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BACKGROUND

St. Jude Children's Research Hospital, located in Memphis, Tennessee, is a premier center for research and treatment of potentially fatal childhood diseases, including cancer and certain blood, genetic, and immunodeficiency disorders. The hospital's mission is to advance cures, and means of prevention, for pediatric catastrophic diseases through research and treatment. St. Jude is dedicated to providing unsurpassed patient care and to advancing the health of children through biomedical research.

Currently, St. Jude Children's Research Hospital has an opening for a Bioinformatics Associate Research Scientist (Job Number 17081).

RESPONSIBILITIES

The Bioinformatics Associate Research Scientist in the Pathology Department provides expert bioinformatics support for pediatric oncogenomics research. Collaborates with Oncology investigators to enhance understanding of cancer biology through in-depth computational analysis of genomic datasets obtained from primary cancer samples and experimental models. Applies known methods and/or develops novel computational and statistical methods to help analyze genomic data and associated information, including gene expression, SNP chip, array-CGH, epigenetic, microRNA and high-throughput sequencing data. Assists in building necessary software infrastructure and tools to facilitate analysis. Assists in preparing and submitting manuscripts for publication and participates in independent bioinformatics research.

REQUIREMENTS

Ph.D. in Bioinformatics, Computational Biology, Biochemistry, Molecular Biology or related field including research related to bioinformatics (such as analysis of sequence data, microarrays, SNPs, image data, proteomics data or biological pathways; development of algorithms, statistical methods or scientific software) is required or
Ph.D with no bioinformatics research and 2 years of pre-or postdoctoral experience in Computational Biology or Bioinformatics research is required
Experience with programming languages such as Perl, C, or Java is required

HOW TO APPLY

St. Jude offers a positive working culture, professional advancement, & competitive compensation. Qualified applicants may apply for this position or others via our online process at http://www.stjude.org/jobs

http://www.stjude.org
An Equal Opportunity Employer

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