Question: Bioinformatics Analyst
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Weidong Zhang • 10 wrote:
Hello -
There is a Bioinformatics analyst position open at The Jackson
Laboratory. If interested, please go to http://www.jax.org/careers
/current-jobs.html to apply.
Job Description
There is a position available in the Computational Sciences Statistics
and Analysis (CS-SA) Group to provide bioinformatics analysis and
statistical consulting support to our research staff and JAX Mice and
Services. This position will have a significant focus on providing
analytical support for high-throughput-sequence (HTPS) data analysis
and will interact directly with research faculty and staff at The
Jackson Laboratory. The successful candidate will need to develop a
broad understanding of faculty research goals and will consult with
faculty on the use of the bioinformatics service. Responsibilities
include a majority of the following:
* Analysis and interpretation of HTPS data;
* Developing and managing HTPS data analysis pipelines;
* Involvement in all phases of analysis from data processing and
quality control through final analytical results;
* Develop analytical expertise in DNASeq, RNASeq and ChIPSeq as it
pertains to HTPS data analysis;
* Statistical consulting;
* QTL Analysis;
* Gene Expression Analysis;
* Work closely with the other Computational Sciences groups,
especially the Computational Sciences scientific computing group to
develop synergistic interactions that promote best use and
collaboration within the entire Computational Sciences group direct
involvement in writing data analysis scripts in widely used
bioinformatics and statistics programming languages such as Perl,
Python, R, MATLAB, or SAS.
Required Experience
The successful candidate should have a strong background in
bioinformatics tools and resources, molecular biology, genomics and
genetics, and data analysis techniques advanced knowledge of
biostatistics is a plus. Minimum requirements are a PhD in a
biomedical and/or biostatistics discipline or a MS degree and
significant relevant experience. The successful candidate will be
detailed oriented, highly organized, have excellent written and verbal
communications skills and be able to orally present complex materials
to scientific audiences. The successful candidate will also need to
have a high level of interest in continuous learning of new science
and tools for discovery. Flexibility to travel a few times each year
is required.
Job Location
Bar Harbor, ME, US.