Data Scientist, Part Time, Term. Molecular Physiology and Biophysics
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Job Location:
Nashville, IN - USA
Monthly Salary:
Not Disclosed
Posted on:
14 hours ago
Vacancies:
1 Vacancy
Job Summary
The Data Scientist (part-time term position) will work in the Wankowicz lab () at Vanderbilt Universitys Center for AI in Protein Dynamics and the Department of Molecular Physiology and Biophysics. This work will involve developing machine learning and bioinformatic algorithms and approaches towards understanding conformational entropy in structures.
The Wankowicz lab () aims to elucidate the role of entropy in substrate specificity and catalysis striving to provide a comprehensive thermodynamic understanding of enzyme function. The lab develops innovative computational algorithms to create conformational ensemble models. This position will be involved in the computational side of the lab focusing on using bioinformatics to understand the role of entropy in protein function
Design analyze and present large structural bioinformatic pipelines
Develop and benchmark algorithms for conformational ensemble modeling
Collaborate with domain scientists to integrate outputs with experimental pipelines and refine hypotheses in an iterative designtestlearn loop
Qualifications
- MS or PhD in Data Science Computer Science Bioinformatics Biophysics Computational Chemistry or related field.
- Experience with machine learning
Strong background in structural biology and/or statistical mechanics
- Proven ability to build and debug large-scale ML systems in Python
- Experience with building large bioinformatic pipelines
- Strong skills in balancing multiple projects
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