Bioinformatics Scientist

Novartis Institutes for BioMedical Research (NIBR)
Biotherapeutic and Analytical Technologies - NIBR
United States Massachusetts Cambridge
www.novartis.com/

Description

Job Description

We are seeking a Bioinformatics scientist to join the Biologics Center group (NBC) at the Novartis Institutes for BioMedical Research (NIBR) to help us develop and deliver therapeutic antibodies and proteins.
S/he will assist experimental scientists across the organization in analysing data, such as protein array data, NGS data, protein sequence or structure data, for the advancement of biologics projects. S/he will have to formulate hypothesis and also assist experimental scientists in protein constructs design, antibody library design, antibody and protein engineering. This position requires integrating and understanding biological sciences and bioinformatics techniques to contribute to advancing biologics projects.

Main responsibilities
• Provide bioinformatics support to biologics projects
• Utilize, improve and design bioinformatics tools to respond properly to generic and specific requests from biologics projects
• Work with experimental and computational scientists to set standards, develop tools, algorithms and databases, perform data analysis for advancing biologics knowledge

EEO Statement
The Novartis Group of Companies are Equal Opportunity Employers and take pride in maintaining a diverse environment. We do not discriminate in recruitment, hiring, training, promotion or any other employment practices for reasons of race, color, religion, gender, national origin, age, sexual orientation, marital or veteran status, disability, or any other legally protected status.

Minimum requirements
• Master Degree or Ph.D. in bioinformatics, computational biology, biological sciences or related field.
• 3+ industry experience is a plus.
• Excellent statistical analysis skills of high-throughput biological data, including RNA-seq or protein array.
• Clear understanding of antibody/protein structure and sequence analysis
• Ability to implement own algorithms for the analysis of protein sequences and structures
• Ability to integrate and visualize data from different sources
• Excellent knowledge and experience with state-of-the art bioinformatics tools and databases for the analysis of protein sequences and structures
• Expertise in programming and scripting languages, such as R, python, Java, perl and competency in working in a Unix/Linux environment
• Experience with machine learning techniques
• Ability to collaborate with experimental scientists.
• Able to work and communicate results and concepts to multidisciplinary project teams.


Qualifications


Start date

As soon as possible

How to Apply

www.novartis.com/careers/career-search/job-details/245499BR
or
www.novartis.com/careers/career-search by looking for Job ID 245499BR