Biohub is leading the new era of AI-powered biology to cure or prevent disease through its 501c3 medical research organization, with the support of the Chan Zuckerberg Initiative, by understanding underlying mechanisms of disease and developing new technologies that will lead to actionable diagnostics and effective therapies.
Requirements
- PhD in Computational Biology, AI / Machine learning, Applied Statistics or a MS plus relevant job experience.
- Background in relevant areas of biomedical science, demonstrating a deep understanding of cellular biology, transcription and protein signal transduction.
- 2-4 years of post-doctoral and/or industry experience demonstrating the ability to implement, evaluate, and create new computational methodologies that leverage machine learning, statistics, and AI for biological research and discovery.
- Experience in building and evaluating machine learning and/or neural network models on biological data, with a deep understanding of feature selection, regularization, model introspection, and interpretability.
- Proficiency in using and modifying probabilistic learning or deep learning models such as RNNs, GNNs, protein sequence models, or natural language processing models.
Responsibilities
- Contribute to a dynamic, innovative, and collaborative program that aligns with the mission of Biohub.
- Develop and evaluate cutting-edge computational / AI methodologies using data generated from across all research groups and incorporating relevant available datasets for to develop predictive models.
- Collaborate within an interdisciplinary research environment to develop, test, and validate models.
- Communicate progress and results with colleagues inside and outside of your team.
- Publish and disseminate impactful findings through preprints (medRxiv, bioRxiv) and/or software repositories (e.g., GitHub).
- Work with the CZ Biohub team to patent and license technologies resulting from your research.
Other
- Outstanding interpersonal and communication skills.
- Demonstrated commitment to open science and alignment with the mission and values of CZ Biohub.
- Provides a generous employer match on employee 401(k) contributions to support planning for the future.
- Paid time off to volunteer at an organization of your choice.
- Funding for select family-forming benefits.
