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BACKGROUND

A successful Biotech based in the Cambridge area is currently seeking an established Bioinformatician to lend computational expertise to the company, contributing the development of innovative new cancer treatments. Using cutting edge scientific research, they strive to create new therapeutics that will minimise damage to healthy tissue and eliminate the debilitating side effects that can incur with today's cancer treatments.

RESPONSIBILITIES

This will be a Lead Bioinformatician role, and the position is responsible for:

Building and supporting all Bioinformatics for the company
Working closely with key research collaborations
Performing target and biomarker validation, and disease linkage
Summarize scientific results and present clear conclusions
Develop new bioinformatics tools, approaches and infrastructure

REQUIREMENTS

The ideal candidate will have:

A PhD or equivalent experience in Bioinformatics and Computational Biology
A strong scientific understanding of cancer genomics/drug discovery
Strong technical ability, proficient with Perl or Python, and familiar with a linux environment
Expert in statistical analysis of genomic data
Data visualisation skills
A knowledge of the drug discovery process or previous experience in target identification/validation is highly desirable
Good communication skills

HOW TO APPLY

This is an exciting and challenging opportunity to develop a Bioinformatics department within an established organisation, contributing to vital research into cancer therapy. For more information on this position, send your CV to efrancis[at]pararecruit.com. For an informal chat about this and the many other exciting Bioinformatics opportunities we have available, call Emilie on 0121 616 3477.

Key words: Cancer, Oncology, Bioinformatician, Drug Development, Translational, Drug Discovery, Target identification, Biomarker discovery, Computational Biologist, Computational Biology, Bioinformatics, Genomics, Biotech

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