Dana-Farber Cancer Institute · 10 hours ago
Computational Biologist – Collins Genomics Lab
Boston, MA
Full-time
Onsite
Entry Level
$72K/yr - $79K/yr
1+ years expDana-Farber Cancer Institute is a leader in life changing breakthroughs in cancer research and patient care. The Computational Biologist I is responsible for routine data analysis and processing of biological data, focusing on high-throughput technologies and genomic databases while collaborating with scientific investigators.
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Responsibilities
Data Processing: Uses existing tools to build data processing pipelines to convert raw data into formats compatible with conventional statistical analysis and visualization
Data Analysis: Performs routine analysis for which established tools exist and are considered reliable. Keep up with the computational biology literature to assure pipelines components are up to date
Data and Software Management: Monitors, downloads, organize, and manages data from public data repositories or generated by collaborates. Evaluate published tools and updates pipeline as necessary
Manuscript Preparation: Drafts the computational biology sections of a manuscript; assists in writing the results section; checks manuscripts for numerical accuracy; prepares tables and figures
Grant Preparation: Helps to formulate specific aims, explains options for experimental design, and develops data analysis plans
Research Portfolio Management: Develops timelines and components for multiple routine projects; masters multi-tasking so that complex projects involving many interdisciplinary individuals move forward smoothly
Team interactions: Offers peer-to-peer training for new statisticians in design, analysis, and presentation of results. It is expected that insight into career growth will be offered to more junior statisticians
Qualification
Required
Bachelor's degree in a STEM field
Master's degree in bioinformatics, computational biology, statistics, biostatistics, computer science, or life sciences preferred
At least 1 year of experience with a bachelor's degree or no experience with a master's degree
Knowledge of UNIX/Linux
Familiarity with scripting in Python
Statistical programming using R
Familiarity with principles of experimental design
Modern data analysis paradigms
Able to discuss and present results
Share ideas accurately and communicate them effectively, both in writing and verbally
Strong interpersonal skills
Excellent analytical, organizational and time management skills
Company
Dana-Farber Cancer Institute
Dana-Farber Cancer Institute is a center dedicated to carrying out adult and pediatric cancer treatment activities and advanced research.
1001-5000 employees
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Funding
Current Stage
Late StageTotal Funding
$88.08MKey Investors
Elaine and Eduardo Saverin FoundationThe DeGregorio Family FoundationLlama
2025-11-24Grant· $20M
2025-05-06Grant· $1M
2024-09-24Grant· $0.5M
Leadership Team
Edward Benz
CEO
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