Biocurator

Welcome to the era of Velsera! Seven Bridges, Pierian & UgenTec have combined to become Velsera.

Velsera is the precision engine company. We empower researchers, scientists, and clinicians to drive precision R&D, expand access to, and more effectively leverage analytics at the point of care.

We unify technology-enabled solutions and scientific expertise to enable a continuous flow of knowledge across the global healthcare ecosystem. This interweaves diverse biomedical communities, allowing them to build upon each other’s success and accelerate medical breakthroughs that positively impact human health.

With our headquarters in Boston, MA, we are growing and expanding our team which located in 14 different countries!

Biocurator

Location: Pune, India

What is the Job?

A Biocurator at Velsera will be part of our Medical team that develops the world’s most clinically robust genomic knowledgebase. Biocurators are skilled scientists with strong molecular biology and cancer biology backgrounds who will extract, interpret and synthesize data from a variety of sources into logical rules that form the core of our clinical genomic knowledgebase. Their imprint on the knowledgebase will power medical insights for doctors and patients at clinical molecular laboratories around the world.

What will you do?

Execute tasks with ownership and responsibility.

Evaluate peer-reviewed experimental research for annotation.

Collect and integrate data from scientific literature published by clinical and human genome research groups.

Documenting the effects of genomic variants and the association with disease, using controlled vocabularies, ontologies and established guidelines.

Maintain specifications and monitor day-to-day operations of the literature searching and triage pipelines and various error-checking processes.

What do you bring to the table?

Fresh PhD's or MSc with 3-4 years' experience.

Genetic and molecular understanding of human disease.

Good understanding of genomic databases and their annotations (For example GenBank, RefSeq, dbSNP, etc.).

Basic understanding of cancer biology and signaling pathways is a plus.

An understanding of bioinformatics analysis to identify variants within genomic data sets is desirable.

Proficiency in communicating and understanding of genetic variant details.

An enthusiastic "can-do" mentality with leadership skills, a dedicated team-worker, having good verbal and written communication skills.

Previous experience as an experimental scientist is a big plus.

Our Core Values

People first. We create collaborative and supportive environments by operating with respect and flexibility to promote mental, emotional and physical health. We practice empathy by treating others the way they want to be treated and assuming positive intent. We are proud of our inclusive diverse team and humble ourselves to learn about and build our connection with each other.

Patient focused. We act with swift determination without sacrificing our expectations of quality. We are driven by providing exceptional solutions for our customers to positively impact patient lives. Considering what is at stake, we challenge ourselves to develop the best solution, not just the easy one.

Integrity. We hold ourselves accountable and strive for transparent communication to build trust amongst ourselves and our customers. We take ownership of our results as we know what we do matters and collectively we will change the healthcare industry. We are thoughtful and intentional with every customer interaction understanding the overall impact on human health.

Curious. We ask questions and actively listen in order to learn and continuously improve. We embrace change and the opportunities it presents to make each other better. We strive to be on the cutting edge of science and technology innovation by encouraging creativity.

Impactful. We take our social responsibility with the seriousness it deserves and hold ourselves to a high standard. We improve our sustainability by encouraging discussion and taking action as it relates to our natural, social and economic resource footprint. We are devoted to our humanitarian mission and look for new ways to make the world a better place.

Velsera is an Equal Opportunity Employer:

Velsera is proud to be an equal opportunity employer committed to providing employment opportunity regardless of sex, race, creed, colour, gender, religion, marital status, domestic partner status, age, national origin or ancestry.

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