Bioinformatics Scientist

Work Location

IC: NIEHS

Street: 111 T W Alexander Dr

Bldg: 101

Room: B350

City
:
Research Triangle Prk

State & Zip
: NC 27709

Weekly Hours

FT: 30-40 hours per week

# Of Hours

40

The position will independently provide bioinformatics and genomics project support to the Molecular Pathology Group within the Comparative and Molecular Pathogenesis Branch, Division of Translational Toxicology, the National Institute on Environmental Health Sciences.

Master's

15

1. Coordinate the progress on multiple bioinformatics projects in various stages of completion while taking principal responsibility on projects as needed
2. Collaborate with and support scientists to design experiments, analyze and interpret high throughput biological data
3. Write relevant sections of manuscripts, prepare publication quality figures
4. Establish reproducible data analysis pipelines and standard operating procedures (SOPs)

• Amazon Web Services (AWS) Certification

• Genetics
• Molecular Biology
• Computer Programming and Data Processing
• Statistics and Decision Science

• SQL
• R
• PERL
• Python
• Linux

• Next gen sequencing data analysis:
  Bulk RNA-Sequencing
• Clinical and/or translational research
• Work with large data sets
• Microarray data analysis
• Whole Genome Sequencing

Provides programming and troubleshooting support to the Federal Government in the dissemination of research data.

• Generate and optimize programs and scripts for the analysis of data; create programs and algorithms and develop computational infrastructure resources for organizing and parsing data from large and complex data.
• Serve as bioinformatics expert and coordinate with teams of biologists to conduct experimental queries and/or perform portions of studies using complex procedures and techniques common to modern bioinformatics.
• Coordinate building bioinformatics infrastructure to ensure easy and meaningful scientific analysis and interpretation of data.
• Provide broad-based programming and analytic support for a wide variety of bioinformatic and research projects.
• Install, troubleshoot and run open-source and commercial scientific software on platforms

Performs computations on research data analysis.

• Perform computational analysis of, and interpret results.
• Provide reports based on analysis of scientific data.
• Perform sequencing and alignment of raw data, and interpret new data using larger public access datasets.
• Provide interpretive analyses of data derived from different experimental platforms to generate biological meaning.
• Write custom programs and algorithms to support data analyses and discovery.

Works with staff on scientific programming and experimental design.

• Collaborate with scientists to design, analyze, manage and interpret all types of data.
  
  - Design and execute computational experiments.
• Work with staff on planning of experiments, and data analysis for internal and collaborative projects; use bioinformatics expertise to advise and help bench scientists on experimental design and trouble-shooting.
• Work with staff to develop specifications for new analysis; design, test and implement solutions.
• Make recommendations to investigators about the correct computational tools for testing scientific hypotheses and reaching valid conclusions.

Records observations and report result at weekly laboratory meetings.

• Maintain proper and detailed documentation of the analysis performed and report results at lab meetings.
• Attend scientific and programming meetings; take and compile comprehensive notes; organize and edit content of meeting reports.
  
  - Prepare scientific reports and progress reports; assemble data to prepare tables, graphs and slides; conduct scientific and program related information searches and report results.
• Organize daily laboratory notebook on experiments; prepare weekly updates on on-going experiments and tasks; provide monthly progress notes on assigned projects; submit final progress reports and future directions on projects.
• Organize laboratory notebook or computer database to…