PierianDx (www.pieriandx.com), a leader in the clinical genomics space, is currently seeking talented, motivated Senior and mid-level Biocurators as part of its annotation team at its Pune, India

Location: Senapati Bapat Road, Pune

Qualifications:

• Ph.D in genetics/genomics/molecular biology with a minimum of 2 years of work experience OR
• Masters degree in molecular biology, genetics, biotechnology or biochemistry with 8 to 10 years of work experience consisting of 4+ years in a leadership role.

Required Skills:

• Genetic and molecular understanding of human diseases.
• Good understanding of genomic databases and their annotations (For example: GenBank, RefSeq, dbSNP etc).
• Basic understanding of cancer biology and signaling pathways is a plus.
• An understanding of bioinformatics analysis to identify variants within genomic data sets is desirable.
• Proficiency in communicating and understanding of genetic variant details.
• An enthusiastic “can-do" mentality with leadership skills, a dedicated team-worker, having good verbal and written communication skills.
• Previous experience as an experimental scientist or group lead is a big plus.

Tasks and Responsibilities:

• Execute tasks with ownership and responsibility.
• Define project plans and details
• Mentor mid/junior level biocurators
• Evaluate peer-reviewed experimental research for annotation.
• Collect and synthesize data from scientific literature published by clinical and human genome research groups, professional guidelines and clinical trials.
• Maintain specifications and monitor day-to-day operations of the literature searching and triage pipelines and various error-checking processes.

Interested candidates should email their CV to: jobs_pune@pieriandx.com