Postdoctoral researcher Omics, R&D Data Science & Digital Health

Johnson & Johnson
Beerse, Belgium
6 days ago

Role details

Contract type
Permanent contract
Employment type
Full-time (> 32 hours)
Working hours
Regular working hours
Languages
English

Job location

Remote
Beerse, Belgium

Tech stack

Artificial Intelligence
Computational Biology
EHealth
Python
Machine Learning
Programming Languages

Job description

  • Develop and execute plans for the analysis & integration of multi-omics data from patient cohorts and disease models focused on neurodegeneration, particularly Alzheimer's disease, to enable the data-driven identification and evaluation of novel therapeutic targets, patient stratification approaches and precision biomarkers
  • Partner closely with discovery scientists to ensure purposeful interrogation of human omics datasets and translation of data-derived hypotheses into wet lab validation plans.
  • Build strong relationships with key internal and external partners to help shape academic collaborations and define the scope of the research questions.
  • Remain current on the constantly evolving landscape of neuroscience, omics, bioinformatics and AI/ML research in search of innovative approaches to derive biological insights that could accelerate and prioritize neuroscience drug discovery.

Requirements

Do you have a Doctoral degree?, * PhD in neuroscience, computational biology, bioengineering, biostatistics, or a related field, completed within the past 3 years is required.

  • Extensive hands-on expertise in analyzing and deriving insights from high-dimensional molecular data, particularly single-cell RNA seq and fluid proteomics data, is required.
  • Proficiency in R, Python, or similar programming languages is required.
  • Proven track record of scientific contributions in this field with first author publications is required.
  • Ability to clearly communicate technical work to a diverse audience is required.
  • Background and experience working in Neurodegeneration is strongly preferred.
  • Familiarity with machine learning and innovative AI methodologies is preferred.

About the company

At Johnson & Johnson, we believe health is everything. Our strength in healthcare innovation empowers us to build a world where complex diseases are prevented, treated, and cured, where treatments are smarter and less invasive, and solutions are personal. Through our expertise in Innovative Medicine and MedTech, we are uniquely positioned to innovate across the full spectrum of healthcare solutions today to deliver the breakthroughs of tomorrow, and profoundly impact health for humanity. Learn more at https://www.jnj.com, Our Neuroscience Data Science & Digital Health team integrates the power of multi-omics, digital health technologies and clinical/real-world evidence (RWE) data to accelerate the delivery of transformational therapies for Neurodegeneration, Neuropsychiatry and Ophthalmology. We drive decision-making and breakthroughs from molecular discovery to clinical trials by partnering along the pipeline to ensure that data science & digital health strategies are embedded in every program.

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