Remote Computational Biologist Postdoc - Oral Microbiome

Colgate Palmolive; Piscataway Township (NJ); Remote; USD 90,000 - 96,000; Full time

Job summary

Colgate-Palmolive Company is seeking a Postdoctoral Scientist in Computational Biology to drive oral health research through advanced bioinformatics and data integration. You will translate omics data into biological insights and potential product targets, collaborating across labs and clinical teams in a remote setting.

The role emphasizes developing clear strategies from complex datasets, identifying biomarkers, and communicating results to both technical and non-technical stakeholders.

Qualifications

• PhD in Computational Biology, Bioinformatics, Data Science, or a related field.
• Proficiency with command-line tools and Python and/or R.
• Experience processing, analyzing, and interpreting high-throughput biological data.

Responsibilities

• Lead bioinformatic processing, statistics and data integration of omics datasets.
• Collaborate with wet lab scientists and clinicians to translate data.
• Support study design, sample collection, data analysis and visualization.
• Present findings and actionable insights to diverse audiences.

Skills

Microbiome domain expertise

Oral biology

Python and/or R

Command-line tools

High-throughput data analysis

Education

PhD in Computational Biology or related

Tools

Python

R

HPC

AWS

GCP

Job description

Colgate-Palmolive Company is seeking a Postdoctoral Scientist in Computational Biology to drive oral health research through advanced bioinformatics and data integration. You will translate omics data into biological insights and potential product targets, collaborating across labs and clinical teams in a remote setting.

The role emphasizes developing clear strategies from complex datasets, identifying biomarkers, and communicating results to both technical and non-technical stakeholders.