BACKGROUND

The Science Computing Group at a major Pharma company in the Boston area seeks a highly motivated individual to work in a dynamic and cross-functional team supporting genomics and informatics research. You will work in partnership with scientific colleagues in functional genomics and disease biology groups throughout the company.

RESPONSIBILITIES

Main responsibilities are to introduce and develop computational methodologies and approaches necessary to support leading edge genomic research. You will work with researchers to design and perform in-depth statistical and quantitative analysis of genomics data, especially in the next generation sequencing area. As the computational specialist on project teams, you will be expected to effectively communicate analytical results with internal project collaborators through both presentations and one-on-one interactions. Additionally, you will participate in defining and supporting computational infrastructure within the group.

REQUIREMENTS

Ph.D. degree in bioinformatics, biological sciences, biostatistics or computational biology and 1-2 years of research experience in bioinformatics/genomic research. Experience must include analyzing next generation sequencing data or microarray data and expert use of relevant software

PREFERENCES

Knowledge of PERL, Python, JAVA, Spotfire, Pipeline Pilot, Matlab, SAS, JMP desired

LOCALE

Boston area

COMPENSATION

DOE

HOW TO APPLY

Send your resume to:
Shailender Nagpal
Tel: 617-771-4911
Email: snagpal[at]bioinformatics.org

DEADLINE

Dec '2013