Bioinformatics Analyst, Cancer Research Unit
4 months ago
**Bioinformatics Analyst, Cancer Research Unit**:
**Nature of Work**: Reporting to the Cancer Cluster Lead, the Bioinformatics Analyst will support large scale sequencing and data analysis projects, as directed.
**Typical Duties or Accountabilities:**:Responsibilities of the Bioinformatics Analyst include, but are not limited to:
- Processing of researcher generated sequencing data (e.g., genomics, transcriptomics etc.) including data quality assessment, generating results using custom and established pipelines and workflows, and assisting with analysis and data interpretation
- Analyzing large public databases particularly those containing both ‘omics (genomics, gene expression, mutations etc.) and clinical data (e.g. survival outcomes). Some examples include: cBioportal, TCGA, META500, CPTAC, GTEx, TARGET, gnomAD, GENIE, SEER
- Researching, implementing, and validating bioinformatic tools for specific project analyses
- Troubleshooting software and scripts
- Streamline and maintain NGS data analysis pipelines and manage storage of the datasets and results
- Organizing results into clear presentations, figures, or summaries.
**Education**: A minimum of bachelor’s in bioinformatics, computational biology, genomics or a related field with 2 years of experience. Preference would be given to Master’s or PhD degree holders with relevant experience
**Experience**: Previous experience performing processing and analyzing genomic and transcriptomic data is required
**Skills**:
- ** **Experience in analyzing and obtaining insights from high throughput sequencing data including RNA-seq, WGS and WES
- Experience with Chip-Seq, ATAC-Seq, scRNA-Seq would be an asset
- Experience integrating data from major public sources (e.g., cBioportal, TCGA, META500, CPTAC, GTEx, TARGET, gnomAD, GENIE, SEER) to inform subsequent analyses is required
- Experienced in using software tools and resources (e.g., STAR, Bowtie2, GATK pipeline, DESEQ2, EdgeR, Ingenuity Pathway Analysis (IPA), Bioconductor, Conda)
- Strong programming skills using multiple languages, including Python, Bash and R
- Proficient in utilizing and programming within a High-Performance Computing (HPC) environment
- Excellent communication skills. Ability to communicate results effectively to the researchers
- Highly experienced in working independently and as part of a team and will also have a demonstrated track record of strong technical, analytical, organizational, time-management and communication skills.
**Department**: Cancer Research Unit
**Status**: Term 2 years with the possibility of extension or becoming permanent
**Employment Group**: Research Positions - Non-union
**Full Time Equivalent (FTE)**: 1.0
**Salary**: The salary range, based on 1.0 FTE, is $27.18 - 36.77 per hour. The starting salary will be commensurate with education and experience.
**Salary Family (if applicable)**:
**Salary Phase/Band**:Salary Band 6
**Posted Date**: 9/18/2024
**Closing Date**: 10/16/2024 at 6:00 pm CST
**Number of Openings**:1
**Work Location**:On Campus
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