Job Ref: 1550072980
Salary: Competitive + excellent benefits
Closing date: Midnight 28th March 2015.We're currently looking for talented scientists to join our innovative, academic-style postdoc program. From our center in Waltham, MA, USA, you'll have the opportunity to work at the boundary between patient care and tumor biology, developing tools to understand how tumors evolve and become resistant to therapy. Using those tools you will discover whether we can predict those patterns of resistance to therapy, as they develop, in oncology patients.
What's more, you'll have the support of a leading academic advisor, who'll provide you with the guidance and knowledge you need to develop your career. This is an exciting area that hasn't been explored to its full potential, making this an opportunity to make a real difference to the future of medical science.
About AstraZenecaAstraZeneca is a global, innovation-driven biopharmaceutical business that focuses on the discovery, development and commercialization of prescription medicines for some of the world's most serious diseases. But we're more than one of the world's leading pharmaceutical companies. At AstraZeneca, we're proud to have a unique workplace culture that inspires innovation and collaboration. Here, employees are empowered to express diverse perspectives - and are made to feel valued, energized and rewarded for their ideas and creativity.
As a Postdoctoral Scientist Translational Oncology, you will be:• Examining and evaluating sequence data from tumors at different time points, as they develop in vivo
• Working on methods to improve human genome sequencing in plasma samples
• Developing methods to understand the T cell immune repertoire from DNA sequencing in plasma
• Working collaboratively with other experts, internally and externally, across various disciplines to achieve project initiatives
• Presenting results at scientific conferences and publishing scientific papers in high-quality peer-reviewed journals.
As a Postdoctoral Scientist -- Translational Oncology, it's essential that you have:• A PhD in either bioinformatics or tumor biology, or an MD with a published track-record in those disciplines
• Strong bench experience in molecular biology, at the undergraduate or graduate level
• Inclination towards, and experience in, quantitative analysis, as demonstrated by relevant publications or formal training in biostatistics and bioinformatics
Contact:To apply for this position, please click the apply link.
AstraZeneca welcomes applications from all sections of the community.An Equal Opportunity Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, colour, religion, sex, national origin, or protected veteran status and will not be discriminated against on the basis of disability.
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