CEDARS-SINAI
Research Bioinformatician I -Heart Institute (Cheng Lab)
CEDARS-SINAI, Los Angeles, California, United States, 90079
Job DescriptionWhen the work you do every single day has a crucial impact on the lives of others, every effort, every detail, and every second matters. This shared culture of happiness, passion, and dedication pulses through Cedars-Sinai, and it's just one of the many reasons we rank as one of the top hospitals in the nation by U.S. News & World Report. From working with a team of committed healthcare professionals to using state-of-the-art facilities, you'll have everything necessary to do something incredible-for yourself and for others.
The Research Bioinformatician I performs general bioinformatics analysis and software support for projects involving 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.
Primary Duties and Responsibilities
Provides general bioinformatics analysis support for omic projects and is 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 a 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 literature in bioinformatics and computational biology.
QualificationsEducation:Bachelor's Degree in an area related to bioinformatics, biostatistics, computational biology, or computer science, is required. MPH/MS/Ph.D. is preferred.
Work Experience:Three years in a research environment.
Preferred skills:Background and work knowledge in algorithms, scientific computing, and machine learning or statistics.Familiar with C/C++, Java, Perl, Python, and the Unix (Linux) environment.Experience in manipulating, analyzing, and annotating very large genomic (e.g. NGS) data sets, both in exploratory and pipelined fashions, will be a plus.
Req ID
: 4032Working Title
: Research Bioinformatician I - Heart Institute (Cheng Lab)Department
: Heart InstituteBusiness Entity
: Cedars-Sinai Medical CenterJob Category
: Academic / ResearchJob Specialty
: BioinformaticsOvertime Status
: EXEMPTPrimary Shift
: DayShift Duration
: 8 hourBase Pay
: $71,219 - $108,596#J-18808-Ljbffr
The Research Bioinformatician I performs general bioinformatics analysis and software support for projects involving 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.
Primary Duties and Responsibilities
Provides general bioinformatics analysis support for omic projects and is 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 a 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 literature in bioinformatics and computational biology.
QualificationsEducation:Bachelor's Degree in an area related to bioinformatics, biostatistics, computational biology, or computer science, is required. MPH/MS/Ph.D. is preferred.
Work Experience:Three years in a research environment.
Preferred skills:Background and work knowledge in algorithms, scientific computing, and machine learning or statistics.Familiar with C/C++, Java, Perl, Python, and the Unix (Linux) environment.Experience in manipulating, analyzing, and annotating very large genomic (e.g. NGS) data sets, both in exploratory and pipelined fashions, will be a plus.
Req ID
: 4032Working Title
: Research Bioinformatician I - Heart Institute (Cheng Lab)Department
: Heart InstituteBusiness Entity
: Cedars-Sinai Medical CenterJob Category
: Academic / ResearchJob Specialty
: BioinformaticsOvertime Status
: EXEMPTPrimary Shift
: DayShift Duration
: 8 hourBase Pay
: $71,219 - $108,596#J-18808-Ljbffr