Research Bioinformatician I - Guerin Children's - Klein Lab - Full-Time

Cedars-Sinai • Los Angeles, CA

19h • $72,654 - $123,510 • Onsite

About The Position

The Research Bioinformatician I (RBI) performs general bioinformatics analysis and software support for projects involving in omics. The RBI manages omic data including loading and querying data from database system(s) and public repositories, and transforms and merges multilevel omic data into user-friendly formats. The RBI assists in development, testing, and maintenance of modular software pipelines, provides daily bioinformatics data analysis, preliminary interpretation of the data, and reports of the results for possible publications.

Requirements

• General bioinformatics analysis
• Software support for omics projects
• Management of omic data (loading, querying, transforming, merging)
• Development, testing, and maintenance of modular software pipelines
• Daily bioinformatics data analysis
• Preliminary interpretation of data
• Reporting of results
• Next generation sequence alignment
• Polymorphism identification
• Expression analysis
• Visualization tools and browsers
• Genome sequencing, assembly, annotation, metagenomic analysis, and genotyping
• High-throughput sequencing platforms (454, Illumina, Pacific Biosciences)
• Reviewing pertinent literature in bioinformatics and computational biology

Responsibilities

• Provides general bioinformatics analysis support for omic projects and mainly responsible for data analysis and software compilations including next generation sequence alignment, polymorphism identification, expression analysis, and visualization tools and browsers.
• Summarizes data analyses results in the form suitable as the basis for the first draft of written reports, and makes preliminary interpretations of the data.
• Assists in development, testing, and maintenance of modular software pipelines for genome sequencing, assembly, annotation, metagenomic analysis, and genotyping using high-throughput sequencing platforms including 454, Illumina, and Pacific Biosciences.
• Manages data including loading and querying data from database systems, downloading omic data from public repositories, and transforming data to the necessary formats.
• Helps to identify, evaluate, and incorporate relevant algorithms and software pipelines by reviewing pertinent literatures in bioinformatics and computational biology.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Entry Level
• Education Level: No Education Listed