The position of Postdoctoral Fellow with an emphasis on cancer genomics and bioinformatics is immediately available in the laboratory of Dr. Jason Pitt which integrates data science and biological expertise to facilitate precision oncology. The Pitt Laboratory achieves this by developing cutting-edge software that allows rapid interrogation and interpretation of large genomic datasets. This position is connected to the Cancer Science Institute (CSI) Translational theme which is building knowledge-bases and algorithms to recommend cancer treatments based on a patients genetic profile. This fellow will also work closely with clinician-scientist Dr. Anand Jeyasekharan to help facilitate molecular tumor boards at National University Hospital. An experienced genome analyst will have the unique opportunity to impact real-world precision oncology while developing skills in cloud computing data science and augmented intelligence.
RESPONSIBILITIES
Candidate will work with the CSI Translational Team to deliver the following:
1) Aggregation and analysis of publicly available datasets
Data wrangling of genomics and clinical datasets
Processing and analysis of NGS data (e.g. DNA- & RNA-seq)
Apply novel prediction algorithms over large-scale data
2) A knowledge graph for precision oncology
Integrate drug protein/gene clinical trial and genomics data
Overlay analytics to discover novel biological and clinical insights
Facilitate oncologist queries based on an entity of interest
