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]

Originally posted on 2016-12-22

The Broad Institute is looking for an exceptional candidate to provide computational support to a dynamic research team, to investigate mechanisms of host-microbiome interactions in a variety of human diseases including inflammatory bowel disease. The candidate for this project will be responsible for applying and developing diverse molecular and computational tools to analyze next generation sequencing data and large multi-'omic datasets. [More]

Originally posted on 2016-12-21
2016-12-21  -  Scientist III, Bioinformatics  -    -  

The Human Identification Division (HID) team is looking to hire a bioinformatics scientist to join a cross functional team tasked with developing and supporting a variety of applications in the next generation sequencing space. In this role, you will be working with software engineers, molecular biologists, bioinformaticians, and key opinion leaders in the field to develop and implement data analysis tools.  [More]

Originally posted on 2016-12-21

Genentech seeks a talented and highly motivated candidate for a computational biology position in translational oncology research. The successful candidate will get the opportunity to pair world-class science with real human impact.We are looking for a new member in our team with outstanding computational skills, experience with the analysis of large-scale data, and an understanding of cancer biology. A successful candidate will pursue creative solutions to complex problems via the analysis and interpretation of a variety of data.  [More]

Originally posted on 2016-12-21
2016-12-21  -  Staff Scientist, Bioinformatics  -    -  

Contribute to solutions driving easy, automated analysis of human genetic variation obtained by high-throughput sequencing; Develop algorithms and applications deployed in production software for inferring biological knowledge from millions of short reads, and will optimize and validate application software; Work on applications of next generation sequencing, including some or all of the following: detection of ultra-low frequency variants, detection of gene fusions, detection of deletions and other structural variants, quantitation of differential gene expression; [More]

Originally posted on 2016-12-21
2016-12-21  -  Postdoctoral Bioinformatician  -    -  

The successful applicant will take a lead role in analysing Whole Genome, RNASeq and Bi-sulphate Sequencing data generated in collaboration with the Wellcome Trust Sanger Institute and Babraham Institute, to identify and predict potential relationships between genetic and epigenetic changes which occur during the long term maintenance of PSCs under the supervision of Professor Peter Andrews and Dr Marta Milo. [More]

Originally posted on 2016-12-21
2016-12-20  -  Bioinformatician  -    -  

The Bioinformatician will provide bioinformatics expertise and support for metagenomic sequence analysis, including benchmarking and evaluation of different free and open source (F/OSS) and Commercial off the Shelf (CotS) software products for pathogen genomics, metagenomics and metatranscriptomics. [More]

Originally posted on 2016-12-21
2016-12-20  -  Bioinformatics Scientist  -    -  

Bioinformatics scientists provide bioinformatics and statistical analysis support for biomarker discovery, IVD product development and CMI tumor molecular profiling service. [More]

Originally posted on 2016-12-20

We are looking for a Bioinformatics Officer whose role will focus on the provision of broad, state-of-the art bioinformatics and biostatistics analysis to support cancer research across the ICR, and will involve both applying bioinformatics and the development of bioinformatics pipelines, with a focus on the analysis and interpretation of Next Generation Sequencing (NGS) data. [More]

Originally posted on 2016-12-20

We are seeking a talented, highly motivated, goal oriented computational biologist/data scientist for a postdoctoral research position to implement genomic and bioinformatics approached to study plant-virus interactions. Our research program focuses on molecular mechanisms of plant-virus interactions, particularly, antiviral defense and virus replication. The successful candidate will lead a project to develop innovative computational approaches to systematically generate and analyze protein, transcript and small RNA sequencing data. [More]

Originally posted on 2016-12-20