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San Diego, CA, US

SENIOR SCIENTIST, COMPUTATIONAL BIOLOGIST-1063130206

Description

Janssen Research & Development, L.L.C., a Johnson & Johnson company, is recruiting for a Research Scientist for Molecular Profiling, located in La Jolla, CA.

This position is with the Systems Pharmacology and Biomarkers team and requires a highly motivated and skilled Senior Scientist to assist in the early development of innovative therapies for immune diseases such as rheumatoid arthritis, psoriasis, asthma, COPD and inflammatory bowel disease.

This position requires the Senior Research Scientist to accelerate scientific discovery for immunology through the use of informatics in driving innovation and enabling effective decision making. The successful candidate will work alongside scientists in discovery, and clinical groups to design new experiments, analyze and interpret data, and effectively communicate results. Data analysis will focus on systems biology and network pharmacology. Impactful results will be used in determining the efficacy and safety of compounds, impacting dose decisions, selecting novel indications for targets and compounds, biological interpretation of results, and the identification of prediction biomarker for patient stratification and precision medicine. The successful candidate will represent the department on cross-functional disease focused teams.

Team members are encouraged to publish and to develop and maintain a strong professional network within the internal and external scientific communities.

Qualifications


The successful candidate will have at a minimum a PhD degree in Systems Biology, Immunology, Epidemiology, Statistics, Computational Biology, Bioinformatics or related field with 4-6 years of academic and/or industry experience. The ability to apply data mining, machine learning, and emergent algorithms to pre-clinical, clinical and health outcomes data is required. Experience in network analysis and/or modeling biological pathways is required. Experience in handling exploratory data such as microarrays, protein arrays, ELISA, MS or NGS is required. Proficiency in software such as SAS, S-PLUS, R, Omicsoft, Cytoscape is desired. A strong publication track record is desired. The ability to work independently, communicate clearly, collaborate effectively and establish effective and trusted partnerships with internal and external scientists is essential. This position is located in La Jolla, California.

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Primary Location:North America-United States-California-San Diego
Organization: Janssen Research & Development, LLC. (6084)