Bioinformatician

 

Institution/Company: 

Ontario Institute for Cancer Research

Location: 

Downtown Toronto

Job Description: 

Position: Bioinformatician
Site: MaRS Centre, Toronto
Department: Informatics and Biocomputing
Reports To: Manager, Data Coordination Centre (DCC)
Salary: Commensurate with level of experience
Hours: 35 Hrs/week
Status: Full-time, Permanent

The Ontario Institute for Cancer Research (OICR) is seeking a bioinformatician work with the International Genome Consortium’s (ICGC) Data Coordination Centre (DCC).

The International Cancer Genome Consortium is a global research effort working to comprehensively describe genomic, transcriptomic and epigenomic changes in 50 different cancer types or subtypes of clinical and societal importance. It is one of the largest genomics efforts in the world today and has enjoyed significant international media coverage in addition to publications in high impact journals.

The Ontario Institute for Cancer Research hosts the ICGC’s Data Coordination Center (DCC) whose staffs are responsible for enabling global access to the project’s data.
The ICGC DCC Curation team currently has an opportunity for an experienced bioinformatician with a strong background in genomics to join our efforts in enabling translational research by improving the accessibility and utility of this cancer genomics data.

QUALIFICATIONS

• Background in genomics (to include transcriptomics and epigenomics) with minimally 3 years of working experience in bioinformatics and genomics; relevant graduate school experience will be considered
• Strong working experience in a Unix or Linux environment
• Strong interest in helping us achieve the goals of the ICGC project
• Strong skills in scripting language(s) (Perl and/or Python)
• Exceptional attention to details
• Excellent communication skills; as required for collaborating with scientists from various disciplines and parts of the world
• Ability to use issue tracking and wiki software (eg: Jira and Confluence) in day-to-day work process
• Affinity for a service and production-oriented work environment
• Worked with high-throughput genomics data of the types produced in a genome centre (with a large number of projects and NGS sequencers)
• Knowledgeable on current genomics methods, data standards and tools
• Played a key role in a collaborative genomics project with members from multiple institutions
• Participated in a project with public data and web resource components
• Worked closely with both wet-lab (data-producing) and informatics scientists
• Has a record of contributing to peer-reviewed scientific publications in the areas of bioinformatics and genomics
• Collaborate with a global community of cancer genomics researchers
• Facilitate the collection and delivery of high quality cancer genomics data
• Contribute to efforts in useful application and interpretation of this data

OICR is an innovative cancer research institute located in the MaRS Centre in the Discovery District in downtown Toronto. OICR is addressing significant challenges in cancer research with multi-disciplinary, multi-institutional teams. New discoveries to prevent, detect and treat cancer will be moved from the bench to practical applications in patients. The OICR team is growing quickly. We are innovative, dedicated professionals who bring expertise to each of our roles. We are looking for individuals interested in being part of a culture of excellence that will result in Ontario being recognized internationally as a leading jurisdiction for cancer research.

Launched in December 2005, OICR is an independent institute funded by the Government of Ontario through the Ministry of Economic Development and Innovation.

For more information about OICR, please visit the website at www.oicr.on.ca.

POSTED DATE: February 15, 2013
CLOSING DATE: Posted until filled

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OICR has a diverse workforce and is an equal opportunity employer.

The Ontario Institute for Cancer Research thanks all applicants. However, only those under consideration will be contacted.

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