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Computational Scientist - Cancer Immunogenomics

S San Francisco, CA 94080

Posted: 10/29/2024 Employment Type: Contract Job Category: Data Sciences Job Number: 614348 Is job remote?: No Country: United States

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Job Posting: Computational Scientist - Cancer Immunogenomics

The Cancer Immunogenomics team in the Computational Biology and Translation Pillar of R&D Computational Sciences (gCS) is seeking a talented and highly motivated Computational Scientist with a strong analytical background in computational biology and immuno-oncology, particularly focusing on T cell biology. The successful candidate will have a proven track record in single-cell analysis and the application of both standard and advanced computational methods, such as machine learning, statistical modeling, and bioinformatics pipelines, for hypothesis testing and novel insight generation.

Position Details
This will be a full-time contract position for an initial period of 1 year, with the possibility of extension. This position is onsite or hybrid in the Pacific time zone.

Responsibilities
  • Collaborate with scientists in Oncology to analyze large-scale single-cell and bulk RNA, TCR, ADT, and ATAC-seq datasets to address scientific hypotheses and deliver novel insights.
  • Develop analytical approaches to integrate and interpret these data, delivering insights into disease biology and mechanisms of action to propel our pipeline and clinical research goals.
  • Coordinate the processing and standardization of newly incoming datasets to make them analysis-ready.
  • Document code, analysis processes, and findings, including standardization of analytical workflows.
  • Present findings to the Cancer Immunogenomics group and Oncology collaborators.

Requirements
  • Extensive experience in large-scale single-cell data analysis (RNA, TCR, ADT, ATAC), including gold-standard methods and novel, advanced analytical techniques such as:
    • Multimodal data integration methods
    • Cell phenotyping approaches, including topic modeling
    • Clonotype analysis
    • TCR-sequence analysis
  • Expertise in (immuno)-oncology, innate immunity, and/or T cell biology.
  • PhD (or Master's with significant experience) in Computational Biology, Bioinformatics, or a related field.
  • Proficiency in R, Python, and shell scripting.
  • Experience working with Git and high-performance computing.
  • High self-motivation and commitment to delivering high-quality results.
  • Ability to produce high-quality analysis results with minimal supervision, including meeting key deadlines and making sensible independent decisions.
  • Excellent communication skills and experience working as part of a team.
  • Curiosity and desire to learn more about computational biology and immuno-oncology biology.








Pay rate range: $30-65/hr. Salary will be commensurate with experience 

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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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