Overview

The Bioinformatician Fellow will work under the supervision of the Bioinformatician and support multiple labs. This role will help leverage genomics, proteomics, and metabolomics (omics) data to conduct translational, clinical, and basic research.

TheCDIwas established byHackensack 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, stem cell biology, drug discovery, diagnostics and biomarker development, and pharmacology.

Responsibilities

A day in the life of a Bioinformatician Fellow at Hackensack Meridian Health includes:

• Implements reproducible workflows for the 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.
• 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.
• Operates software tools and databases as part of a bioinformatics data processing and analysis system.
• Implements 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 to apply these methods to the data analyzed.
• Helps develop projects 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.

Qualifications

Education, Knowledge, Skills and Abilities Required:

• M.S. plus two years of relevant job experience or Ph.D. in bioinformatics or related discipline.
• Extensive expertise in the required job functions.
• Strong organizational skills with attention to detail.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills.
• Proficient computer skills that include but are not limited to Microsoft Office and/or Google Suite platforms.

Education, Knowledge, Skills and Abilities Preferred:

• Knowledge of machine learning.

If you feel that the above description speaks directly to your strengths and capabilities, then please apply today!

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