Principal Scientist - Cancer Early Detection

BioSpace Englewood, NJ $165,000 - $205,000
Full Time Lead Level 10+ years

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About This Role

Lead the Cancer Early Detection Team, focusing on building early warning systems for cancer using arrays of blood- and urine-based biomarkers and machine learning.

Responsibilities

  • Lead a cutting-edge cancer biomarkers group with the goal of detecting cancer at its earliest stages
  • Contribute highly practical and readily translatable pan-cancer screening/early detection, diagnostic, prevention and therapeutic ideas
  • Quantify and track cancer biomarkers, including CTCs, cfDNA, serum, plasma, and urine proteins, RNA, metabolites, driver-gene mutations, epigenetic modifications
  • Collaborate with ICR's Biomarkers Team to perform molecular and cellular cancer prevention screening assays, under a personalized medicine paradigm

Requirements

  • Current and in-depth knowledge of pan-cancer: screening, early detection, biomarkers, diagnostic prediction, genetics, prevention, and chemical and vaccine-therapeutics (practical and experimental)
  • Programming experience in R and Python
  • Solid grasp of biostatistics, especially probability theory
  • Experience with prediction modeling and machine learning, including experience using proper scoring rules
  • Ability to work in the United States without sponsorship

Qualifications

  • A PhD, MD or both
  • At least 10 years of cancer research experience, preferably in early detection and biomarkers

Nice to Have

  • Expert knowledge and understanding of worldwide cancer biomarker and detection assay development pipelines
  • Experience with cell-based assays, immunofluorescent microscopy, qPCR, flow cytometry, single-cell genomics, RNAseq, cell culture, organoid culture, Illumina NextSeq 550, DNA methylation sequencing, ddPCR, Luminex, clinical chemistry instrumentation, Kryptor, Access 2, robotic liquid handling (e.g. Tecan), Vortex, and DepArray
  • Experience with protein, RNA, and small metabolite cancer biomarker analysis

Skills

Python * Machine Learning * R * qPCR * cell-based assays * Flow cytometry * Cell culture * Immunofluorescent microscopy * Single-cell genomics * RNAseq * Organoid culture * Illumina NextSeq 550 * DNA methylation sequencing * ddPCR * Luminex * Clinical chemistry instrumentation * Kryptor * Access 2 * Tecan * Vortex * DepArray *

* Required skills

About BioSpace

Lilly is a global healthcare leader headquartered in Indianapolis, Indiana, specializing in discovering and bringing life-changing medicines to patients worldwide. They are investing over $1 billion to create a new state-of-the-art manufacturing site in Concord, NC, focusing on parenteral medication...

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