Senior Scientist - Oligo Bioinformatics

<p> </p><p><span style="font-size:12.0px"><span style="font-family:Verdana, Geneva, sans-serif">Work Location: Billerica, Massachusetts<br>Shift: No<br>Department: HC-RD-XO4 Oligonucleotide Chemical Conjugation<br>Recruiter: Beverly Dellisola</span></span></p><p><br><span style="font-size:12.0px"><span style="font-family:Verdana, Geneva, sans-serif"><strong>This information is for internals only. Please do not share outside of the organization.</strong></span></span></p><p> </p><br><p><span style="font-family: verdana, geneva, sans-serif;"><strong>Your Role:</strong></span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana, geneva, sans-serif;">EMD Serono in Billerica, MA is seeking a Senior Scientist – Oligo Bioinformatics to add to their Oligonucleotide Therapeutics Group (DDTech).</span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana, geneva, sans-serif;">Responsibilities:</span></p><ul type="disc"><li style="font-family: verdana, geneva, sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: verdana, geneva, sans-serif;">Utilize Bioinformatics platforms to design, evaluate and optimize siRNA sequences for targeted gene silencing</span></li><li style="font-family: verdana, geneva, sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: verdana, geneva, sans-serif;">Analyze gene expression data to identify suitable targets for siRNA/ASO development</span></li><li style="font-family: verdana, geneva, sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: verdana, geneva, sans-serif;">Work closely with chemists and biologists to integrate bioinformatics approaches into experimental workflow</span></li><li style="font-family: verdana, geneva, sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: verdana, geneva, sans-serif;">Perform transcriptome wide off-target prediction and annotation</span></li><li style="font-family: verdana, geneva, sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: verdana, geneva, sans-serif;">Develop pipelines that determine mapping coordinates and homology of oligonucleotides to genomes and transcriptomes</span></li></ul><p> </p><p><span style="font-family: verdana, geneva, sans-serif;"><strong>Who You Are:</strong> </span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana, geneva, sans-serif;"><strong>Minimum Qualifications:</strong></span></p><ul type="disc"><li style="font-family: verdana, geneva, sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: verdana, geneva, sans-serif;">PhD in Chemistry, Chemical Engineering or other Science or Engineering discipline with 3+ years of direct experience Oligonucleotide field</span></li></ul><p> </p><p><span style="font-family: verdana, geneva, sans-serif;"><strong>Preferred Qualifications:</strong></span></p><ul type="disc"><li style="font-family: verdana, geneva, sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: verdana, geneva, sans-serif;">Strong scientific curiosity and innovation mindset</span></li><li style="font-family: verdana, geneva, sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: verdana, geneva, sans-serif;">Proficient in Bioinformatics tools and software (e.g.

BLAST, RNA fold, siRNA design tools)</span></li><li style="font-family: verdana, geneva, sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: verdana, geneva, sans-serif;">Ability to analyze large genomic and transcriptomic datasets including RNA seq, Single cell RNA seq, splice isoforms and variant database</span></li><li style="font-family: verdana, geneva, sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: verdana, geneva, sans-serif;">Highly collaborative with strong problem-solving ability</span><span style="font-family: verdana, geneva, sans-serif;"> </span></li></ul><p> </p><p><span style="font-family: verdana, geneva, sans-serif;">Pay Range for this position: $112,800 - $169,200</span></p><br><p style="text-align:justify"> </p><p style="text-align:justify"><span style="font-size:12.0px"><span style="font-family:Verdana, Geneva, sans-serif">The Company is an Equal Employment Opportunity employer. No employee or applicant for employment will be discriminated against on the basis of race, color, religion, age, sex, sexual orientation, national origin, ancestry, disability, military or veteran status, genetic information, gender identity, transgender status, marital status, or any other classification protected by applicable federal, state, or local law.

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