Research Assistant​/Research Associate, Division of Research & Innovation

Wayne State University is searching for an experienced Research Assistant / Research Associate, Division of Research &Innovation at its Detroit campus location.

Wayne State is a premier, public, urban research university locatedin the heart of Detroit, Michigan where students from all backgrounds are offered a rich, high-quality education. Ourdeep-rooted commitment to excellence, collaboration, integrity,diversity and inclusion creates exceptional educational opportunities which prepare students for success in a global society.

To provide informatics support users of the Wayne State Universitycores.

• Bioinformatics support for Genome Sciences Core (GSC) services including alignment, count tabulation, differential analyses oftranscriptomics and methylation, variant detection, metagenomics,and single-cell RNA (Ribonucleic Acid) sequencing (scRNA-seq –Single Cell Ribonucleic Acid sequencing) analysis.
• Targeted bioinformatics analysis on funded research projects.
• Communicate project progress and results with Genome Sciences Core(GSC} users.
• Investigate and implement updated pipelines to address research questions.
• Perform other related duties as assigned.

Bachelor’s degree

Bachelor’s degree in bioinformatics, biostatistics, biology,chemistry, or a related field is appropriate for Research Assistant.

Intermediate (3 – 4 years of job-related experience).

• Candidate must have proficiency in a scripting language(Perl/Python) as well as robust knowledge of R and Unixcommands.
• Demonstrated statistics skills and an ability to integrate complex data to answer informatics research questions.
• Familiarity with protein analysis is desirable.

H09 - Research

H0905 - VP Research

• Regular Employee
• Job type:
  Full Time
• Job category:
  Research

• Compensation type:
  Annual Salary
• Annual Salary:
  To Be Determined

Normal office environment.

• Number of openings: 1
• Reposted position:
  No

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Wayne State University provides equal employment opportunities to all employees and applicants for employment without regard to race,color, sex, national origin, religion, age, sexual orientation,familial status, marital status, height, weight, disability,veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by applicable law. The university welcomes applications from persons with disabilities and veterans. Wayne State is an equal opportunity employer.