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location: North Chicago, Illinois
job type: Contract
salary: $50.00 - 63.63 per hour
work hours: 9 to 5
education: Bachelors
responsibilities:
The Genomic Research Center Computational Oncology group (GRC-CO) is seeking a highly motivated computational biologist/bioinformatics scientist to play an integral role in a multi-disciplinary team focused on developing new therapies for the treatment of cancer. GRC is a center of excellence for bioinformatics, functional genomics, human genetics, and genomic medicine. The GRC works across all R&D as well as other areas such as process sciences and corporate strategy.
The successful candidate will have the opportunity to work in a fast-paced and highly collaborative environment to contribute to oncology discovery and clinical development programs (including therapies based on antibody-drug conjugates, small molecule inhibitors, protein degraders, etc.). They will be responsible for formulating scientific questions into coherent analytical efforts, developing rigorous statistical modeling and bioinformatics methods, integrating large scale multi-modal datasets to derive quantitative biological insights, and communicating scientific findings to project teams.
qualifications:
- PhD. Degree in bioinformatics, computational biology, statistics, mathematics, computer science, genomics, cancer biology, immunology, or a related field.
- Master's degree with typically 3-5 years of experience.
- Bachelor's degree with typically 6-8 years of experience.
- NGS analysis (RNAseq, WES, CRISPR screen etc.)
- R and python
- Experience with HPC clusters, cloud compute, docker containers/apptainers or similar
- Data visualization (ggplot2, plotly, etc.)
- Good communication skills
skills: R Language
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Pay offered to a successful candidate will be based on several factors including the candidate's education, work experience, work location, specific job duties, certifications, etc. In addition, Randstad offers a comprehensive benefits package, including health, an incentive and recognition program, and 401K contribution (all benefits are based on eligibility).
This posting is open for thirty (30) days.
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