[BioC] job opening biostats - France

[Tagett Rebecca]

Hi everyone, I hope you don't mind that I post this job opening.
If you are interested, please send an email to Fabienne Hermitte at
hermitte at ipsogen.com
You can also fax or mail your CV to Mme Hermitte at this address:

Ipsogen
Luminy Biotech Entreprises, Case 923
163 avenue de Luminy
13288 Marseille cedex 9
FRANCE

Tel. : +33 (0)4 91 29 30 90
Fax. : +33 (0)4 91 29 30 99

For more information, see our web site http://www.ipsogen.com/

Thanks!


Presentation of the company:
Founded in 1999 and based in Marseille, Ipsogen is a biotechnology
company developing molecular diagnostic tests in oncology. These tests
allow the molecular typing of cancers in order to personalize treatments
for individual patients.

IPSOGEN's major activities:
-Oncodiagnostics: design, manufacturing, and marketing of medical
devices for in vitro diagnostics, intended for use in health
establishments.
-Oncogenomics: molecular services related to cancer drug development
(including gene expression profiling, genotyping, and mutation
detection) are offered to pharmaceutical industries, public institutes,
and clinics, and are adapted to preclinical and clinical trials.

Job Opening:
Ipsogen has a position available for a Data Analysis Project Manager in
its "Information Systems" department.
Under the responsibility of the Chief Operating Officer, and in
collaboration with the R&D oncodiagnostics and oncogenomics services
you:

-Develop and validate mathematical and statistical algorithms for the
analysis of DNA microarray data
-Develop and validate normalization methods, supervised and
non-supervised techniques for expression data
-Apply biostatistical tests to determine experimental protocols for
model validation
-Perform analyses within the framework of the R&D and Oncogenomics
activities
-Participate in the interpretation of analyses
-Participate in the publication and communication of data analysis
results 
-Supervise a research assistant with expertise in genomics


Required knowledge and technical skills:
-Level Engineer or Doctor in biostatistics
-Strong background in molecular biology
-At least 4 years experience in data analysis as applied to diagnostics
-Mastery of the methods used to analyse expression data generated from
DNA microarrays
-Proficiency in spoken and written English
-Project management skills
-Able to program in R, experience with Unix / Linux
-Mastery of classical biostatistical methods
-Good communication capacity and experience in team supervision

Details:
Project Manager permanent position; located in Marseille; occasional
travel within and outside of France. Salary to be negotiated according
to experience.