Computational BiologyMachine Learning Co-Op

Company

Each day the lives of more than 2 billion people across the globe are impacted by chronic diseases. Moreover the economic burden on society from treating chronic diseases is spinning out of control. Today this dire situation appears unlikely to change as >95% of global healthcare costs are spent on treating rather than preventing chronic diseases. Etiome is a privately held early-stage company that is applying advanced biological and computational platforms to discover breakthroughs in detection of and intervention against the etiologies that drive progression from health to disease. We aim to disrupt the current approach of treating chronic disease after symptoms onset and provide true health care rather than sick care to individuals that are at risk of progressing to disease.

Flagship Pioneering is a biotechnology company that invents and builds platform companies each with the potential for multiple products that transform human health or sustainability. Since its launch in 2000 Flagship has originated and fostered more than 100 scientific ventures resulting in more than $90 billion in aggregate value. Many of the companies Flagship has founded have addressed humanitys most urgent challenges: vaccinating billions of people against COVID-19 curing intractable diseases improving human health preempting illness and feeding the world by improving the resiliency and sustainability of agriculture. Flagship has been recognized twice on FORTUNEs Change the World list an annual ranking of companies that have made a positive social and environmental impact through activities that are part of their core business strategies and has been twice named to Fast Companys annual list of the Worlds Most Innovative Companies. Learn more about Flagship .

Our Team:

The computational biology team at Etiome is a small group of scientists with diverse expertise spanning machine learning image analysis biology causal inference and software development. The teams main focus is on the development and application of the Temporal Biodynamics platform which leverages the heterogeneity of scRNA-seq data and patient clinical information to build temporal models of collaboration with the biology team we leverage these modelsto identify novel stage-specific targets and biomarkers in applicable patient populations. We also close the loop on experimental validation by ingesting processing and helping interpret the data from in-house experiments that test our hypotheses.

Position Summary:

We are seeking a computational biology/machine-learning co-op who will work on building and improving Etiomes proprietary machine learning platform for modeling chronic diseases. The ideal candidate will have a strong background in machine learning statistics programming using python (especially in its application to transcriptomic analysis) a strong understanding of high-level concepts in biology and excellent communication skills.

Responsibilities:

• Build and improve Etiomes machine learning platform using transcriptomic data
• Build computational tools to aid in biological data analysis
• Optimize and refine analysis based on biological interpretation of results
• Document and record version-controlled analysis using git
• Present results to the computational biology team
• Work with the computational biology team to maintain and improve internal software

Requirements:

• Python programming experience
• Understanding of basic concepts in machine learning and statistics
• Strong understanding of general concepts in cellular biology as they apply to drug discovery
• Experience reading and interpreting results from scientific literature

Preferred:

• Exposure to single cell transcriptomic analysis software and concepts
• Understanding and experience in deep learning methods eg. autoencoders
• Experience working with version control/git
• Experience working with large-scale code repositories

The salary range for this role is $25 - $35. Compensation for the role will depend on a number of factors including a candidates qualifications skills competencies and experience. Etiome Inc. currently offers healthcare coverage annual incentive program retirement benefits and a broad range of other benefits. Compensation and benefits information is based on Etiome Inc.s good faith estimate as of the date of publication and may be modified in the future.

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