Biomedical Informatics Assistant – Pathology / Immunology – 36849

Job ID: 36849
Job date: 2017-05-27
End Date:

Company : Washington University in St. Louis 

Country :

Role : Technician 


[Click Here to Access the Original Job Post]

Job Description:
Assists in developing and conducting research projects, including experiment design, data analysis and documentation of experiment results.

PRIMARY DUTIES & RESPONSIBILITIES:

1. Analyzes data from high-throughput, massively parallel genomic and/or clinical data sets using existing software applications

2. Designs, develops, and implements minor enhancements to analysis and visualization tools to serve custom needs of each analysis performed in #1

3. Installs bioinformatics software applications on end users’ computer

4. Trains and provides technical support to end users on commonly used bioinformatics applications

5. Evaluates commercial and academic bioinformatics software

Required Qualifications:

Bachelor’s degree in computer science or related field plus 2 years of experience in related field required or Master’s degree in bioinformatics, computer science or related field plus one year of experience or equivalent combination of education and experience equaling 6 years.

Preferred Qualifications:

Analytical, reasoning and problem solving skills. Good understanding of computational biology. Ability to analyze and interpret large complex data sets such as sequences, microarray gene expression, aCGH, or SNP genotyping studies, human genetic and model organism studies and to communicate data in a clear and concise manner. Expertise in standard bioinformatics tools. Working knowledge of regulatory networks, Hidden Markov Models and profile methods, human genetics (SNP etc.). Educated in standard molecular biology techniques (PCR, qRT-PCR, Northern Blots). Expertise in molecular and functional genomic techniques is desired. Required software technologies include:

1- Proficiency in one or more programming languages such as C/C++, Java and Perl

2. Experience in one or more web page development technologies such as HTML, DHTML, CGI, ASP, and JSP

3. Basic expertise (working knowledge of SQL) with one or more RDBMS such as Oracle, MySQL, SQL Server, DB2, and PostgreSQL


Requeriments :

Skills :

Areas :


Additional Info:
Job Type/Schedule: This position is full-time and works approximately 40 hours per week.

Department Name/Job Location: This position is in the Department of Pathology and Immunology. This position is for the Medical School Campus

Salary Range: The hiring range for this position is $19.18 - $25.89 per hour.

Benefits:

This position is eligible for full-time benefits. Please visit our website at http://hr.wustl.edu to view a summary of benefits.

EOE Statement

Washington University is an Equal Opportunity Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, age, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, national origin, genetic information, disability, or protected veteran status.

[Click Here to Access the Original Job Post]