Principal Data Scientist - Computational Biology
- Employer
- Precision Life Sciences, LLC
- Location
- Boston, Massachusetts, US
- Salary
- Competitive
- Closing date
- Dec 9, 2021
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- Sector
- Academic / Research, Consultancy/Private Sector
- Field
- Informatics / GIS
- Discipline
- Biology
- Salary Type
- Salary
- Employment Type
- Full time
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Precision is seeking a talented Principal Data Scientist, to provide scientific expertise and leadership in using advanced computational methods enabling immunology research, optimization of their proprietary platform, and supporting immune-oncology clinical trials.
The successful candidate will possess the ability to work within a fast-paced multidisciplinary environment to drive data analysis, development, and prototyping of innovative computational tools that support research and clinical initiatives.
Responsibilities
Qualifications
The successful candidate will possess the ability to work within a fast-paced multidisciplinary environment to drive data analysis, development, and prototyping of innovative computational tools that support research and clinical initiatives.
Responsibilities
- Work within an interdisciplinary team of molecular biologists, cellular biologists, data scientists, statisticians, and software engineers to support utilization and optimization of the discovery platform
- Develop and prototype methods and analytical tools to deliver insights and hypotheses from multi-dimensional biological data sets
- Lead and manage a small team with the goal of providing bioinformatics support to research teams as well as innovate, test and prototype data analysis methods
- Process, analyze, and interpret high volumes of cellular profiling data as part of internal and external scientific studies
- Integrate innovative analysis and visualization tools for omics data sets, in the context of studies of cancer-patient samples
- Present scientific and technical data to both internal and external scientific colleagues in a clear and cohesive manner
- Work independently and prepare timetables, deliverables, and project schedules
Qualifications
- Experience in cancer, immunology research is required
- Strong scientific understanding of cellular biology, molecular biology including experience with transcriptomics and cellular profiling data
- Experience in the application of statistical techniques to biological data, experience in exploratory analysis
- Demonstrated expertise in genomic data analysis
- In-depth knowledge of relevant public and proprietary databases, methods, and tools (NCBI, UCSC Genome Browser, TCGA)
- Demonstrated expertise in delivering insights and hypotheses from complex multi-dimensional biological data in a biomedical context.
- Strong programming skills in Python and R. Working knowledge of databases solutions such as SQL.
- Ability to present data to a multidisciplinary audience in a clear and cohesive manner
- Ph.D. in Bioinformatics, Computational Biology or other related fields
- 2+ years of relevant post-graduate research experience, including biotech/pharma experience
- 6+ Month Contract
- ASAP Start
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