Bioinformatics Specialist

2 days ago


Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States The Wistar Institute of Anatomy & Biology Full time
Bioinformatics Technician Job Description

The Wistar Institute is a world-renowned leader in early-stage discovery science, focusing on cancer, immunology, and infectious disease research.

We are committed to accelerating research advances from bench to bedside through innovative science and collaborative approaches among investigators and partners.

Our dynamic environment supports the advancement of discoveries that will change the future of human health.

The Wistar Institute has an opening for a Bioinformatics Technician to join the Bioinformatics Shared Resource (Core) of our NCI-designated Cancer Center.

The Bioinformatics Core provides Wistar investigators with expertise in computational analyses of biomedical research data, database management, and software applications support.

Key Responsibilities:
  • Analyze and manipulate bioinformatics data using existing algorithms, software packages, statistical applications, or data mining techniques.
  • Extend existing software programs to implement novel data analysis algorithms and maintain awareness of new and emerging computational methods and technologies.
  • Enter or retrieve information from structural databases, protein sequence motif databases, mutation databases, genomic databases, or gene expression databases.
  • Participate in the preparation of reports or scientific publications and create data management or error-checking procedures and user manuals.
  • Execute special projects as assigned and attend project meetings as appropriate.
Requirements:
  • Master's degree in Bioinformatics/Computational Biology/Biomedical Sciences or equivalent combination of education and experience.
  • Prior experience in programming languages (e.g., Python or Perl), experience in R or Matlab statistical environments, and experience in Bioinformatics data analysis of high-throughput data (next-generation sequencing, microarrays, proteomics).

The Wistar Institute is located in the University City area of Philadelphia, in the heart of the University of Pennsylvania Campus.

We provide resources to our faculty and staff that enable them to conduct cutting-edge collaborative research and provide outstanding intellectual environments and state-of-the-art facilities.

Research discoveries conducted at Wistar have led to the development of vaccines, the identification of genes associated with cancers, and the development of many other significant research technologies and tools.

The Wistar Institute is committed to diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) and is especially interested in qualified candidates who can contribute to the diversity and excellence of our academic/research community.

We offer a competitive salary and an excellent benefits package.

For more information about The Wistar Institute, visit our website at https://www.wistar.org/.



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