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