RESPONSIBILITIES

• Following established procedures or specific scientific protocols, add value to genome sequencing projects through assembly, annotation, curation, and quality assurance (including, specifically, sequence data quality assurance and quality control, whole-genome and metagenomic sequence assembly, transcriptome and epigenomic data analysis, evaluation and implementation of new genomic data analysis pipelines).
• Perform preliminary analysis of genomic data and format for use by other analysts or scientists.
• Integrate and analyze data from genome sequencing projects, functional genomics analysis, and other school of medicine research projects.
• This includes the development and maintenance of large-scale biological databases.
• Organize genomic data with other relevant data types into databases, displays, or graphic presentations for publication and web presentation.
• Participate in community outreach and training.

• Bachelor’s degree (Master’s preferred) in Life Sciences, including fields, i.e., Biology, Molecular Biology, Genetics, Biochemistry, or Bioinformatics, and 3 to 5 years genomic research experience
• 3 to 5 years experience with Windows and UNIX-based operating systems, and, knowledge of relational database management systems, e.g., Sybase, MySQL, PostgreSQL, or Oracle

PREFERENCES

• Experience managing and manipulating large genomic data sets
• Experience/proficiency with scripting languages, including Perl and Unix shell scripting
• Experience with bioinformatics applications such as BLAST, sequence assemblers, genome browsers
• Familiarity with databases such as NCBI, GO, KEGG
• Familiarity with high-throughput DNA sequencing and microarray platforms

SALARY & COMPENSATION

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