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AbbVie’s Genomic Research Center (GRC) is seeking a highly qualified bioinformatics scientist to join the Emerging Technology (ET) Group within the Computational Genomics team in GRC with a focus on driving innovation by leveraging both internal and external Omic technologies to the drug discovery process. AbbVie’s GRC is a center of excellence for bioinformatics, functional genomics, and human genetics. The GRC works across all R&D including discovery and clinical development, supporting all of AbbVie’s therapeutic areas and multiple areas such as process sciences, global epidemiology, search and evaluation, and corporate strategy .
The ideal candidate should harbor a strong interest in learning how various genomic technologies/platforms can be used to address specific biological questions. This will require the candidate to work closely with our research scientists both in analysis support and experimental design and thus a strong background in molecular biology is a plus. The successful candidate will be primarily responsible for developing prototype analysis workflow for these new technologies and should demonstrate programming experience in method/algorithm development along with a strong publication record. Since the technology landscape changes at a rapid pace, the strong candidate must keep up with the latest developments in key areas, be comfortable working with multiple technology platforms to evaluate their performance, and able to communicate findings to both internal and external stakeholders with diverse technical backgrounds.
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