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