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Job Description:Are you looking for a more impactful job? Join our multifaceted Molecular Diagnostics Laboratory Team within the Department of Pathology. We apply next-generation sequencing techniques to characterize the spectrum of genetic and molecular mutations in patient tumors. These genomic data guide treatment decisions and the enrollment of patients in clinical trials of novel targeted therapies. You will provide bioinformatics support by creating and using existing software and database systems to track experimental parameters, catalyze technology development, and analyze next-generation sequence data.
You will:
- Review patient next-generation sequencing results for clinical decision making
- Develop and run computational pipelines to analyze next-generation sequencing data
- Analyze data sets to discover and annotate cancer-causing genetic mutations in tumor specimens
- Evaluate the performance of novel technology platforms, assays, and tools
- Collaborate with research groups to analyze biomedical data and address scientific problems with bioinformatics techniques and tools
- Develop, refine, and improve bioinformatics tools to interpret sizeable genomic data sets
- Evaluate and test third-party software packages
- Maintain detailed records of all analysis
- Present results and progress updates at lab meetings and to collaborators
- Attend seminars, lectures, and training courses to learn new computational biology skills and remain up to date with the cancer genomics field
You need:
- 2-5 years of Next-Generation Sequencing and cancer genetics experience will be considered
- Cross-disciplinary and strong analytical skills
- Fluency in python required
Pay Range $80,300.00-$128,400.00
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