Postdoctoral Fellow

Tempus AI • Redwood City, CA

13d • $75,000 - $110,000 • Onsite

About The Position

This Postdoctoral Fellowship is designed to encourage and further the careers of postdoctoral fellows who are conducting cutting-edge clinical and genomic cancer research. Embedded within Tempus as an onsite researcher, the postdoctoral fellow will have direct access to over 300k de-identified samples with genomic and clinical data, a large organoid repository with genomic and pharmacological screening data, a huge computational environment, and mentorship and collaboration from clinicians, molecular biologists, and data scientists.

Requirements

• PhD in Computational Biology, Bioinformatics or related field OR PhD and/or MD with extensive experience in clinical & translational cancer research
• Demonstrated record of innovative scientific accomplishments as evidenced by at least one first-author or co-first author key paper in a top journal
• Demonstrated ability to design and execute studies bridging molecular and clinical cancer data
• Enjoy working in a collaborative environment across departments
• Excellent communication and organizational skills
• Proficient in R, Python or other analytical programming language OR desire to acquire analytical skills and link with clinical/translational domain knowledge

Responsibilities

• Study and advance precision oncology using one of the world’s largest clinicogenomic databases.
• Apply computational methods to real-world patient data, comprising genomic, transcriptomic, histopathological, and/or clinical data, to improve our understanding of target cancers and advance the application of precision medicine to improve patient outcomes.
• Join a dynamic and collaborative computational biology group.
• Develop independent research projects tackling challenging problems in genomic-guided medicine.

Benefits

• incentive compensation
• restricted stock units
• medical and other benefits depending on the position

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Entry Level
• Education Level: Ph.D. or professional degree