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  • [Photo] Serdar Bozdag • November 12, 2022

    BACKGROUND

    The University of North Texas (UNT) is seeking a bioinformatics scientist to be housed in the Division of Research and Innovation. The successful candidate will provide bioinformatics services to faculty from multiple departments and engage with other core research facilities. The successful candidate will consult with Principal Investigators to meet their complex needs and provide advanced informatics analyses. The successful candidate will also interact within a larger, university-supported computing and core facility teams to meet researchers' needs. The successful candidate brings together elements of computational/ bioinformatics expertise to promote exchange of data, integrate pipelines, and to analyze and integrate multiple data types including but not limited to transcriptomics, metabolomics and proteomics.

    The University of North Texas is a Carnegie Tier One research institution, and is a student-focused research university with an emphasis on sustainability. UNT is the nation's 25th largest public university, and is committed to serve its 47,000 students while powering the North Texas region through innovative education and research. UNT has a highly diverse campus with a wide range of languages spoken in addition to English. We welcome candidates who have experience with HSI/MSIs and/or who speak Spanish, Vietnamese, American Sign Language, Chinese (Cantonese, Mandarin and other variations), Arabic, Tagalog, Farsi, French, or/and Yoruba.

    RESPONSIBILITIES

    • Promotes and enables state-of-the-art informatics analyses.
    • Works closely with the other core facilities managers and the VPRI to address bioinformatics needs.
    • Implements the addition of new services and tools to the core based on PI need.
    • Assists PIs to analyze and interpret multiple data types, generating insights and testable hypotheses, and respective reports for research projects, grants and manuscripts.
    • Provides guidance in data analysis, data integration and data visualization.
    • Assists in data mining and computational analysis of large public databases for PI projects.
    • Oversees maintenance of informative web sites and other investigator outreach materials.

    REQUIREMENTS

    Ph.D. degree in bioinformatics, computational biology, computer science or related field is required, or an equivalent combination of education, training and/or experience from which comparable knowledge, skills and abilities have been attained.

    PREFERENCES

    Experience in a highly collaborative environment such as a core facility and/or a record of published collaborative research with multiple groups and data types is highly desirable.

    LOCATION

    Denton, Texas

    COMPENSATION

    Salary to commensurate with experience.

    HOW TO APPLY

    Apply online: https://jobs.untsystem.edu/postings/65725

    POLICY

    The University of North Texas System and its component institutions are committed to equal opportunity and comply with all applicable federal and state laws regarding nondiscrimination and affirmative action. The University of North Texas System and its component institutions do not discriminate on the basis of race, color, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, gender expression, religion, national origin, age, disability, genetic information, or veteran status in its application and admission processes, educational programs and activities, and employment practices.

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