We are currently recruiting a Clinical Bioinformatician to join a leading Pharmaceutical company based in the Berkshire area. As the Clinical Bioinformatician, you will be responsible for generating insights for clinical assets through understanding the mode of action and treatment effects as seen in patient-level molecular data.
This role can offer 3 days per week of remote working with 2 days p/w onsite in Berkshire. This role is being hire preferably at a Principal Scientist level, but Senior Scientist level can be considered also.
This role is an initial 12 month contract, however the intention is if the candidate does well in the post, is to make them permanent.
KEY DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES:
Your duties as the Clinical Bioinformatician will be varied however the key duties and responsibilities are as follows:
1. As the Clinical Bioinformatician, you will, and with minimal guidance from senior staff, process, analyse, and interpret data from omics studies for assets in the clinical portfolio, refining understanding of biological mechanisms, disease pathobiology, and characterising treatment effects and safety signals.
2. As the Clinical Bioinformatician, you will develop approaches, methods, and analysis pipelines utilising state-of-the-art tools and technologies to enable the above.
3. As the Clinical Bioinformatician, you will document code, analyses, and ensure reproducibility of results according to best practices suited to patient-level data.
4. As the Clinical Bioinformatician, you will draft reports detailing methods and results that require minimal revision and contribute to scientific publications presenting these analyses (conference abstracts/presentations and manuscripts).
ROLE REQUIREMENTS:
To be successful in your application to this exciting role as the Clinical Bioinformatician we are looking to identify the following on your profile and past history:
1. Relevant degree in a related field, such as a Master’s or PhD with proven industry experience.
2. Proven industry experience in pre-processing, integration, and analysis of different omics data types, particularly extensive experience analysing large bulk and single-cell RNAseq datasets. Experience with transcriptomic data is what we are looking for.
3. A working knowledge and practical experience with computational skills, including operating in a HPC Unix environment, cloud-based computational platforms, and containerisation technologies like Docker for reproducible bioinformatics workflows.
4. Experience with R Programming is essential.
Key Words: Clinical Bioinformatician / omics data / RNAseq / bioinformatics / computational biology / patient-level data / pathway enrichment / functional module detection / causal reasoning / DNAnexus / Bioinformatician / R Programming
Hyper Recruitment Solutions Ltd (HRS) is an Equal Opportunities employer. We welcome applications from anyone who meets the role requirements. HRS exclusively supports the Life Science sectors, combining recruitment expertise with scientific knowledge to help you advance your career.