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BACKGROUND

Located in Boston and the surrounding communities, 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.

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. Their research focuses on multiple pediatric cancers including leukemia and childhood solid tumors. Their goal is to integrate functional and chemical genomic and epigenomic data to develop new therapeutic approaches for cancers affecting children. Computational biologists will interact and collaborate closely with other scientists and computational biologists across the Dana-Farber Cancer Institute and the Broad Institute of Harvard and MIT with the goal of providing necessary computational support to many ongoing projects.

RESPONSIBILITIES

Responsibilities Include:

Analyze sequencing data, for example from RNAseq and CHIPseq experiments
Deploy existing programs and algorithms to evaluate other experimental data generated in our labs (e.g., drug synergy experiments, chemical screens, CRISPR screens)
Provide support for basic computational tasks in the lab
Document methods for reproducible analysis
Report data and analytical methods in oral and written formats
Participate in all lab meetings and department meetings at DFCI and Broad Institute

REQUIREMENTS

Qualifications:

Bachelors degree required, advanced degree preferred in bioinformatics, computer science and/or the life sciences
Familiarity with coding in R (or other similar languages)
Experience with big data
Experience with data summary visualization
Effective communication skills
Strong organizational techniques, including the ability to handle a variety of tasks in a fast paced environment

PREFERENCES

Preferred, but not required:

Experience in computational biology applications
Experience working in a scientific or medical research setting

HOW TO APPLY

Apply Here: http://www.Click2apply.net/3y2824hrp5

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POLICY

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.

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