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Job Description
Conduct research using bioinformatics theory and methods in areas such as pharmaceuticals, medical technology, biotechnology, computational biology, proteomics, computer information science, biology and medical informatics. May design databases and develop algorithms for processing and analyzing genomic information, or other biological information.
Job Details
- The SOC (Standard Occupational Classification) code is 19-1029.01
☝️ Information based on the reference occupation “Bioinformatics Scientists”.
Also Known As…
- Bioinformatics Scientists
- Senior Scientist
- Senior Research Associate
- Scientific Informatics Project Leader
- Research Scientist
- Director, Informatics
- Director of Translation and Experimental Medicine Bioinformatics
- Director of Bioinformatics and Trait Discovery
- Bioinformatics Scientist
- Bioinformaticist
- Systems Analyst
- Senior Bioinformatics Specialist
- Senior Bioinformatics Scientist
- Scientist
- Scientific Informatics Leader
- Scientific Database Curator
- Research Professor of Biostatistics
- Research Associate
- Research Assistant
- Principal Bioinformatics Specialist
- Postdoctoral Scholar
- Postdoc
- Post Doctoral Researcher
- Molecular Modeler
- Microarray Specialist
- Microarray Analyst
- Drug Discovery Informatics Specialist
- Director of Informatics
- Data Analyst
- Computational Biologist
- Bioinformatics Team Member
- Bioinformatics Support Specialist
- Bioinformatics Specialist
- Bioinformatics Engineer
- Bioinformatics Developer
- Bioinformatics Computer Scientist
- Bioinformatics Associate
- Bioinformatics Analyst
- Bioinformatician
- Assistant Scientist
Tasks for “Scientific Database Curator”
- Create or modify web-based bioinformatics tools.
- Compile data for use in activities such as gene expression profiling, genome annotation, and structural bioinformatics.
- Develop data models and databases.
- Direct the work of technicians and information technology staff applying bioinformatics tools or applications in areas such as proteomics, transcriptomics, metabolomics, and clinical bioinformatics.
- Recommend new systems and processes to improve operations.
- Prepare summary statistics of information regarding human genomes.
- Develop new software applications or customize existing applications to meet specific scientific project needs.
- Manipulate publicly accessible, commercial, or proprietary genomic, proteomic, or post-genomic databases.
- Improve user interfaces to bioinformatics software and databases.
- Create novel computational approaches and analytical tools as required by research goals.
- Instruct others in the selection and use of bioinformatics tools.
- Keep abreast of new biochemistries, instrumentation, or software by reading scientific literature and attending professional conferences.
- Analyze large molecular datasets such as raw microarray data, genomic sequence data, and proteomics data for clinical or basic research purposes.
- Confer with departments such as marketing, business development, and operations to coordinate product development or improvement.
- Test new and updated bioinformatics tools and software.
- Provide statistical and computational tools for biologically based activities such as genetic analysis, measurement of gene expression, and gene function determination.
- Communicate research results through conference presentations, scientific publications, or project reports.
- Collaborate with software developers in the development and modification of commercial bioinformatics software.
- Design and apply bioinformatics algorithms including unsupervised and supervised machine learning, dynamic programming, or graphic algorithms.
- Consult with researchers to analyze problems, recommend technology-based solutions, or determine computational strategies.
Related Technology & Tools
- Personal computers
- Laptop computers
- Desktop computers
- Computer laser printers
- Computer data input scanners
- GenBank
- Accelrys Pipeline Pilot
- Illumina Laboratory Information Management System LIMS
- Microsoft Visual C#
- RNA sequencing software
- Velvet
- Practical extraction and reporting language Perl
- Tibco S-PLUS
- Apache Hadoop
- The MathWorks MATLAB
- PostgreSQL
- DNA sequencing software
- BLAT
- Ruby
- Primer3
- ClustalW
- Celera Assembler
- TopHat
- Microsoft Excel
- GenePattern
- MySQL
- PHP: Hypertext Preprocessor
- Extensible markup language XML
- Bioconductor
- BWA
- JavaScript
- Life Technologies Vector NTI
- Python
- UNIX
- Public genomic databases
- Life Technologies SOLiD
- Oracle Java
- C++
- Hypertext markup language HTML
- dbSNP
- ENSEMBL
- TIBCO Spotfire S+
- Genedata Expressionist
- BioPerl
- Web browser software
- Relational database management software
- C
- Genome Analysis Toolkit GATK
- Cufflinks
- Roche 454 Life Sciences GS Data Analysis
- NCBI RefSeq
- Bowtie
- R
- Structured query language SQL
- SAS
- Biomatters Geneious
- Linux