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United States
Internship
Remote
$28/hr - $32/hr
Intern
Veracyte is a global diagnostics company that empowers clinicians with high-value insights for cancer diagnosis and treatment. They are seeking a Bioinformatics Intern to collaborate with laboratory and data scientists in developing tools for extracting insights from complex NGS assays, providing an opportunity to gain hands-on experience in a research and development environment.
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- Develop and apply sequence analysis methods to extract meaningful signal from raw NGS data.
- Analyze and interpret high-dimensional datasets related to large-scale NGS cohorts.
- Contribute to, and implement, novel data analysis pipelines supporting research initiatives.
- Apply statistical and machine learning methods to explore biological and clinical datasets.
- Explore the utility of novel bioinformatics capabilities to improve NGS diagnostics assays.
- Visualize results to create clear summaries for technical and non-technical audiences.
- Collaborate cross-functionally with researchers, data scientists, and computational biologists.
Qualification
Required
- Current Master's student or PhD candidate in a scientific or quantitative field (e.g., Bioinformatics, Computer Science, Cancer Biology, Genetics, etc.)
- Strong background in sequence- or read-level analysis, including experience working with raw NGS data (e.g., alignment, quality control, contamination assessment)
- Comfortable working in and provisioning cloud-based compute resources without heavy engineering support, preferably AWS (or GCP, Azure)
- Capable of independently deploying open-source tools using Docker, Singularity, or Conda environments
- Proficient in common bioinformatics languages (e.g., Python, R, Bash, etc.)
- Comfortable using interactive environments, such as Jupyter or RMarkdown, to explore data and clearly communicate findings to collaborators
- Excellent communication skills and ability to collaborate effectively in a remote team environment
- Self-motivated, detail-oriented, and proactive in solving problems across the computational stack
Preferred
Benefits
Veracyte is a global diagnostics company that empowers clinicians with the high-value insights they need to guide and assure patients at pivotal moments in the race to diagnose and treat cancer.
Founded in 2006
South San Francisco, California, USA
501-1000 employees
http://www.veracyte.com
