Bioinformatics Analyst

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Job date: 2017-07-06
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Company : ACGT Inc 

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Job Description:
ACGT has a position available for a Bioinformatics Analyst at our Wheeling, Illinois location. ACGT seeks an enthusiastic and experienced candidate who is comfortable with large data sets, rapid development and a variety of scripting languages, tools, and programming languages.

Principal Duties and Responsibilities:

  • Perform basic and advanced analysis on data produced from next generation sequencing systems (DNA-seq, RNA-seq, metagenomics, ChIP-seq, etc.) as well as genotyping and gene expression microarrays.
  • Develop, improve, modify, and operate data analysis pipelines.
  • Experience in de novo sequence analysis, re-sequencing, RNA-Seq.
  • Develop software or use current open source software in conducting data analysis for NGS and microarray datasets at basic and advanced levels.
  • Work closely with experimental researchers to generate/provide analysis reports, project reports and perform requested custom analysis etc.
Educational Requirements:

M.S. degree or Ph.D. in bioinformatics, biostatistics or a related field with appropriate experience in developing software. 2 -5 years work experience preferred but not required.

Desired Skills:

  • Strong bioinformatics analysis/scripting experience including proficiency with a scripting language (e.g. Perl).
  • Experience in working in a Linux/UNIX environment and experience with cluster computing is a plus.
  • Experience in software design.
  • Experience with the relevant sequence analysis tools/best practices.
  • Experience with setting up and analyzing Illumina platform NGS datasets; large scale data analysis and sequence assembly and annotation experience is a plus.
  • Knowledge, background, or experience in molecular biology and microbiology.
  • The successful candidate will be able to prioritize and balance multiple projects to meet timelines.


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To Apply

Please send cover letter and resume or curriculum vitae via email to the attention of David Cook, H.R. Manager at hr@acgtinc.com. This is a full-time, salaried position, excellent benefits (medical & dental PPO plan and 401K plan). The application process will consist of a programming assignment in commonly used scripting languages, an initial interview via Skype and finally an onsite interview for select candiates.

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