Senior Bioinformatics Scientist

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OAKLAND, CA
NextGen Jane
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Based in Oakland CA, NextGen Jane is a female reproductive health startup developing tools and diagnostics to improve health outcomes. Specifically, the company has designed a kit to easily collect menstrual and cervicovaginal samples at home and mail back to their lab for downstream sequencing and genomic analysis. NGJ plans targeted clinical studies, generates data for specific patient populations, and builds bioinformatic pipelines to correlate key genomic signals to clear reproductive conditions.

At minimum, the Bioinformatician will have a B.S. in Computer Science, Bioinformatics, Mathematics or comparable research experience with significant experience in programming. M.S. or Ph.D. preferred.

QUALIFICATIONS:

  • Experience with UNIX and shell scriptingAbility to develop and integrate bioinformatics pipelines, knowledge of CWL or WDL preferredAbility to develop scripts in Python and R
  • Ability to visualize and explain data clearly to others, knowledge of ggplot2 recommended
  • Experience with next-generation sequencing dataExperience with multi-layered clinical and genomic databasesAbility to develop and deploy novel data analysis strategies on large sequencing data sets
To apply for this job please visit
www.nextgenjane.com