Job Description

Job Title: Bioinformatics Scientist 

Work location: Bethesda, MD 20892 - must work onsite 3 days per week

• Perform computational analysis of a range of high-dimensional datasets, including the following:
  • Short-read next-generation sequencing data, including Illumina data  
  • Long-read next-generation sequencing data, including Pacific Biosciences and Oxford Nanopore data 
  • Upstream analysis steps including sequence quality control and determination of initial processed sequencing 
  • Downstream analysis steps including gene expression analysis and differential expression, single-cell analysis, T cell receptor sequence analysis, and virus sequence analysis 
• Develop new next-generation sequence (NGS) data analysis pipelines for existing projects and newly arising projects 
• Prepare NGS analysis results for presentation at lab meetings, scientific conferences, and publication 
• Prepare manuscripts describing novel research findings 
• Provide Mentorship and teaching of bioinformatics for lab trainees and other scientists at Vaccine Research Center 
• Maintain records of NGS experiments analyzed, facilitating re-analysis of previous experiments where necessary 
• Work with laboratory staff on experimental interpretation and design of new experiments 
• Provide statistical support/analysis on research data 

Specific Qualifications: 

• Ph.D. in bioinformatics or other biomedical research discipline is required. 
• 4 years of post-Ph.D. experience working on bioinformatics is required. 
• Track record of 2 or more first-author research publications in reputable peer-reviewed journals 
• Track record of high-impact publications related to HIV and SARS-CoV-2 
• Extensive computational coding experience in Python and R 
• Experience analyzing and publishing data generated using Focused Interrogation of cells using Nucleic acid Detection and sequencing. 

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