Campus Associate Computational Biologist - Data Science - (Cambridge, MA)

Job details The comprehensive analysis of cancer genomes is nearly complete, but leveraging this wealth of info to improve patient outcomes remains an elusive goal. Now, a critical task in cancer research is to predict those genes and proteins that are essential to the survival of a variety of tumor subtypes. Identifying these essential genes would pave the way for developing therapeutics against specific molecular targets, and would highlight specific patient populations likely to respond to such targeted interventions. We are launching a new initiative to find vulnerabilities of cancers dependent on a well-credentialed therapeutic target for which no effective therapy exists, and to discover small molecules that may target these vulnerabilities. As part of this effort, we are looking for a highly motivated and talented individual with a computational background to join the Cancer Data Science team.