Computational Biologist

Computational Biologist – Oregon Health & Science University

Join a multidisciplinary team at the Brenden-Colson Center for Pancreatic Care (BCCPC) to advance research on pancreatic cancer development, progression, and treatment response.

$61,318 /yr – $79,643 /yr

• Develop, adapt, and implement scalable bioinformatics pipelines and theoretical methods to analyze next‑generation genome, transcriptome, and single‑cell sequencing data relevant to pancreatic disease.
• Engage in algorithmic work, data science, statistical learning, and high‑performance computing on institutional clusters to generate reproducible workflows.
• Collaborate with wet‑lab scientists, clinicians, computer scientists, and software engineers on all phases of NIH‑funded, corporate, and collaborative grants.
• Provide documentation, user support, and technical writing for manuscripts, grant proposals, and internal communications.
• Mentor trainees and staff in computational biology techniques and best practices.

• Master's or combined Bachelor's/Master's degree in Computational Biology or related field with 3+ years of relevant experience.
• Proficiency in processing and analyzing next‑generation genome (DNA) and transcriptome (RNA), including single‑cell sequencing data.
• Strong programming skills in R and/or Python.
• Experience with statistical methods for quality inspection, normalization, differential detection, and reproducible pipeline development.
• Excellent written and verbal communication, organizational skills, and ability to prioritize multiple tasks.

• Cancer research experience; signaling network analysis; image processing and analysis pipelines.

Work is generally 40 hours per week. Some evening, weekend, and occasional travel to scientific meetings may be required. Hybrid/remote work is eligible after an initial 4‑month period.

Oregon Health & Science University is an equal opportunity, affirmative action organization. All qualified applicants, including individuals with disabilities and protected veteran status, are encouraged to apply. To request reasonable accommodation contact the AFFECTIONATE ACTION AND EQUAL OPPORTUNITY DEPARTMENT at 503‑494‑5148 or aaeo.