Computational Biologist

Hi,

**Job Title : Computational Biologist**

**Location : Mississauga, ON (Initially Remote)**

**Duration : 12 Months**

**Project Role**

**Education**

PhD in a relevant field (e.g., molecular biology, cancer biology, immunology, genomics, or bioinformatics). Postdoctoral experience in Computational Biology / Bioinformatics strongly preferred.

Master’s Degree in Bioinformatics / Computational Biology may be considered if extensive experience in cancer genomics and/or cancer immunotherapy research.

**Required Skills**:

- Strong computational and analytical skills, including high level of proficiency in scientific programming (R language and Bioconductor packages preferred) and familiarity with Unix environments
- Experience with analysis of high throughput NGS data including RNA-sequence data and/or DNA Sequence data (WES/WGS/ctDNA)
- Experience with integrating genomic and clinical data to identify associations with outcomes
- Familiarity with public genomic databases such as TCGA, COSMIC, etc...
- Good data science practice and understanding of data complexity
- Good understanding of cancer and/or immunotherapy and an interest to learn more.
- Excellent communication, advanced English reading, writing, listening and speaking skills.

**Preferred Skills and Experience**
- Experience with integration of multimodal genomics data
- Experience with AI/ML methods
- Experience analyzing liquid biopsy data (ctDNA, etc)
- Experience analyzing single-cell transcriptomics data
- Experience analyzing spatial transcriptomics data

**Job Types**: Permanent, Casual

Schedule:

- 8 hour shift
- Monday to Friday

Ability to commute/relocate:

- Mississauga, ON: reliably commute or plan to relocate before starting work (required)

**Education**:

- Bachelor's Degree (preferred)