Overview
The client requires a Bioinformatician to address rapidly changing program needs across new and ongoing research projects within the Division of Applied Regulatory Science (DARS).
Essential Duties:
- Participate in continuous quality improvement of bioinformatic and statistical processes and will work collaboratively with other lab staffs to implement changes and training.
- Analysis and interpretation of high-throughput genomic, transcriptomic and/or proteomic data.
- Work with the laboratory lead to design, develop and validate robust workflows, as well as custom scripts, to support the analysis of high-throughput data.
- Work with the laboratory lead to develop network/systems biology approaches, including analysis of regulatory networks, integrative analysis to combine evidence from multiple data modalities.
- Work with laboratory lead to interpret omics data and communicate results.
- Mining proprietary and publicly available biological data to generate novel hypotheses or insights.
- Present analysis results, in a clear and concise manner, to scientific audiences.
- Prepare scientific manuscripts and presentations.
Preferred expertise includes some or all the following:
- Knowledge and experience in PCR- and array-based technology, and NGS.
- Genomic, methylomic, transcriptomic, and/or proteomic analyses.
- Omics data processing and analysis of next generation sequencing (NGS) datasets
- Statistical modeling
- Multi-omics data integration
- Development and implementation of complex workflows in an HPC environment.
Requirements
- PhD in Molecular Biology, bioinformatics, biostatistics, or related field.
- Strong technical, scientific, and analytical knowledge of molecular biology methods including RT-PCR/PCR and/or DNA/RNA sequencing.
- More than 5 years technical experience in research laboratories/environment.
- Ability to evaluate data from experiments, troubleshoot, optimize, and validate experiments without supervision.
- Experience with one or more high-throughput analysis pipelines for genomics, transcriptomics and/or proteomics etc.
- Proficiency in Unix (Linux) system, scripting (one, preferably two, of the following programming languages: Perl, Python, R, Java, and C/C++).
- Ability to research and implement best practices for data analysis for complex experiments.
- Must have attention to detail, strong organizational skills, troubleshooting abilities and strong written and oral communication skills.
- Ability to work independently and as part of a team, self-motivation, adaptability, and a positive attitude.
- Authorization to work in the United States without restriction.
Pay: $120,000.00 - $130,000.00 per year
Benefits:
- Dental insurance
- Health insurance
- Paid time off
- Vision insurance
Work Location: Hybrid remote in Silver Spring, MD 20901
