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Bioinformatics Scientist - III (Senior)

San Diego, CA 92121

Posted: 01/14/2025 Employment Type: Contract Job Category: Data Sciences Job Number: 616836 Is job remote?: No Country: United States

Job Description


Responsibilities:
We are looking for a contractor with extensive experience in computational biology to fill a Senior Scientist role on our Companion Diagnostics team.

• If you have a strong foundation in analyzing transcriptomics and genetics data, along with a deep understanding of statistics and AI/ML, we'd love to hear from you. Your work will be instrumental in driving precision medicine and drug development by dissecting the molecular mechanisms underlying immune-mediated diseases.
• We welcome applications from individuals with a track record of innovative translational research, regardless of their current setting (clinical, academic, or industrial).
Responsibilities
• Use computational and statistical methods to stratify patients and develop Companion Diagnostic algorithms.
• Conduct in-depth analyses to uncover the key biological functions and disease mechanisms driving disease subtypes.
• Contribute to accurately represent key disease states in model systems and other validation scenarios.
• Work closely with discovery immunology teams in the iterative process of validation of therapeutic candidates and/or mechanistic hypotheses.
• Summarize your findings and report conclusions to stakeholders.

Education:
• Minimum qualification: Master’s degree with 4+ years of experience in computational biology, bioinformatics or related fields.
• Advance degree- PhD in computational biology, bioinformatics, or related fields.

Required experience and skills:
• Experience in biotech or pharmaceutical industries is a plus.
• Advanced skills in a high-level programming language such as R or Python for data analysis and visualization.
• Expertise in downstream analysis for common NGS data types, such as WGS/WES/panel-seq, bulk RNA-seq. Expertise with single-cell RNAseq and spatial transcriptomics is a plus.
• Basic understanding of disease biology and molecular/cellular mechanisms in immunology.
• Expertise in contemporary machine-learning/AI methods is a plus.

Personality:
• Problem-solving and collaboration skills, with rigorous and creative thinking.
• Excellent communication, data interpretation presentation, and visualization skills.
• Fluent in written and verbal English.
• Adaptable and flexible.

The staffing industry has seen an increase in people falsely representing themselves as recruiters to gather personal information from job seekers. For your safety, do not provide sensitive data to anyone you have not spoken with thoroughly and never provide banking information during the application process. Candidate safety is a top priority at Planet Pharma.

Planet Pharma is an equal opportunity employer. It is our practice not to discriminate against any employee or applicant based on any criteria, condition or basis protected by laws or regulations in the locations where we do business. All qualified applicants are encouraged to apply. We celebrate diversity and are committed to providing an environment of mutual respect. We believe that diversity, equity and inclusion enable us to better meet our mission and values while serving our clients across the globe. If you have a disability or handicap and would like us to accommodate you in any reasonable way, please inform your recruiter, or contact us, so that we can discuss the appropriate alternatives available.

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Although this hasn't been an issue at Planet Pharma, the staffing industry has seen an increase in people falsely representing themselves as recruiters to gather personal information from job seekers. For your safety, do not provide sensitive data to anyone you have not spoken with thoroughly and never provide banking information during the application process. Candidate safety is a top priority at Planet Pharma.