Bioinformatics Analyst II Genetics Focused
Bioinformatics Analyst II Genetics Focused
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Job Description
Job description:
We are seeking a motivated Bioinformatics Scientist to join our crossfunction team and support target identification and evaluation efforts. The successful candidate will work in synergy with crossfunctional and interorganizational teams of research scientists to apply refine and expand established workflows for effective multiomic data curation and analysis. This role will have a heavy emphasis on the curation and analysis of genetics data.
Requirements:
- Masters degree with 2 years experience or PhD in quantitative sciences (Bioinformatics Computer Science Computational Genetics Mathematics Statistics or a related field).
- Experience with genomewide association studies particularly fine mapping and QTL colocalization from GWAS summary data is a plus.
- Familiarity with methods to prioritize genes per GWAS locus given multiple lines of evidence is a plus.
- Familiarity with rare disease genetics resources and biomedical ontologies is also a plus.
- Demonstrated experience in the analysis and integration of NGS data.
- Familiarity with the construction and of bioinformatics workflows.
- Strong proficiency in R and/or Python programming for bioinformatics workflows.
- Knowledge and proficiency in basic statistical concepts.
- Proficiency in operating in a Unix/Linux and HighPerformance Computing (HPC) environment.
- Experience with code reproducibility e.g. managing github repositories.
- Prior research experience in studying immunological diseases areas is a plus.
- Experience with Nextflow is a plus.
Skills:
- Experience with genomewide association studies particularly fine mapping and colocalization from GWAS summary data is a plus. Familiarity with rare disease genetics resources and biomedical ontologies is also a plus.
- Ability to critically evaluate experimental design QC and suggest improvements.
- Strong proficiency in R and/or Python programming for bioinformatics workflows
- Experience working in HPC and cloud environment.
- Experience with code reproducibility e.g. managing github repositories.
Employment Type
Full Time
