BACKGROUND

The USDA-Agricultural Research Service in Pendleton, Oregon, invites applications for a permanent, technical support position in Bioinformatics (Computational Biologist). The support bioinformaticist will work as part of an interdisciplinary team to understand how microbes, plants and pathogens respond to environmental changes and how management strategies can be leveraged for beneficial outcomes. The Pendleton ARS is in an exciting transition and period of growth with three new scientific programs and major lab and facility renovations. Research at the location focuses on precision agriculture, soil and water conservation, sustainable agriculture, global climate change, and crop diversification in the Columbia Plateau and related land resource areas with water-limited dryland agriculture.

RESPONSIBILITIES

This position will support the operational requirements of research programs. This includes conducting molecular and bioinformatic analyses, statistics, visualization, and assisting with data interpretation to solve complex biological research problems using computational approaches and molecular analyses.

LOCALE

Pendleton, Oregon

HOW TO APPLY

Please visit https://USAjobs.gov for more details (announcement ARS-S21Y-11068889-KAS, https://www.usajobs.gov/GetJob/ViewDetails/597310000).

DEADLINE

April 16th, 2021