oicr
Early Career or Mid-Career Principal Investigator
MaRS Centre, Toronto, Ontario · Principal · Full-time
Sponsorship not specified$144k-$181kDetected 20 days ago
Node.jsMachine LearningData AnalysisComputer VisionLLMsRoboticsBioinformaticsRadiologyResearchLeadershipCommunicationMentoringBiostatistics
About the role
- The Ontario Institute for Cancer Research (OICR) is looking to fill an existing vacancy for an Early Career or Mid-Career Principal Investigator (PI) in Computational Biology to undertake world-class cancer research.
- We welcome applications from individuals at all career stages, including those wishing to establish their first research lab.
- We seek to strengthen and expand our existing expertise in cancer genomics, statistical genetics, next-generation sequence analysis, biological knowledge bases and pathway/network analysis.
Responsibilities
- We take on the biggest challenges in cancer research and deliver real-world solutions to find cancer earlier and treat it more effectively.
- The PI will be expected to mentor trainees, to build collaborations both within and outside the OICR community, and to work with FACIT, OICR's commercialization partner, to translate research findings into real-world products and services.
- An institutional cluster comprising ~9,000 CPU threads, and 18 GPU servers with a total of 36 NVIDIA CUDA cards as well as a large OpenStack virtualization environment, is available to support analysis by members of the Program.
- The Computational Biology Program develops and applies data analysis approaches to advance OICR's strategic priority on early cancer detection and interception.
Requirements
- A PhD or MD with a proven track record in computational biology, bioinformatics, or biostatistics
- You will be required to enter contact details, and to attach your resume to your application.
Skills
- Excellent communication and presentation skills
Compensation
- Early Career $144,000 to $181,000 per annum
- Mid-Career $177,000 to $221,000 per annum
- Commensurate with experience; total compensation includes a competitive benefits plan, plus a defined benefit pension plan (HOOPP)
- In addition to base funds provided by the Institute to support the PI's salary and core personnel, the PI is expected to raise additional research funds from external competitive granting agencies.
Company info
- We are committed to helping people living with cancer, as well as future generations, live longer and healthier lives.
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