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STAFF SCIENTIST - BIOINFORMATICS ENGINEER (REMOTE) - 10030292
Duarte, CACity of Hope is an independent biomedical research and treatment center for cancer, diabetes and other life-threatening diseases.
Founded in 1913, City of Hope is a leader in bone marrow transplantation and immunotherapy such as CAR T cell therapy. City of Hope’s translational research and personalized treatment protocols advance care throughout the world. Human synthetic insulin, monoclonal antibodies and numerous breakthrough cancer drugs are based on technology developed at the institution. AccessHope™, a wholly owned subsidiary, was launched in 2019 and is dedicated to serving employers and their health care partners by providing access to City of Hope’s exceptional cancer expertise.
A National Cancer Institute-designated comprehensive cancer center and a founding member of the National Comprehensive Cancer Network, City of Hope is ranked among the nation’s “Best Hospitals” in cancer by U.S. News & World Report and received Magnet Recognition from the American Nurses Credentialing Center. Its main campus is located near Los Angeles, with additional locations throughout Southern California and in Arizona.
Join the forefront of groundbreaking research at City Hopewhere we're changing lives and making a real difference in the fight against cancer, diabetes, and other life-threatening illnesses. Our dedicated and compassionate faculty and staff are driven by a common mission: Contribute to innovative approaches in predicting, preventing, and curing diseases, shaping the future of medicine through cutting-edge research.
A Staff Scientist position is available for a highly talented bioinformatics engineer to join our computational microbiome team. The successful candidate will contribute to the development and implementation of bioinformatics pipelines. This is an exceptional opportunity for a bioinformatics engineer who is willing to apply his/her expertise to the intersection of human microbiome, immuno-therapy and cancer research. Individuals appointed as staff scientists will receive a one-year fixed-term contract.
As a successful candidate, you will:
- Develop and implement bioinformatics pipelines.
- Integrate pipelines into Snakemake workflow.
- Keep pipelines current.
- Test pipelines in large scale.
- Provide summary report and documentation of pipelines and results.
Your qualifications should include:
- PhD or MSc. in Bioinformatics, Computational Biology, or related field.
- Knowledgeable of Bioinformatics techniques, next generation sequencing data and pipelines.
- Ability to implement, develop and modify Bioinformatics pipelines.
- Fluent in scientific scripting languages such as R or Python and bash environment.
- Fluent in Snakemake.
- Strong communication skills.
Preferred qualifications:
- Experience with microbiome bioinformatics pipelines.
- Experience with whole genome sequencing (WGS), whole exome sequencing (WES), RNA sequencing (RNAseq) analysis, and calling of single nucleotide variants (SNVs) and insertions/deletions (indels).
- Understanding concepts of molecular biology, genetics, microbiology, immunology.
- Understanding statistical analysis techniques for microbiome (alpha-diversity, beta-diversity, dimensionality reduction, clustering, regression models).
City of Hope employees pay is based on the following criteria: work experience, qualifications, and work location.
City of Hope is an equal opportunity employer.
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