Bioinformatician - Center for Discovery and Innovation- CDI

Hackensack Meridian Health•Nutley, NJ

2d•Onsite

About The Position

The Bioinformatician will work under the supervision of the Principal Investigators and support multiple labs. This role will help leverage genomics, proteomics and metabolomics (omics) data to conduct translational, clinical, and basic research. The Center for Discovery and Innovation- CDI was established by Hackensack Meridian Health (HMH) as an academic basic and translational research enterprise to rapidly translate science innovation to the clinic and to improve outcomes for patients with cancer, infectious diseases, autoimmune disease and other acute and chronic diseases. The CDI has grown rapidly since its origins in 2019, and now has 32 labs, 190 scientists and allied personnel supported by 60 NIH grants and more than 30 other grants and contracts. Areas of expertise include genomics, epigenetics, drug resistance, immunology and immunotherapy, stem cell biology, drug discovery, diagnostics and biomarker development, and pharmacology.

Requirements

Ph.D. in bioinformatics or related discipline.
Extensive expertise in the required job functions.
Three years of post-graduate experience.
One publication in a peer-reviewed journal.
Strong organization skills with attention to detail.
Strong written and verbal communication skills.

Nice To Haves

Knowledge of machine learning is a plus.

Responsibilities

Develops reproducible workflows for analysis of next-generation sequencing data (including bulk and single cell RNA-Seq, ChIP-Seq, and Exome-Seq) as well as other large-scale (omics) biological datasets.
Helps visualize complex data.
Provides leadership, coaching and mentoring to subordinate group including but not limited to Postdocs and Research Associates.
Provides guidance and training of Postdocs, Research Associates as well as other lab team members in bioinformatics.
Supports the development of the manuscripts resulting from the bioinformatic analysis.
Implements and maintains the bioinformatics infrastructure needed to execute analytical workflows and manage large omics data sets.
Designs, develops, and operates software tools and databases as part of a bioinformatics data processing and analysis system.
Develops new bioinformatic and computational methods for large scale biological/clinical data analysis as required by specific projects
Learns and evaluates new developments in the field of computational biology and bioinformatics and learns new algorithms, software, and methods in order to apply these methods to data analyzed.
Develops projects and works independently on a variety of data analysis projects.
Performs rigorous and reproducible data analyses.
Understands the biological and clinical concepts driving the research to facilitate productive discussions of data analysis.
Other duties and/or projects as assigned.
Adheres to HMH Organizational competencies and standards of behavior.