I was told about an organization called Reproducibility Initiative. They tell me they are trying to make what was described in our “50 shades of gray” post standard across all of science, particularly areas like cancer research. I don’t know anything else about them, but that sounds like a good start!

Here’s the ad:

Data Scientist: Science Exchange, Palo Alto, CA

Science Exchange is an innovative start-up with a mission to improve the efficiency and quality of scientific research. This Data Science position is critical to our mission.

Our ideal candidate has the ability to collect and normalize data from multiple sources. This information will be used to drive marketing and product decisions, as well as fuel many of the features of Science Exchange.

Desired Skills & Experience

Experience with text mining, entity extraction and natural language processing is essential
Experience scripting with either Python or R
Experience running complex statistical analyses on large data sets
Ability to communicate effectively
Excited about the potential to experiment with new data products
Familiarity with semantic web and ontology technologies (particularly Web Ontology Language (OWL)) a big plus
Knowledge and/or experience working with scientific data outlets (such as publications and grants) preferred
Minimum of 2 years experience
Please apply at: https://www.scienceexchange.com/jobs/data-scientist