Instructor, Research Faculty Appointment, Bioinformatics and Computational Biology

UT MD Anderson Cancer Center•Houston, TX

4d•Onsite

About The Position

This position is for a Research Faculty Appointment in Bioinformatics and Computational Biology. The role involves conducting research, participating in educational activities, and fulfilling administrative and extramural/administrative functions. The research is conducted in association with Prof. Han Liang and often in collaboration with other professionals within and outside the institution. The position also involves supervising trainees and staff, and potentially maintaining the security and integrity of critical infrastructure.

Requirements

Conducts research in experimental protocol development/optimization, experimental design, and/or biointerpretation in relation to genomic, proteomic, pharmacological and cell line/animal studies.
Uses existing literature, computers, oral and written consultation, laboratory experiments, and own knowledge for methodological research, while consulting and collaborating with mathematicians, biostatisticians, bioinformaticians, clinicians, basic scientists, programmers, and data management staff.
Develops and applies experimental methods, cell line and animal models both for basic scientific purposes and to further the discovery of drugs and biomarkers for personalization of cancer management.
Participates in collaborative research ventures with biostatisticians, bioinformaticians, clinical scientists, and preclinical scientists.
Supervises statistical analysts and programmers.
Consulting for outside organizations and institutions.
Acting as an editor reviewer and/or as a grant and manuscript reviewer.
Lecturing for external courses, attending and/or presenting in off-site conferences.
Serving on review committees, professional committees and/or participating in site visits.
Time spent developing budgets, participation in employee reviews, serving on institutional committees, and supervising/mentoring non-research staff such as analyst, programmers and administrative staff.
Educational activities can include any one or all of the following listed examples: administration of instructional programs, earning certificates, attending lectures, teaching in courses, presenting in educational conferences.
Presentations, programs and seminar participation are all important parts of the educational functions.
Trainee mentoring and supervising is regularly required.
May be responsible for maintaining the security and integrity of critical infrastructure, as defined in Section 113.001(2) of the Texas Business and Commerce Code and therefore may require routine reviews and screening.
The ability to satisfy and maintain all requirements necessary to ensure the continued security and integrity of such infrastructure is a condition of hire and continued employment.

Nice To Haves

May develop and/or refine new experimental protocols for collecting and assessing genomic, gene expression, proteomic, metabolomic, and/or pharmacological data.
May develop new cell line and animal models for validating biological hypotheses and to further the discovery of new drugs and biomarkers for personalization of cancer management.

Responsibilities

Conducts research in experimental protocol development/optimization, experimental design, and/or biointerpretation in relation to genomic, proteomic, pharmacological and cell line/animal studies.
Uses existing literature, computers, oral and written consultation, laboratory experiments, and own knowledge for methodological research, while consulting and collaborating with mathematicians, biostatisticians, bioinformaticians, clinicians, basic scientists, programmers, and data management staff.
May develop and/or refine new experimental protocols for collecting and assessing genomic, gene expression, proteomic, metabolomic, and/or pharmacological data.
May develop new cell line and animal models for validating biological hypotheses and to further the discovery of new drugs and biomarkers for personalization of cancer management.
Develops and applies experimental methods, cell line and animal models both for basic scientific purposes and to further the discovery of drugs and biomarkers for personalization of cancer management.
Participates in collaborative research ventures with biostatisticians, bioinformaticians, clinical scientists, and preclinical scientists.
Supervises statistical analysts and programmers.
Consults for outside organizations and institutions.
Acts as an editor reviewer and/or as a grant and manuscript reviewer.
Lectures for external courses, attends and/or presents in off-site conferences.
Serves on review committees, professional committees and/or participates in site visits.
Develops budgets.
Participates in employee reviews.
Serves on institutional committees.
Supervises/mentors non-research staff such as analysts, programmers and administrative staff.
Administration of instructional programs.
Earning certificates.
Attending lectures.
Teaching in courses.
Presenting in educational conferences.
Trainee mentoring and supervising is regularly required.