Job Skills: Machine Learning

The Senior BioInformatics Scientist – NGS Data Analysis (level determined by candidate experience) will develop complex analysis pipelines in areas such as genome assembly, RNA-seq and expression analysis, metabolomics, proteomics, and variant analysis. Work will span areas that include microbial and yeast work through Human health and agricultural biotechnology.  [More]

We are seeking a Computational Scientist to become a member of our computational biology team at our Cambridge office. As a Computational Scientist, you will work internally and externally to operationalize the graph technical vision by executing, evaluating and refining an integrated graph-based genomic analyses toolset to process raw data in high priority areas including calling hereditary variants, calling somatic/cancer variants, and calling RNA-Seq expression and variants (isomers). As a Computational Scientist you will work in teams to create and develop tools in an integrated graph genomic analyses toolset that will include global and local alignment, integrated graph caller, local iterative assembly, global assembly and phased haplotype assembly. [More]

For its new Bioinformatics Core Facility, the center is currently looking for a dynamic and highly motivated Scientist in Bioinformatics. The candidate will perform informatics to solve biological questions and will be involved in: Building and applying bioinformatics pipelines in order to analyze high-throughput sequencing data such as whole-genome, whole-exome, methylation and RNA data; Guiding biologists in analyzing their own data and performing statistical tests and pathway analysis; [More]

We are looking for two motivated PhD candidates to perform PhD’s related to 2 ESA (European Space Agency) research projects on the growth of yeast and bone cells in microgravity.

Position 1: Systems biology view on the effect of microgravity on the physiology of the yeast Saccharomyces cerevisiae.

Position 2: Computerised image analysis for quantitative fluorescence microscopy on yeast and bone cells. [More]

The research group “Junction of Statistics and Biology” led by Professor Jingyi Jessica Li in the Department of Statistics at UCLA invites applications for a postdoctoral position, available from November 2016. The research in the group focuses on developing statistical methods to address important biological and biomedical questions from high-throughput genetic and genomic data. Our current projects include: modeling bulk and single-cell RNA sequencing data for identifying and quantifying full-length mRNA transcripts, systematic identification of gene-gene and protein-DNA relationships using diverse genomic data, large-scale comparison of biological samples from different species using epigenomic and transcriptomic data, and statistical methodology development motivated by genomic applications (e.g., asymmetric error control in binary classification, high-dimensional variable selection, and measures of dependence).  [More]

Moderna is seeking an exceptionally talented and highly motivated bioinformatician to lead the computational efforts central to the success of Caperna, a Moderna venture based in Cambridge MA. Caperna's mission is to develop Personalized Cancer Vaccines (PCVs), delivering on the potential of both personalized medicine and mRNA vaccines for patients with aggressive tumors and high unmet medical need. [More]

You are responsible for design and implementation of innovative technologies and algorithms from an idea to a software system; You have the responsibility for the technical leadership/coordination of the the Data Analysts group; You analyze and identify new data related business opportunities in the manufacturing area (Internet of Things) You take over the development of complex algorithms utilizing modern approaches from the domains of machine learning and advanced data analytics in general [More]

You will use your life-science knowledge to assess and guide the improvement of biological/pharmacological data extraction and indexing done manually by external suppliers or internally by automatic processes. You will apply your knowledge of Natural Language Processing (NLP)/ Machine Learning (ML) to build a bridge between stakeholders involved in application of NLP/ML and the Content Quality Management Department. [More]

We are looking for a graduate-level co-op students in the area of bioinformatics and systems biology. In this position, the co-op will work side-by-side with Biogen Computational Biology and Therapeutic Area scientists to analyze large scale genomic and phenotypic data sets, leveraging computational, mathematical, and statistical approaches to address important scientific issues in novel therapeutic target discovery. The co-op will have the opportunity to watch the drug discovery process in action, and to contribute towards Biogen’s efforts to discover novel therapies for neurodegenerative and hematological diseases.  [More]

We are looking for a Software Developer (or Senior Software Developer depending on experience) to work in Dr. Gosia Trynka’s team at the Wellcome Trust Sanger Institute. Our group is an interactive mix of experimental and computational researchers. We combine immunology and genomic assays to understand the role of genetic variants in predisposing to development of immune diseases.We use computational and statistical methods to analyze large genomic datasets to better understand the causes of a wide range of human disorders. [More]