What are the responsibilities and job description for the Bioinformatics Scientist position at Association of Biomolecular Resource Facilities?
We're hiring Bioinformatics Scientists with strong backgrounds in integrative bioinformatics and database development and management to improve disease prediction and prevention. The candidate who fills this position will also work with ICR's Integrative Omics Team on projects using multi-omics datasets to diagnose rare and hard-to-diagnose diseases and discover actionable targets for drug development.
In this position at ICR, you'll get to:
- Design, build, test and refine multiple large biomarker databases in collaboration with multiple ICR teams, particularly multi-omics datasets
- Work with biological data analysts to access and improve large databases of health and disease biomarkers for use in predictive analytics and predictive modeling
- Conduct complex bioinformatics analyses on large genomic, transcriptomic and epigenetic data from biofluids and cell lines as well as large protein, cfDNA, miRNA and epigenetic datasets
- Design and build streamlined pipelines and algorithms for database querying and multiple other applications to support complex dataset analyses
Please apply if you have:
- An advanced degree in Bioinformatics or Computer Sciences with a focus on database design and management
- A demonstrated record of accomplishment and expertise in bioinformatics
- Extensive database architecture experience (e.g. SQL, MySQL, etc)
- Expert-level Python skills
- Extensive programming experience and intimate knowledge of programming languages for statistical analysis
- Experience mining, analyzing and exploring genomic, epigenetic, transcriptomic (RNAseq), proteomic, metabolomic, and other -omic datasets
- Backgrounds in advanced/applied mathematics, biostatistics, information theory and machine learning
Ideally, you'll also have:
- A solid understanding of and appreciation for Bayesian statistics and methods
- Personal interest in using statistics to evaluate disease models and aging biology
And you'll need:
- Ability to work in the United States without sponsorship
- A can-do attitude and a friendly, easygoing personality
Position title and compensation are commensurate with experience.
The compensation ranges listed below are starting ranges.
Starting base salary range: $155,000/yr - $230,000/yr
Starting bonus range: $10,000/yr - $40,000/yr
Salary : $10,000 - $230,000
