Cytokinetics · 8 hours ago
Postdoctoral Fellow
San Francisco Bay Area
Full-time
Onsite
New Grad, Entry Level
$85K/yr - $100K/yrCytokinetics is a specialty cardiovascular biopharmaceutical company focused on advancing new medicines for patients with cardiac muscle dysfunction. They are seeking a highly motivated Postdoctoral Fellow to explore muscle biology and contribute to impactful research in drug discovery.
BiopharmaBiotechnologyHealth Care
Responsibilities
The fellow will spearhead a computational biology project to harmonize multi-modal clinical and imaging data across the UK Biobank and All of Us population biobanks related to human skeletal muscle function. Machine learning and deep learning approaches will be employed to categorize skeletal muscle phenotypes that can then be correlated to genetic variation, validated with clinical disease diagnosis and severity scores. The fellow will work collaboratively with their research mentor with the goal of generating a high impact publication on creation of this new tool
The fellow will play an integral role in championing new bioinformatic tools and workflows that enable discovery of novel therapeutic targets for drug discovery and will conduct research both independently and in a collaborative team-based setting
As a key team member, the candidate will provide regular project updates and progress in small and large group settings and provide scientific and technical expertise to advance discovery programs
Qualification
Required
PhD in computational biology, computer science, bioinformatics, human genetics, or related field
Demonstrated expertise in multidimensional data analysis
Previous experience analyzing multimodal data from population biobanks such as UK Biobank, All of Us, FinnGen or Genomics England is highly desired
Proven experience applying AI/ML techniques to biological problems (whether through academic research or personal side projects) is highly valued
Well-articulated career goals in research (biotech or academia)
Track record for research excellence, independent critical thinking, and the ability to design, execute, and interpret experiments as demonstrated by high quality publications, presentations, fellowship, and grants
Enthusiasm for working in a team-based, multi-disciplinary environment, paired with excellent verbal and written communication skills
Clear commitment to a rigorous 1-2 year research and enrichment program that includes stipend for travel to a scientific conference and external training/coursework beyond the career training received from mentors and colleagues
Company
Cytokinetics
Cytokinetics is a biopharmaceutical company developing therapies for debilitating diseases.
Founded in 1998
501-1000 employees
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Funding
Current Stage
Public CompanyTotal Funding
$2.41BKey Investors
Royalty PharmaDeerfieldVulcan
2025-09-16Post Ipo Debt· $650M
2024-05-22Post Ipo Equity· $550M
2024-05-22Post Ipo Debt· $50M
Leadership Team
Robert Blum
President & CEO
Sung Lee
EVP & CFO
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