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Bioinformatics Specialist

2 months ago


Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States The Wistar Institute Full time
About the Role

The Wistar Institute is a world-renowned leader in early-stage discovery science, with a strong focus on cancer, immunology, and infectious disease research. We are committed to accelerating research advances from bench to bedside through brilliant science and distinctive approaches to collaboration among scientific investigators and academic and industry partners.

We are seeking a highly skilled Bioinformatics Technician to join our 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 as well as 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, create data management or error-checking procedures, and user manuals.
  • Execute special projects as assigned and attend project meetings as appropriate.
Requirements

We are looking for a candidate with a Master's degree in Bioinformatics/Computational Biology/Biomedical Sciences or an 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) is required.

About the Institute

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.

Our research discoveries 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.

Our Commitment to Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion

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

Benefits

We offer a competitive salary and an excellent benefits package.