Posted in General Business 30+ days ago.
Type: Full-Time
Bioinformatic Associate Scientist II - Statistical Genetics
Overview
Alnylam is the world's leading RNA interference (RNAi) company.
Founded in 2002, Alnylam was built upon a bold vision of turning scientific possibility into reality by harnessing the power of RNAi for human health as an innovative new class of medicines. We are a growing biopharmaceutical company with two approved medicines and a robust pipeline of investigational medicines focused in four strategic therapeutic areas: genetic medicines, cardio-metabolic diseases, infectious diseases, and central nervous system (CNS) and ocular diseases, including several in late-stage development.
Headquartered in Cambridge, Mass., Alnylam employs over 1,400 people in 19 countries and is rapidly growing globally, with additional offices in Norton, Mass., Maidenhead, U.K., Zug, Switzerland, Amsterdam, Netherlands, and Tokyo, Japan. Alnylam is proud to have been recognized as one of The Boston Globe's Top Places to Work five years in a row (2015-2019), a Great Place to Work in the U.K. and Switzerland in 2020 and Science Magazine's #1 Top Employer in 2019. Please visit www.alnylam.com for more information.
Overview
Alnylam was founded in 2002 on a revolutionary vision and bold mission which remain firmly in place today. We are leading the translation of RNA interference (RNAi) into a new class of innovative medicines with the potential to transform the lives of people with rare genetic, cardio-metabolic, hepatic infectious, and central nervous system diseases with unmet need. Our first medicine, the first-ever RNAi therapeutic, has recently been approved by the FDA in the US for the treatment of the polyneuropathy of hereditary transthyretin-mediated amyloidosis in adults and by the European Medicines Agency in the EU for the treatment of hATTR amyloidosis in adults with stage 1 or stage 2 polyneuropathy. In addition, Alnylam has four investigational medicines in late-stage development. www.alnylam.com. Alnylam is proud to have been recognized as one of The Boston Globe's Top Places to Work in 2015-2019!
The research department at Alnylam is seeking a highly motivated candidate with an interest in bioinformatics, computational biology or a related discipline to join our statistical genetics team and contribute to our efforts to apply genetics to multiple aspects of drug discovery and development. Alnylam entered into a collaboration which allows us to access whole exome sequencing and phenotypic data from a large population cohort (UK Biobank). In addition, we are conducting stand-alone genome-wide association studies to gain insights into diseases and gene targets of interest. This is an exciting opportunity to transform insights from human genetics into new opportunities to help patients that have limited treatment options today. The successful candidate will be part of a team conducting in-depth analyses of human genetic data to 1) fuel our efforts to identify novel drug targets in important disease areas and 2) gain biological insights into targets and drugs we are already pursuing that will enhance the development path of our medicines and enable us to reach more patients.
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