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The Health Data Science (HeDS) Platform at McGill University is seeking a Data Scientist to support research activities, data management, and training initiatives. The successful candidate will play a key role in the development of standard operating procedures (SOPs), research consultations, data management frameworks, and collaborative projects in genomics, health data science, and AI. This role also involves training and community-building initiatives, platform operations support, and engagement with McGill’s research community.

The Business Development (BD) Officer will create and maintain strategic relationships with the life science research community to build business and technological innovation opportunities for the Canadian Centre for Computational Genomics (C3G) at McGill University. The candidate will develop a strong understanding of our genomics analysis, software, and cloud computing infrastructure capabilities to promote the corresponding service offer at a provincial, national and international level. The BD Officer will spearhead business relations planning and initiatives, including outreach communications, campaigns, follow-ups, event promotion, and engagement. In collaboration with C3G Managers, the incumbent will oversee the strategic alignment and timely execution of all BD activities.

The Neural Circuit Development Research Unit headed by Dr. Artur Kania is seeking candidates to fill in the position of Bioinformatician. It is a temporary full time position (2 years), that may be extended for a longer period of time.

About OICR

OICR is Ontario’s cancer research institute. We bring together people from across the province and around the world to improve the lives of everyone affected by cancer. We take on the biggest challenges in cancer research and deliver real-world solutions to find cancer earlier and treat it more effectively. We are committed to helping people living with cancer, as well as future generations, live longer and healthier lives.

Launched in December 2005, OICR is an independent institute funded by the Government of Ontario through the Ministry of Colleges and Universities.

Job Details

Position: Platform Manager

Location: MaRS Centre, Toronto

Department: Adaptive Oncology

Reports To: Director of Bioinformatics.ca

Salary: Commensurate with level of experience

Hours: 35 hours/week

Job Type: Hybrid

Status: Full-time, Temporary (1 year, with renewal option)

Position Summary

The Canadian Bioinformatics and Computational Biology (CB2) Platform is a CIHR-funded initiative designed to establish a pan-Canadian network of training and community sites in six provincial regions with the aim to increase bioinformatics, computational biology and data science capacity among researchers.

Currently hosted by the Ontario Institute for Cancer Research (OICR), Bioinformatics.ca will manage the development of a centralized CB2 platform for the coordination of bioinformatics, computational biology and health data science training opportunities. The platform will also coordinate CB2 career supporting activities including a mentorship program, professional skill development, awards as well as community building activities. The CB2 Platform aims to grow CB2 capacity among all health and life science researchers, especially Early Career Researchers and equity-deserving professionals.

We are seeking a dynamic and experienced Platform Manager to provide strategic guidance, operational governance, and administrative execution of the CB2 Platform, to oversee the overall progress, as well as integration of the Platform’s Inclusivity, Diversity, Equity, and Accessibility (IDEA) framework. The individual will also lead implementation and administration of the Platform’s virtual mentorship program.

Reporting to the Director of Bioinformatics.ca, who serves as both the scientific lead for the CB2 Platform and Chair of the Executive Management Committee, the Platform Manager will operate as part of the Executive Management Committee and will liaise closely with the Platform Advisory Committee (PAC), IDEA Committee, Partnerships Committee, Education Advisory Committee (EAC) and Community Outreach Committee (COC). This role is critical for harmonizing the activities across the committees to realize the CB2 Platform.

This position is temporary, full-time for one-year with renewal option.

BRAINCODE, the bioinformatics team at the Neuro – McGill University, Dr. Kevin Petrecca’s Lab, is recruiting Bioinformatics Research Assistant, Associate. We are applying state-of-the-art technologies, including our single cell spatial transcriptomics platform, to our highly valuable and unique human brain datasets, enabling us to uncover fundamental biological mechanisms that govern brain cancer initiation, development and evolution, as well as the biology of human brain. We offer a competitive salary, in line with McGill’s salary range, and based on your skills and experience.

Under the direction and supervision of BRAINCODE lead (Javad Nadaf, PhD), you will perform advanced bioinformatics analyses to interpret biological Omics data such as variant calling, annotations, single-nucleus ATAC-seq, single cell transcriptomic, spatial transcriptomics, and other Omics data on brain datasets. The job is a Hybrid of dry lab and wet lab. Most of the responsibilities are bioinformatics with some wet lab work related to upstream and potentially downstream of the data analysis.