4,000 to 5,000 Aed jobs

Summary: We are looking for a highly motivated and creative bioinformatics analyst that will contribute ideas to implement automate and improve existing analysis methods, assist with establishing and documenting protocols or best practices for common scientific tasks, develop and deploy state-of-art computational infrastructure, analytical pipelines, and conduct broad, multi-omics deep genomic analysis of experimental models and for cancers.

Responsibilities:

1. Collaborate with scientists generating sequencing data at our lab.

2. Work with short and long read technologies to develop novel variant calling methods for challenging variant types and/or difficult yet medically important regions of the genome

3. Analyze population-scale sequencing data to benchmark and improve variant callers

4. Statistical and population genetics analysis of large datasets

5. Collaborate with assay, clinical and computational scientists at Illumina/MGI/BGI and external research or clinical laboratories to deliver complete products.

6. You will analyze various genomic data generated at our lab using software tools within our team and by generating their own statistical analysis code. You will collaborate with oncologists, computational biologists, and research scientists to study alterations in patients’ genomes in order to assist in finding new treatments and cures and so forth.

7. Works in teams with oncologists, research scientists and molecular biologists to define and execute computational approaches.

8. Performs computational analysis of next generation sequencing data, somatic copy number alterations, expression profiling, and biological pathways using in house algorithms.

9. Generates own code to conduct various other statistical analyses including those to discover relationships between cancer alterations and clinical correlates.

10. Assists in drafting of scientific manuscripts and patient reports.

11. You will interact closely with clinical development teams and other scientists in the areas of biomarkers, bioinformatics, and research discovery departments, including Cancer Immunotherapy, Molecular Oncology, Immunology, Metabolic Disease, and Neuroscience.

Qualifications:

A minimum of Bachelor or Master's degree in Bioinformatics, Biology, Genetics, Computer Science or a related scientific field.

Skills:

1. Significant programming experience in the use of a high-level programming language such as Perl, Python and R. Familiarity working in Linux and high-performance cluster computing environment.

2. Experience with and the ability to deal with a wide range of users is required.

3. Experience of independent data analyses and project management is required.

4. The ability to work in teams, excellent communication, and data presentation skills.

5. Expertise in the analysis of population genetics data, with experience in non-model systems, is preferred.

6. Experience in computational or statistical sciences or bioinformatics with a strong emphasis on computational methods for high-throughput genomic and genetic data analysis highly preferred.

7. Experience in managing, processing, analyzing, and interpreting data generated from one or more next-generation sequencing technologies such as whole genome sequencing, exome sequencing, RNA-Seq, single cell sequencing, ATAC-Seq, ChIPSeq.

8. Expertise with publicly and commercially available bioinformatics tools for next-generation sequencing analysis and genetics and genomics databases

9. Knowledge of molecular biology and experience in biologic interpretation of human genetic data are a plus.

10. Experience with NGS data analysis; Illumina experience is a plus

11. Experience in exome analysis, including whole-exome sequencing (WES)

12. Experience with Illumina BaseSpace

13.Proficiency in Linux/Unix environments

14. Experience with bioinformatics pipeline development and execution

15. Nextflow experience is a plus, with potential for future adoption of the framework

Candidates with a strong background in cancer genomics, genomics, bioinformatics, or related fields are highly encouraged to apply for this position. Excellent communication skills are essential.

Only candidates meeting the above requirements and skills will be contacted.

Job Type: Full-time

Pay: AED5,000.00 - AED10,000.00 per month