technologies in a genuinely positive environment, we provide compassionate and comprehensive care to patients of all ages; we conduct research that advances treatment; we educate tomorrow's physician/researchers; we reach out to underserved members of our community; and we work with amazing partners, including other Harvard Medical School-affiliated hospitals. Scientific Research Director - cBio Center at Dana-Farber Cancer Institute As Scientific Research Director, play a central part in building the new interdisciplinary cBio Center at DFCI, focused on quantitative biology and knowledge systems, with collaborative links to Harvard Medical School (HMS) and the Broad Institute. We are creating an open and collaborative environment to address a range of scientific questions from basic research to clinical trials and precision medicine. Help us develop an agile and innovative program to generate scientific discoveries, serve the cancer research community with information resources and drive the next generation of cancer care. We are actively growing and plan to recruit several research and data science groups to the cBio Center over the next two years. About the new cBio Center at DFCI The interdisciplinary cBio Center at DFCI is headed by computational and systems biologist Chris Sander and hosted in the Department of Biostatistics and Computational Biology. Research at cBio addresses difficult and important questions about basic biology and cancer. Selected topics include overcoming resistance to targeted therapy, the design of personalized therapeutic interventions, quantitative models of evolutionary processes, as well as the prediction of protein and RNA structure, interactions and function in collaboration with the Marks lab at HMS. Our shared toolkit includes bench biology, high throughput experimental technology, and computational and data science methods, such as statistical physics and machine learning. Led by Ethan Cerami in the Center's Knowledge Systems Group, we develop enterprise-grade software and information services, such as the open source cBioPortal for Cancer Genomics, for translating research results to the clinic and build strong bridges between research and patients. We actively promote an open and collaborative environment that values scientific integrity and reproducibility. We reward creativity, innovation and team spirit and are looking to improve the work experience and the scientific process.    [More]

Job ID: 28100 Date Posted: 05/24/2016 Location: Center for Life Sciences Job Family: Research - Laboratory Full/Part Time: Full-Time Regular/Temporary: Regular FLSA Status: Exempt About Dana-Farber Located in Boston, Dana-Farber Cancer Institute brings together world renowned clinicians, innovative researchers and dedicated professionals, allies in the common mission of conquering cancer, HIV/AIDS and related diseases. Combining extremely talented people with the best technologies in a genuinely positive environment, we provide compassionate and comprehensive care to patients of all ages; we conduct research that advances treatment; we educate tomorrow's physician/researchers; we reach out to underserved members of our community; and we work with amazing partners, including other Harvard Medical School-affiliated hospitals. Overview Join Chris Sander's group as a postdoc at Dana-Farber Cancer Institute (cBio Center at DFCI) or Harvard Medical School (computational biology collaboratory at HMS), with links to the Broad Institute. We are forming a dynamic group of smart scientists to make scientific discoveries in basic biology and help cure cancer. On computers, in the lab and in collaboration with clinicians. Work with us on: Perturbation biology and network pharmacology Cancer genomics and proteomics and metabolomics Protein structure, function & evolution Biological information resources Join a highly interactive team of postdocs, graduate students and software engineers. Work on algorithms and computational analysis, and/or on combination therapy and evolution experiments in the wet lab. Collaborate with others and lead a project. Check your predictions against experiment. Do imaginative basic science and help apply it in real life. You have a PhD or equivalent in biology, medicine, mathematics, computer science, physics, chemistry or engineering. Your appointment will be in the Department of Biostatistics and Computational Biology at DFCI or the Department of Cell Biology at HMS. Send CV, bibliography, brief statement of research interests and names of 3 references to cbio.jobs{at}jimmy.harvard.edu. Then pack your bags and spend a few years doing productive research in computational and systems biology in the silicon valley of the life sciences: Boston, Massachusetts. Science for peace and research for a better quality of life. The mission of Dana-Farber Cancer Institute is to provide expert, compassionate care to children and adults with cancer while advancing the understanding, diagnosis, treatment, cure, and prevention of cancer and related diseases. Our Core Values are: Impact - Above all else, we make a difference by relieving the burden of disease now and for the future through our research, clinical care, education, outreach and advocacy. Excellence - We pursue excellence relentlessly and with integrity in all that we do, adhering always to the highest standards of conduct. Compassion and respect - For those in our care and for one another. Discovery - We foster the spirit of inquiry, promoting collaboration and innovation across traditional boundaries while celebrating individual creativity. Schedule Standard Hours: Monday - Friday How to Apply Please apply directly online at http://www.dana-farber.org/Careers/Careers-at-Dana-Farber.aspx. Click Search Job Openings and use the Job ID number to quickly locate the appropriate job listing. Once you have located the desired job, click on the checkbox in the 'Select' column, and then click the 'Apply Now' button, located at the bottom of the screen. DFCI Employees please apply directly through PeopleSoft Self Service. Sign on to PeopleSoft and navigate to Main Menu > DFCI Careers. Equal Employment Opportunity Dana-Farber Cancer Institute is an equal opportunity employer and affirms the right of every qualified applicant to receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, gender identity or expression, national origin, sexual orientation, genetic information, disability, age, ancestry, military service, protected veteran status, or other groups as protected by law.     Apply Here: http://www.Click2Apply.net/3vydp33bxj  [More]

The Senior Bioinformatics Engineers an exceptional candidate who has both deep bioinformatics experience and extensive software architecture experience. We operate at the crossroads of cancer genomics, software, and data science and are looking for that rare individual who has experience and passion for all three. Our platforms are focused on mining of cancer genomic data sets, understanding resistance to targeted therapy, matching genomic profiles to clinical trials, and identifying exceptional responders to targeted therapy. Technical and scientific challenges for the platform include data mining and visualization of large-scale cancer genomic data sets, extracting information from natural language text and building web-based data analytics platforms. [More]