What are the responsibilities and job description for the Post Doctoral - Bioinformatics position at Boehringer Ingelheim?
Description
Boehringer Ingelheim is seeking a motivated, enthusiastic, and creative Bioinformatics Post-Doctoral Fellow to join our Future Innovation team the Research department located in Ames, Iowa. The primary role of this position is to conduct bioinformatic analysis within animal health to provide targets for vaccine and therapeutic solutions. This position is part of the global Boehringer Ingelheim Post-Doctoral Program https://careers.boehringer-ingelheim.com/post-doc/
The incumbent is accountable for developing analysis pipelines and computational algorithms across diverse biological research projects. They will be responsible for the design, interpretation and presentation of analyzed results and generate actionable conclusions. The individual be part of a small, highly collaborative bioinformatics team and will need to demonstrate agility, accountability and innovation in everyday work.
About us:
Boehringer-Ingelheim Animal Health (BIAH) is a family-owned company dedicated to the protection and treatment of animals from genetic disorders and infectious disease. BIAH recognizes the essential link between animals, humans and the environment as part of a One Health solution. Operating in over 150 countries with greater 10,000 employees BIAH is a truly global company with over $4 billion in sales in 2021. Innovation is a core principle to BIAH and that begins with cutting edge research centered in state-of-the-art facilities, including the newly built location centered in the Iowa State University Research Park in Ames, Iowa. BIAH recognizes and cares for its employees and encourages a strong work/life balance.
As an employee of Boehringer Ingelheim, you will actively contribute to the discovery, development, and delivery of our products to our patients and customers. Our global presence provides opportunity for all employees to collaborate internationally, offering visibility and opportunity to directly contribute to the companies' success. We realize that our strength and competitive advantage lie with our people. We support our employees in several ways to foster a healthy working environment, meaningful work, mobility, networking, and work-life balance. Our competitive compensation and benefit programs reflect Boehringer Ingelheim's high regard for our employees.
Duties & Responsibilities
Why Boehringer Ingelheim?
With us, you can develop your own path in a company with a culture that knows our differences are our strengths - and break new ground in the drive to make millions of lives better.
Here, your development is our priority. Supporting you to build a career as part of a workplace that is independent, authentic and bold, while tackling challenging work in a respectful and friendly environment where everyone is valued and welcomed.
Alongside, you have access to programs and groups that ensure your health and wellbeing are looked after - as we make major investments to drive global accessibility to healthcare. By being part of a team that is constantly innovating, you'll be helping to transform lives for generations.
Want to learn more? Visit https://www.boehringer-ingelheim.com
Boehringer Ingelheim is seeking a motivated, enthusiastic, and creative Bioinformatics Post-Doctoral Fellow to join our Future Innovation team the Research department located in Ames, Iowa. The primary role of this position is to conduct bioinformatic analysis within animal health to provide targets for vaccine and therapeutic solutions. This position is part of the global Boehringer Ingelheim Post-Doctoral Program https://careers.boehringer-ingelheim.com/post-doc/
The incumbent is accountable for developing analysis pipelines and computational algorithms across diverse biological research projects. They will be responsible for the design, interpretation and presentation of analyzed results and generate actionable conclusions. The individual be part of a small, highly collaborative bioinformatics team and will need to demonstrate agility, accountability and innovation in everyday work.
About us:
Boehringer-Ingelheim Animal Health (BIAH) is a family-owned company dedicated to the protection and treatment of animals from genetic disorders and infectious disease. BIAH recognizes the essential link between animals, humans and the environment as part of a One Health solution. Operating in over 150 countries with greater 10,000 employees BIAH is a truly global company with over $4 billion in sales in 2021. Innovation is a core principle to BIAH and that begins with cutting edge research centered in state-of-the-art facilities, including the newly built location centered in the Iowa State University Research Park in Ames, Iowa. BIAH recognizes and cares for its employees and encourages a strong work/life balance.
As an employee of Boehringer Ingelheim, you will actively contribute to the discovery, development, and delivery of our products to our patients and customers. Our global presence provides opportunity for all employees to collaborate internationally, offering visibility and opportunity to directly contribute to the companies' success. We realize that our strength and competitive advantage lie with our people. We support our employees in several ways to foster a healthy working environment, meaningful work, mobility, networking, and work-life balance. Our competitive compensation and benefit programs reflect Boehringer Ingelheim's high regard for our employees.
Duties & Responsibilities
- Perform analysis multi-OMICs studies; including genomics, transcriptomics, proteomics, metabolomics, single-cell sequencing, and metagenomics
- Effectively communicate and defend own work, orally and in writing, in the context of the company and team goals at meetings
- Create individual animal species specific work-flows based on homology, literature searches and computational approaches
- Attend scientific meetings and perform literature searches to propose, evaluate and implement new bioinformatic packages to grow the teams scientific analysis toolbox
- Creation of computational pipelines and generation of scripts, specifically R, Python or Perl, to facilitate data analysis and presentation
- Utilize machine learning and/or artificial intelligence to perform data-driven analyses investigating associations between diseases and genetic or treatment conditions
- Assists in laboratory experiments to generate, process and analyze next generation sequencing data
- Demonstrates a contemporary level of technical proficiency and train junior level scientists
- Reports and treats data with a high level of integrity and ethics
- Complies with applicable regulations, performing all work in a safe manner; Maintains proper records in accordance with SOPs and policies
- Ensure compliance with all relevant corporate, national and local authority regulations
- PhD from an accredited institution in bioinformatics or other related computational biology field required.
- Strong background in computational sciences
- Background in infectious disease and animal health is preferred
- Ability to function in multi-disciplinary teams is required
- Ability to create written scientific reports and protocols, and strong verbal communication skills are required
- Ability to clearly articulate scientific and operational concepts of vaccine research across functions
- The role requires highly motivated, dependable and well-organized individual who is able to operate with minimal supervision
- Must be legally authorized to work in the United States without restriction
- Must be willing to take a drug test and post-offer physical (if required)
- Must be 18 years of age or older
Why Boehringer Ingelheim?
With us, you can develop your own path in a company with a culture that knows our differences are our strengths - and break new ground in the drive to make millions of lives better.
Here, your development is our priority. Supporting you to build a career as part of a workplace that is independent, authentic and bold, while tackling challenging work in a respectful and friendly environment where everyone is valued and welcomed.
Alongside, you have access to programs and groups that ensure your health and wellbeing are looked after - as we make major investments to drive global accessibility to healthcare. By being part of a team that is constantly innovating, you'll be helping to transform lives for generations.
Want to learn more? Visit https://www.boehringer-ingelheim.com