Senior Precision Oncology Target Discovery Scientist

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recursionSalt Lake City (UT)

Bioinformatics Scientists Research and Development in Biotechnology (except Nanobiotechnology)

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About the role

Recursion is seeking a Computational Biologist on the early discovery team in a hybrid office setting in Salt Lake City or New York. You will integrate large datasets to nominate novel targets, validate disease biology, and shape precision oncology strategies for drug discovery programs. The role emphasizes collaboration with biologists, chemists, data scientists, platform engineers, and translational experts to develop and scale methods for target discovery and validation, with strong

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