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  • [Photo] Lisa Willis • March 2, 2010

    BACKGROUND

    Eisai's corporate philosophy focuses on meeting the diverse needs of patients and their families and increasing the benefits that health care provides. We express this philosophy with the phrase "human health care," and continue to concentrate efforts on its realization worldwide.

    Throughout the company's 68 years of operation, drug discovery has been an integral part of its mission to advance human health care for patients and their families, as well as a major contributor to Eisai's success. Today, Eisai is Japan's third largest pharmaceutical company, ranking in the top 25 worldwide. Eisai's global R & D efforts are focused in several therapeutic areas, including central nervous system, oncology, gastrointestinal, and inflammatory diseases.

    Eisai in Andover, MA, is the center for product creation in the U.S., with an emphasis on finding new treatments for immune disorders and cancer.

    For more information, please visit the Eisai web site at: http://www.eisai.com.

    RESPONSIBILITIES

    We are now seeking to fill the new post of a hands-on Research Investigator in the Bioinformatics group of our Biomarkers and Personalized Medicine unit. The qualified candidate has a solid background in bioinformatics and computer science. Daily responsibilities would include data analysis and computational tools and new algorithms development, handling of large scale multi-OMICS data (transcriptomics, proteomics, metabolomics and other pharmacology related data.)
    • Data mining on multi-OMICS data
    • System integrating/developing on multi-OMICS data
    • Developing useful computational tools and new algorithms for wet experimental researchers
    • Providing expert data mining support to translational research
    • Documentation preparation (e.g., monthly report, study report, study protocols, etc.)

    REQUIREMENTS

    • Ph.D. with three or more years of relevant research experience in bioinformatics data analysis and system development
    • Strong background in Mathematics, Physics, Statistics, Computer Science or other related fields
    • Independent problem-solving capability in bioinformatics field
    • Excellent skills in R plus experience in at least one other computer language such as Ruby, PHP, Python, Perl, Java C++ and C
    • Excellent web application framework programming skills in at least one of the following: Ruby on Rails, CakePHP, Django, or Catalyst
    • Highly proficient in at least one of the RDBMSs (relational data base management system) such as Oracle, PostgreSQL, mySQL, SQlite, etc.
    • Proven expertise in Linux (including system administration)
    • Passion for beautiful algorithm and code
    • Wide interest in genomics, transcriptomics, proteomics, metabolomics and animal imaging data analysis
    • Knowledge in biology/pharmacology/mass spectrometry/open source programming/cloud computing fields desirable.

    SALARY & COMPENSATION

    Eisai offers an outstanding compensation and benefits package, including 401(k) match.

    HOW TO APPLY

    Please visit the Eisai web site at: http://www.eisai.com.

    Eisai conducts background checks and pre-employment physicals.

    We are an equal opportunity employer M/F/D/V.

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