Share Email Opening Title Intern: Bioinformatics Intern   EOE Statement We are an equal employment opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, disability status, protected veteran status or any other characteristic protected by law.   About the Organization AstraZeneca is a global, innovation-driven biopharmaceutical business that focuses on the discovery, development and commercialization of prescription medicines, primarily for the treatment of cardiovascular, metabolic, respiratory, inflammation, autoimmune, oncology, infection and neuroscience diseases. AstraZeneca operates in over 100 countries and its innovative medicines are used by millions of patients worldwide. For more information please visit www.astrazeneca.com .   Description AstraZeneca is a global, innovation-driven biopharmaceutical business that focuses on the discovery, development and commercialization of prescription medicines, primarily for the treatment of cardiovascular, metabolic, respiratory, inflammation, autoimmune, oncology, infection and neuroscience diseases. AstraZeneca operates in over 100 countries and its innovative medicines are used by millions of patients worldwide. For more information please visit www.astrazeneca.com. What are the objectives/goals of the position? To explore methodology development to inform precision oncology from integrating human genetic data and phenotype data To explore cancer biomarker discovery for precision oncology from analyzing next generation sequencing (NGS) data To gain experience of applying computational Biology and Bioinformatics to advance drug discovery in a pharmaceutical setting What are the primary duties of this position? The intern will join a leading and dynamic global team of experienced bioinformaticians embedded within AstraZeneca’s oncology unit and have chance to access AstraZeneca’s proprietary oncology data and apply cutting edge NGS technologies to solve pressing oncology problems to help cancer patients with duties below To investigate the relationship between germline variants and clinical outcomes in cancer To Inform drug-target identification, disease segmentation, patient stratification on treatment response in cancer therapies To validate findings using human data and preclinical models including cell lines and mouse models, using DNA and RNA-seq Communicate/present results in AstraZeneca working groups with a multidisciplinary setting Publication opportunities   Position Requirements What technical skills are required? Experience in analyzing and interpreting next generation sequencing data, particularly in DNA and RNA-seq Experience in statistical genetics such as GWAS and rare variant analysis Experience in R programing and scripting languages such as Python, Perl, or shell script Experience in both Windows and Linux environment Good interpersonal, organizational and communication skill Student must be available for about 12 weeks’ internship Graduate student completed at least one year of graduate program Grade Point Average 3.0+   Full-Time/Part-Time Seasonal   Location Waltham, MA   This position is currently not accepting applications. To search for an open position, please go to http://AstraZenecaPharmaceuticalsInc.appone.com WE ALSO RECOMMEND Other Jobs Within Same Category -- None found -- Other Jobs Within 60 Miles -- None found --

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