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Incorporated in 1993, Syngene International Ltd. is an innovation-focused global discovery, development, and manufacturing organization providing integrated scientific services to the pharmaceutical, biotechnology, nutrition, animal health, consumer goods, and specialty chemical industries around the world. Syngene’ s clientele includes world leaders such as Bristol-Myers Squibb, Baxter, Amgen, GSK, Merck KGaA, and Herbalife. Its innovative culture is driven by the passion of its 4240-strong team of scientists who work with clients from around the world to solve their scientific problems, improve R&D productivity, speed up time to market, and lower the cost of innovation.
Research/Senior Research Investigator – IPS (54334)
Requisition ID: 54334
Posted: 12/01/2023
Location: India
Job Description
Designation: Senior/Research Investigator
Job Location: Bangalore
Department: Informatics and Predictive Sciences (BBRC-IPS)
Job Purpose
We are seeking innovative scientists for Research Investigator/Senior Research Investigator position to join our Informatics and Predictive Sciences (BBRC-IPS) group that is a part of main Discovery Biology and Translational Sciences (DBTS) team. The group works on real-world health data, design experiments and analyze both pre-clinical and clinical -omics data sets, including Exome, Whole Genome Sequencing, RNA-Seq, single-cell sequencing, high-throughput proteomics, multiplex flow cytometry, CRISPR etc. to nominate
novel drug targets, enable patient enrichment strategies, and guide drug development decisions.Key Responsibilities
- Identify and implement state-of-the-art statistical methods for data exploration, visualization, analysis, and integration of cancer genomics/epi-genomics, and other forms of high-dimensional -omics data for patient clinical outcomes
- Develop and evaluate performance of existing or new assays through statistical inferences
- Interpret quality control data metrics in NGS methodology and communicate effectively with the team and the respective stakeholders
- Participate in experimental design and determine strategies for balanced representation of samples
- Perform biomarker selection and stratification through strong statistical based evidence
- Collaborate closely with others on translational research teams to evaluate, develop, and apply cutting-edge methods for analysis of multi-modal, high-dimensional -omics data
Educational Qualification
PhD degree in Biotechnology, Bioinformatics, Biostatistics, Computer Science, or related field
Experience
- 4+ years of experience in pharma/biotech research environment preferable
- 4+ years of experience in university, hospital or biotechnology environments
Technical/Functional Skills
- Expertise in algorithmic implementation, statistical programming, and data manipulation, using e.g., R or Python, and contemporary, open-source bioinformatics tools and database structures
- Solid grounding in statistical theory and familiarity with recent developments in statistics
- Skilled at working with large omics data sets (transcriptomic, genomic, proteomic, and/or epigenomic data)
- Strong experience in cancer genomics and epi-genomics is required
- Proficient with high-performance computing environments like cloud computing
- Working knowledge of workflow languages, e.g., CWL or Nextflow
Behavioral Skills
- Strong problem-solving and collaboration skills, and rigorous and creative thinking
- Excellent written and oral communication skills, including an ability to discuss and explain complex ideas with computational scientists, experimentalists, and clinicians
- The ability to work across organizations to define and solve problems that will benefit the whole. Capable of establishing strong working relationships across the organization.
- Enjoy collaborating to solve challenging problems at the intersection of modern statistics and medicine to help bring new medicines to patients
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