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  • [Photo] Mary Tee • January 24, 2014

    RESPONSIBILITIES

    We are seeking a highly motivated candidate with a background in Bioinformatics, Computer Science, or Statistical Genetics to provide advanced bioinformatics support to a laboratory studying the Genetics and Genomics of complex lung diseases in the Center for Genes, Environment, and Health. The successful applicant will participate in programming, data processing, and statistical analysis of next generation sequencing, microarray, allele-specific expression, and other data generated by projects aimed at understanding the genetic basis of complex lung diseases. The successful applicant will be expected to learn and develop analytical techniques as required by the research project.

    REQUIREMENTS

    • Bachelor of Science degree in Bioinformatics, Computer Science, Statistical Genetics, or a related field is required. Masters of Science degree or PhD in these fields is desired.
    • Proven experience using bioinformatics to analyze high-throughput genetic and genomic data
    • General shell scripting knowledge and experience working in UNIX and LINUX environments, particularly with large text files and genomic information
    • Experience working and programming in Windows and Linux environments
    • Demonstrated knowledge and programming experience in VB, .NET, PERL, R, C++, and/or Java, and willing to pick up new programming languages as necessary.
    • Familiarity and working knowledge with standard bioinformatics tools, packages, algorithms, and databases
    • Familiarity with statistical analysis methods and tools for bioinformatics
    • Excellent written and verbal communication
    • Effective judgment and problem solving with little supervision is imperative for this position
    • Highly motivated and committed to biomedical research
    • Multi-tasking

    PREFERENCES

    • Experience creating and maintaining in-house SQL relational databases, and working with and extracting information from public databases such as NCBI and UCSC genome databases
    • Work with RNA-seq, ChIP-Seq, or FAIRE-Seq data
    • Analysis of allele-specific expression data

    LOCALE

    Denver, CO
    Center for Genes, Environment, and Health

    HOW TO APPLY

    For consideration, please complete an application online in its entirety at http://njhealth.org/careers.

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