Rapid access to large amounts of scientific data and an understanding of its implications are essential for successful drug discovery.

Genentech's Bioinformatics department includes scientists and programmers who have an in-depth understanding of biology and that use advanced computational methods for data mining and software engineering. Thanks to the company's powerful computing infrastructure, the Bioinformatics group is able to swiftly store and process large amounts of sequence, gene expression and other data from public, proprietary and internal sources. These data are utilized throughout the drug discovery process.

Scientists throughout Genentech are also able to access the company's research databases and bioinformatics tools directly. This sharing of resources and information has resulted in a number of productive multi-disciplinary efforts.

Recruitment Bioinformatics recruits outstanding individuals with dual backgrounds in biology and software engineering. Those who wish to do cutting-edge science, make a difference and realize the accompanying reward should come to Genentech.