Bioinformatician, Part-time - Genetics & Genomic Sciences

Mount Sinai Health System • New York, NY

9h

About The Position

The Bioinformatician partners with researchers and biologists on genomic analyses involving structural variation, epigenetics, and gene expression in an integrated environment combining experimental and bioinformatic approaches to human disease. The role leads a variety of projects and supports research by providing bioinformatics services for biomedical data generated by cutting-edge genomic technologies.

Requirements

• Master’s degree in Bioinformatics, Biomedical Informatics, Computational Biology, or Genomics; alternatively, a master’s degree in a discipline requiring strong computational and analytical skills, supplemented with some biology exposure.
• Four years of experience in a research environment, including two years manipulating large biological datasets.
• Advanced knowledge of genetics and/or statistical analysis software and online resources.
• Experience in programming environments such as Matlab, R statistical package, BioConductor, Perl, and C++.

Nice To Haves

• PhD in a related field.
• Applicants with a bachelor’s degree and additional post-graduate experience will be considered.

Responsibilities

• Develop and potentially lead a variety of bioinformatics analysis projects, including development of Varimpact, an impact database of generic variants.
• Write custom scripts to analyze genomic data derived from high-throughput techniques.
• Manage databases and conduct statistical and genomic analyses.
• Participate in preparing manuscripts and presentations.
• Collaborate with wet-bench biologists and independently analyze data from projects using microarrays and high-throughput sequencing.
• Analyze microarray and high-throughput sequencing data and genome sequences, and conduct experimental design and statistical analysis.
• Perform quality control and analysis.
• Perform other related duties as assigned.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Part-time