Computational Biologist - Toronto, Canada - Tekskills Inc

Tekskills Inc
Tekskills Inc
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Toronto, Canada

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Job Title :
Computational Biologist

Location :
Mississauga, ON (Initially Remote)

Duration : 12 Months

Project Role

Education
PhD in a relevant field (e.g., molecular biology, cancer biology, immunology, genomics, or bioinformatics). Postdoctoral experience in Computational Biology / Bioinformatics strongly preferred.


Master's Degree in Bioinformatics / Computational Biology may be considered if extensive experience in cancer genomics and/or cancer immunotherapy research.


Required Skills:


  • Strong computational and analytical skills, including high level of proficiency in scientific programming (R language and Bioconductor packages preferred) and familiarity with Unix environments
  • Experience with analysis of high throughput NGS data including RNAsequence data and/or DNA Sequence data (WES/WGS/ctDNA)
  • Experience with integrating genomic and clinical data to identify associations with outcomes
  • Familiarity with public genomic databases such as TCGA, COSMIC, etc...
  • Good data science practice and understanding of data complexity
  • Good understanding of cancer and/or immunotherapy and an interest to learn more.
  • Excellent communication, advanced English reading, writing, listening and speaking skills.

Preferred Skills and Experience

  • Experience with integration of multimodal genomics data
  • Experience with AI/ML methods
  • Experience analyzing liquid biopsy data (ctDNA, etc)
  • Experience analyzing singlecell transcriptomics data
  • Experience analyzing spatial transcriptomics data

Job Type:
Fixed term contract

Contract length: 12 months


Schedule:

  • 8 hour shift
  • Monday to Friday

Ability to commute/relocate:

  • Toronto, ON: reliably commute or plan to relocate before starting work (required)

Education:


  • Bachelor's Degree (preferred)

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