Senior Scientist Next Generation Sequencing
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Job Description Our client is a global leader in cell-free DNA (cfDNA) testing with a focus on women's health, oncology, and organ health. Who is on a mission is to change the management of disease worldwide by using information gained from a simple blood draw to proactively inform treatment. They are looking for an inquisitive and creative Sr. or Staff Scientist to initiate, direct and execute pre-product scientific research. Investigates the feasibility of applying a wide variety of scientific principles and concepts to potential inventions, products and problem solving. Maintains broad knowledge of state-of-the-art principles and theories. Must have experience with next-generation DNA/RNA sequencing, general nucleic-acid technologies or protein screening. Responsibilities
- Contributes substantially and intellectually to research and development
- Leads projects to create and develop novel nucleic acid or protein based diagnostic tests; including planning, feasibility testing, protocol development, optimization, verification, validation, and launch
- Responsible for executing projects as per associated timelines and deliverables
- Thoroughly comprehends the objectives and vision of the work
- Develops plans, generates and advances new ideas
- Performs basic data analysis, including statistics
- Independently designs and executes moderate to high complexity experiments
- Coordinates the execution and analysis of effective experiments with statistics and bioinformatics teams
- Documents research progress under a Quality Management System
- May manage Research Associates
- May work with partners and outside collaborators
- Communicates progress directly with colleagues and senior management
- This role works with PHI on a regular basis both in paper and electronic form and has access to various technologies to access PHI (paper and electronic) in order to perform the job
- Must have hands-on experience with Next-Generation Sequencing (NGS) technologies and basic molecular biology techniques, including epigenetic/methylation, target enrichment, cfDNA/RNA
- Must have experience in data analysis, statistics, data interpretation and results reporting
- Adept with data analysis and statistical testing using Excel, JMP, R or other data analysis environments
- Bioinformatics capabilities, programming (e.g. PERL, python) and database experience (SQL) are a plus
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