Job Description

Biocurator Location: Pune, India
A Biocurator at Pierian will be part of our Annotation team that develops the world’s most clinically robust genomic knowledgebase. Biocurators are skilled scientists with strong molecular biology and cancer biology backgrounds who will extract, interpret and synthesize data from a variety of sources into logical rules that form the core of our clinical genomic knowledgebase. Their imprint on the knowledgebase will power medical insights for doctors and patients at clinical molecular laboratories around the world.
About Pierian Every year millions of people bet their lives on precision medicine. Pierian is on a mission to make sure that bet pays off. At Pierian we empower progressive health institutions and diagnostic laboratories to build world-class precision medicine programs. Our industry-leading molecular genomics technologies and expertise deliver the most integrated, trusted, and collaborative approach across the clinical care spectrum. From genomic sequencing and biomedical informatics in the laboratory to reporting and decision support at the patient’s bedside, we drive the adoption of genomics in clinical care and accelerate the fight against cancer and other diseases. For more information, visit www.pieriandx.com or @PierianDx on Twitter.
Qualification Fresh PhD's or MSc with 3-4 years experience
Required Experience and Skills

• Genetic and molecular understanding of human disease
  
• Good understanding of genomic databases and their annotations (For example GenBank, RefSeq, dbSNP, etc)
• Basic understanding of cancer biology and signaling pathways is a plus
• An understanding of bioinformatics analysis to identify variants within genomic data sets is desirable
• Proficiency in communicating and understanding of genetic variant details
• An enthusiastic "can-do" mentality with leadership skills, a dedicated team-worker, having good verbal and written communication skills
• Previous experience as an experimental scientist is a big plus

• Execute tasks with ownership and responsibility
  
• Evaluate peer-reviewed experimental research for annotation
• Collect and integrate data from scientific literature published by clinical and human genome research groups
• Documenting the effects of genomic variants and the association with disease, using controlled vocabularies, ontologies and established guidelines
• Maintain specifications and monitor day-to-day operations of the literature searching and triage pipelines and various error-checking processes

• Outstanding career development and learning opportunities
• Competitive compensation depending on experience and skill
• Friendly team and enjoyable working environment
• Flexible working schedule
• Corporate and Social Events