Post: Biocurator/Senior Biocurator A Biocurator at PierianDx will be part of our Annotation team that develops the world’s most clinically robust genomic knowledgebase. Biocurators are skilled scientists with strong molecular biology and cancer biology backgrounds who will extract, interpret and synthesize data from a variety of sources into logical rules that form the core of our clinical genomic knowledgebase. Their imprint on the knowledgebase will power medical insights for doctors and patients at clinical molecular laboratories around the world. Location: Senapati Bapat Road, Pune Qualifications: •
Ph.D in genetics, genomics, molecular biology with 2 years or more experience in genetics/oncology or an equivalent is required OR
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Masters degree in molecular biology, genetics, biotechnology or biochemistry with 6 to 8 years of work experience or more.
Required Skills: •
Genetic and molecular understanding of human disease.
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Good understanding of genomic databases and their annotations (For example: GenBank, RefSeq, dbSNP etc).
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Basic understanding of cancer biology and signaling pathways is a plus.
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An understanding of bioinformatics analysis to identify variants within genomic data sets is desirable.
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Proficiency in communicating and understanding of genetic variant details.
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An enthusiastic "can-do" mentality with leadership skills, a dedicated team-worker, having good verbal and written communication skills.
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Previous experience as an experimental scientist is a big plus.
Tasks and Responsibilities:
Execute tasks with ownership and responsibility.
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Evaluate peer-reviewed experimental research for annotation.
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Collect and integrate data from scientific literature published by clinical and human genome research groups.
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Documenting the effects of genomic variants and the association with disease, using controlled vocabularies, ontologies and established guidelines.
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Maintain specifications and monitor day-to-day operations of the literature searching and triage pipelines and various error-checking processes.
Contact PierianDx India: Interested candidates should email their CV to: jobs_pune@pieriandx.com