Research Associate II; TEMP

Research Associate II Temp

Dr. Jie Liu with the Gilbert S. Omenn Department of Computational Medicine and Bioinformatics is seeking a Research Associate II Temp to preprocess and curate immune- and protein-related human datasets (including transcriptomic and proteomic, single-cell and/or bulk level measurements) into AI-ready inputs for foundation model training, in direct support of NIH project milestones. Responsibilities include quality control, harmonization, and documentation of multimodal datasets in coordination with the modeling team.

A Bachelor's degree or higher in biology, bioinformatics, or a related field, with demonstrated hands-on experience processing human RNA and protein sequencing data.

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