Mission:

In prevision of a maternity leave, a fixed-term contract of 6 months is available from April 2021 within the Clinical Bioinformatics Group included inside the Diagnostic and Theranostic Medecine Division of Curie Institute.

Main activities:

• Implementation of analysis pipelines
• Developpement of custom tools for clinical diagnostic
• Calibration and validation of analysis pipelines
• Help to functionally interpret results using various databases
• Contribute to the evolution and maintenance of diagnostic pipelines: updates, bug reporting, validations
• Contribute to research projects associated with clinical trials
• Regular progress meetings with biologists
• Technological watch

Required skills:

• Proficient with Unix/Linux environment
• Proficient in at least of the following programming languages (ideally with experience with several of them): python, java, R or any other object-oriented programming language
• Good knowledge of standard bioinformatics tools for analyzing and interpreting Next Generation Sequencing data (DNA and RNAseq)
• Have an interest for interactions with biologists
• Rigorous, dynamic, autonomous
• Excellent team work

Desired skills:

• Good knowledge in algorithmics
• Code versioning using git
• Proficient in English (oral and written)
• Some skills in one or several of the following is highly advantageous: usage of calculation cluster (SGE / SLURM / LSF / MOAB, etc.), experience with distributed programming, usage of GPU, experience in machine learning / deep learning
• Some knowledge in oncology is advantageous

Diploma:

• A PhD or MSc in Bioinformatics
• A first experience Next Generation data analysis is preferred

In order to apply, send a resume and cover letter to: bioinfo-clinique[AT]curie.fr