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As a Research and Development Scientist in the Diagnostics and Genomics Group, you will contribute to the development of cutting-edge target enrichment solutions for Next Generation Sequencing. You will work with a cross-functional team to create new products and applications for cancer research and diagnostics. In this key role you will use your extensive molecular biology expertise to plan and execute NGS target enrichment and analysis workflows. You will be expected to contribute to projects requiring coordination with other functions, including R and D, marketing and manufacturing. You will be expected to address a broad range of scientific problems of varying scope and complexity. Laboratory expertise should include Next Generation Sequencing, RNA and/or DNA sequencing and hands-on molecular biology. The ability to work with large datasets and perform basic bioinformatic analysis is a plus.