Opportunity: Bioinformatics Analyst / Computational Biologist -- Center for Molecular Oncology (#BACB2016) @ Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center -- New York, NY (US)
BACKGROUND
Description: The mission of the Center for Molecular Oncology (CMO) is to promote precision oncology through genomic analysis to guide the diagnosis and treatment of cancer patients. The CMO brings together clinicians and scientists throughout MSKCC to conduct large-scale translational research involving molecular characterization of patient tumor specimens in order to identify correlations between genomic features and clinical outcomes.
RESPONSIBILITIES
As a Bioinformatics Analyst you will:
REQUIREMENTS
You are:
You have:
Duration: Full Time
HOW TO APPLY
Via website and email bic-recruit[at]cbio.mskcc.org. Please include #BACB2016 in the subject line.
BACKGROUND
Description: The mission of the Center for Molecular Oncology (CMO) is to promote precision oncology through genomic analysis to guide the diagnosis and treatment of cancer patients. The CMO brings together clinicians and scientists throughout MSKCC to conduct large-scale translational research involving molecular characterization of patient tumor specimens in order to identify correlations between genomic features and clinical outcomes.
RESPONSIBILITIES
As a Bioinformatics Analyst you will:
- Provide bioinformatics support in the development of next-generation sequencing applications .
- Develop new and utilize existing software and database systems to track experimental parameters, and analyze next-generation sequence data.
- Work with experimental and computational biologists, clinical and translational research collaborators, and scientists in the MSKCC Center for Molecular Oncology.
- Develop and operate computational pipelines for the analysis of next-generation sequencing data.
- Analyze data sets to discover and annotate cancer-causing genetic mutations in tumor specimens.
- Track specimen information, experimental and analysis parameters, performance metrics.
- Participate in the establishment and maintenance of a Laboratory Information Management System (LIMS)
REQUIREMENTS
You are:
- A detail-oriented, effective communicator with an ability to build strong relationships
- An excellent problem-solver with the ability to analyze situations, draw conclusions, make recommendations and convey this information in a timely and proficient manner.
- Passionate about science and have a desire to impact cancer.
You have:
- Master’s degree or equivalent with 2-4 years of Bioinformatics software and system development required.
- Cross-disciplinary and strong analytic skills, as well as broad experience with bioinformatics methods, databases, software, and computer programming languages are essential.
Duration: Full Time
HOW TO APPLY
Via website and email bic-recruit[at]cbio.mskcc.org. Please include #BACB2016 in the subject line.