Bioinformatician A/B

About the role

The Human Pancreas Analysis Program (https://hpap.pmacs.upenn.edu/) and Faryabi Lab (https://faryabilab.com) seek multiple motivated bioinformaticians. Successful candidates will join an enthusiastic and goal-oriented team to advance our understanding of aberrant gene expression regulation. The projects are supported by National Cancer Institute, Human Pancreatic Analysis Program (HPAP), and Susan G Komen and use the latest genomic and imaging technologies to generate multiple data modalities probing various aspects of cancer epigenomes.

Responsibilities

• Contributing to development and testing of solutions for data integration, including data from single cell, and epigenomic assays.
• Contributing to maintenance of genomic and imaging data analysis pipelines, including data from chromatin conformation, 3D spatial Oligopiant imaging, and super-resolution microscopy.
• Collaborating with experimental scientists to explore and interpret various genomic and epigenomic data types.
• Participation in lab and departmental meetings and discussions.
• Other duties as assigned.

Qualifications

• Bioinformatician A: Bachelor’s Degree in computational or life sciences with at least 3 years of relevant experience or an equivalent combination of education and experience is required.
• Bioinformatician B: Master’s Degree in computational or life sciences with at least 3 years of relevant experience or an equivalent combination of education and experience is required.
• Proficiency in Python, and R programing is required.
• Active interest in bioinformatics, genomics, data visualization, or machine learning applications is required.
• Basic system administration basic knowledge is required.
• Experience with data visualization and/or server-side programming such as PHP, Bash, node.js, D3.js are preferred.
• Experience working with large genomic sequence data is preferred.
• Ability to write clear, concise, and efficient code with documentation.

Pay

$57,500.00 - $101,200.50 Annual Rate

Schedule

Contingent upon funding