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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
- Scientific Database Curator
- 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
- 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 Analyst
- Bioinformatician
- Assistant Scientist
Tasks for “Bioinformatics Associate”
- Develop data models and databases.
- Prepare summary statistics of information regarding human genomes.
- Keep abreast of new biochemistries, instrumentation, or software by reading scientific literature and attending professional conferences.
- Compile data for use in activities such as gene expression profiling, genome annotation, and structural bioinformatics.
- Direct the work of technicians and information technology staff applying bioinformatics tools or applications in areas such as proteomics, transcriptomics, metabolomics, and clinical bioinformatics.
- Confer with departments such as marketing, business development, and operations to coordinate product development or improvement.
- Recommend new systems and processes to improve operations.
- Analyze large molecular datasets such as raw microarray data, genomic sequence data, and proteomics data for clinical or basic research purposes.
- Develop new software applications or customize existing applications to meet specific scientific project needs.
- Instruct others in the selection and use of bioinformatics tools.
- 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.
- Create novel computational approaches and analytical tools as required by research goals.
- 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.
- Communicate research results through conference presentations, scientific publications, or project reports.
- Create or modify web-based bioinformatics tools.
- Consult with researchers to analyze problems, recommend technology-based solutions, or determine computational strategies.
- Improve user interfaces to bioinformatics software and databases.
- Manipulate publicly accessible, commercial, or proprietary genomic, proteomic, or post-genomic databases.
Related Technology & Tools
- Personal computers
- Desktop computers
- Computer laser printers
- Computer data input scanners
- Laptop computers
- Life Technologies Vector NTI
- Genome Analysis Toolkit GATK
- Python
- Tibco S-PLUS
- BioPerl
- Roche 454 Life Sciences GS Data Analysis
- ENSEMBL
- BLAT
- UNIX
- Celera Assembler
- Biomatters Geneious
- BWA
- DNA sequencing software
- Illumina Laboratory Information Management System LIMS
- Oracle Java
- R
- NCBI RefSeq
- PHP: Hypertext Preprocessor
- Bowtie
- Relational database management software
- Web browser software
- Velvet
- Practical extraction and reporting language Perl
- Structured query language SQL
- Primer3
- Ruby
- Accelrys Pipeline Pilot
- TIBCO Spotfire S+
- Apache Hadoop
- PostgreSQL
- TopHat
- Linux
- SAS
- JavaScript
- ClustalW
- Extensible markup language XML
- Hypertext markup language HTML
- C
- Genedata Expressionist
- GenePattern
- Microsoft Visual C#
- dbSNP
- Bioconductor
- Microsoft Excel
- GenBank
- C++
- Public genomic databases
- The MathWorks MATLAB
- RNA sequencing software
- Cufflinks
- Life Technologies SOLiD
- MySQL