Job Description:
Seres Therapeutics is a leading microbiome therapeutics platform company developing a novel class of multifunctional bacterial consortia that are designed to functionally interact with host cells and tissues to treat disease. Our SER-109 program achieved the first-ever positive pivotal clinical results for a targeted microbiome drug candidate and has obtained Breakthrough Therapy and Orphan Drug designations from the FDA. The SER-109 program is being advanced for the treatment of recurrent C. difficile infection and has potential to become a first-in-class FDA-approved microbiome therapeutic.
Seres Therapeutics is a member of the Flagship Pioneering family of companies.
Position Summary
The Computational Microbiome Sciences (CMS) group is looking for a scientist to support the development of molecular and computational assays, as well as downstream data analysis, across functional groups in R&D. You will work closely with our computational and non-computational scientists, analyzing diverse data types, implementing solutions to data science needs, and communicating work to key stakeholders.
You will work as part of a multidisciplinary and supportive team and develop expertise in the generation and analysis of a wide variety of data types, including but not limited to 16S amplicon and whole metagenomic sequencing, transcriptomic, and metabolomic data.
This is a great opportunity to learn new computational biology skills, experience the biotech drug development pipeline from end to end, immerse yourself in a fast-paced and highly interdisciplinary environment, and contribute directly to an incredibly promising and emerging therapeutic field.
What You’ll Do
- Analyze diverse -omics datasets in collaboration with other computational scientists, molecular biologists, microbiologists and disease experts across R&D.
- Visualize, summarize, and present results to stakeholders across the organization.
- Develop hypotheses that can be validated in vitro and/or in vivo, and help inform experiment setup and data generation needs, as necessary.
What You’ll Bring
- S. or M.S. with 0-5 years of experience in Bioinformatics, Computational Biology, or related quantitative field (statistics, applied mathematics, etc.).
- Proficient scientific programming skills in R. Experience with python, and version control systems a plus.
- Experience with common bioinformatic tools and pipelines (bowtie2, BLAST, samtools, DADA2, MetaPhlAn2) a plus.
- Experience with bioinformatic and statistical data analysis packages in R and/or Python (e.g., ape, vegan, phyloseq, ggplot2, matplotlib, seaborn, scipy, statsmodels, pandas) a plus.
- Excellent interpersonal communication (written and verbal) and organizational skills; excellent team player.
- Excellent time management skills, ability to juggle multiple priorities and commitment to delivering on team goals.
- Familiarity generating -omics datasets is a plus.
Candidates should be aware that Seres Therapeutics currently maintains a policy requiring all US-based employees to be fully vaccinated against COVID-19. Newly hired employees must be vaccinated prior to their employment start date.
Seres is committed to equal employment opportunity and non-discrimination for all employees and qualified applicants without regard to a person’s race, color, gender, age, religion, national origin, ancestry, disability, veteran status, genetic information, sexual orientation, or any characteristic protected under applicable law. |
