Research Officer, Laboratory of Systems Biology and Data Analytics (GIS)

Agency for Science, Technology and Research (A*STAR); Singapore; On-site; SGD 60,000 - 100,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading research institution seeks Bioinformatics Specialists with expertise in Machine Learning and Data Analytics. Candidates will work with a multidisciplinary team to develop innovative methods for cancer diagnostics in an exciting and rapidly evolving field of spatial omics.

Qualifications

• Strong mathematical intuition and programming skills.
• Comfortable in a collaborative multidisciplinary environment.
• Experience in Unix environments and computing clusters.

Responsibilities

• Contribute to the development of new methods for understanding and diagnosing cancer.
• Apply cutting edge data analytics and computational biology techniques.

Skills

Machine Learning

Data Analytics

Programming

Statistical Analysis

Education

Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in Bioinformatics, Computational Biology, Data Science

Tools

Python

Perl

R

Java

C++

Job description

Bioinformatics Specialists: Machine Learning and Genome Data Analytics (Genome Institute of Singapore)

We are looking for smart, motivated machine learning and data analytics researchers who can contribute to the development of new methods for understanding and diagnosing cancer. The candidate should have strong mathematical intuition and programming skills, and be comfortable working in a highly collaborative multidisciplinary environment that includes biologists, pathologists and medical oncologists. This will be a unique opportunity to learn cutting edge data analytics and computational biology techniques in the rapidly growing field of spatial omics.

Requirements

· Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in Bioinformatics, Computational Biology, Data Science, or a related field

· High proficiency in scripting language (Perl, Python and statistical languages such as R, particularly in the use of packages such as Bioconducter or Biopython)

· Additional programming skills in Java or C++ will be useful and candidate should be experienced working in Unix environments with computing clusters/servers

· A strong background and course work in statistics, computer science and data science is preferable

To apply, please email your CV and names of references [e-mail], [e-mail]