Bioinformatics Scientist (one year contract)

285914BR
Bioinformatics Scientist (one year contract)

Job Description

250 ! The number of genomics research projects that are waiting for your data analysis expertise every year. Your work will be important towards faster discovery and development of next generation breakthrough therapies for unmet medical need.

The Immunology, Hepatology, and Dermatology Development Unit, within Global Drug Development is seeking a curious, talented and highly motivated bioinformatic scientists to work with the Autoimmunity Transplantation and Inflammation Disease Area at the Novartis Institutes for BioMedical Research in Basel on the analysis and integration of datasets generated as part of the Cosentyx program.
As a creative and collaborative bioinformatics scientist, you will be working at the interface of the Research and Development organizations in Novartis to extract insights that further advance the Cosentyx program and related exploratory activities.

Your responsibilities will include:

- Analysis, integration and visualization of different types of omics data including genomics, transcriptomics, and proteomics 
- Contextualization of results from omics experiments including biological interpretation, correlation with clinical endpoints and phenotypes, generation and comparison of molecular signatures, pathway- and network- level analyses 
- Application of modern biostatistics and machine learning methods for supervised and unsupervised learning to heterogeneous molecular and clinical data 
- Close interactions with clinicians, biologists, data scientists and business stakeholders 
- Present and communicate your work to a diverse audience, contribute to the preparation of manuscripts and remain up-to-date with the relevant literature

Minimum requirements

What you will bring to the role:

- PhD in bioinformatics, computational biology, biostatistics, biomedical informatics or a related field;
Postdoc experience in academia or the pharmaceutical/biotechnology industry is considered a plus.
- Excellent knowledge of computational methods for the analysis, integration and interpretation of different types of high-throughput biological data from sequencing and array-based technologies; experience with single-cell genomics is considered a plus.
- Demonstrated experience with the application of supervised and unsupervised machine learning methods to biomedical data; experience with deep learning methods and frameworks is considered a plus
- Excellent programming, data analysis and data visualization skills in R/Bioconductor; experience with Shiny and/or Python are considered a plus.
- Familiarity with Linux/Unix command line and high-performance computing Environments.
- Sound understanding of biology and immunology; Experience in working with autoimmune diseases and/or in translational/clinical research is considered a plus.
- Fluent English (oral and written)

Why consider Novartis?

750 million. That’s how many lives our products touch. And while we’re proud of that fact, in this world of digital and technological transformation, we must also ask ourselves this: how can we continue to improve and extend even more people’s lives?

We believe the answers are found when curious, courageous and collaborative people like you are brought together in an inspiring environment. Where you’re given opportunities to explore the power of digital and data. Where you’re empowered to risk failure by taking smart risks. And where you’re surrounded by people who share your determination to tackle the world’s toughest medical challenges.

We are Novartis. Join us and help reimagine medicine.
Global Drug Development
IHD DU GDD
Switzerland
Basel
Novartis Pharma AG
Research & Development
Full Time
Temporary