Job ID: 373463484
Job date: 2017-08-14
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Company : KAUST (King Abdullah University of Science and Technology) Country : Role : Research Scientist
Job date: 2017-08-14
End Date:
Company : KAUST (King Abdullah University of Science and Technology) Country : Role : Research Scientist
Job Description:
An exciting opportunity has become available in the Bioscience Core Lab (BCL) at KAUST. We are seeking a highly motivated and collaborative bioinformatics scientist to join our facility. The bioinformatics scientist will play a key role in developing data processing and analysis methods to support the growth of our state-of-the-art sequencing platforms (e.g. Illumina, PacBio and Oxford Nanopore) and to address a broad range of advanced scientific questions, in addition to optimizing informatics workflows to facilitate timely and robust data generation. The scope of this position spans from handling raw data of the instrument all the way to downstream data analysis and interpretation. This position involves frequent interactions with bench scientists, facility users, faculties, researchers, vendors, IT and other stakeholders. Major Responsibilities:
Additional Info:
We are a core lab facility and the working environment and mentality is service- and support-oriented in a cooperative spirit. In addition to the competitive employment package, KAUST provides its employees a beautiful resort-like international environment to live and work. Established in 2009, King Abdullah University of Science and Technology (KAUST) is a graduate-level research university located on the shores of the Red Sea in Saudi Arabia. KAUST is dedicated to advancing science and technology through interdisciplinary research, education and innovation. Curiosity-driven and goal-oriented research is conducted by students, faculty, scientists and engineers to address the world’s pressing scientific and technological challenges related to food, water, energy and the environment. The University currently educates and trains over 900 master’s and doctoral students supported by an academic community of 150 faculty members, 400 postdocs and 300 research scientists. With 100 nationalities working and living at KAUST, the University brings together people and ideas from all over the world. For more information visit www.kaust.edu.sa[Click Here to Access the Original Job Post]
An exciting opportunity has become available in the Bioscience Core Lab (BCL) at KAUST. We are seeking a highly motivated and collaborative bioinformatics scientist to join our facility. The bioinformatics scientist will play a key role in developing data processing and analysis methods to support the growth of our state-of-the-art sequencing platforms (e.g. Illumina, PacBio and Oxford Nanopore) and to address a broad range of advanced scientific questions, in addition to optimizing informatics workflows to facilitate timely and robust data generation. The scope of this position spans from handling raw data of the instrument all the way to downstream data analysis and interpretation. This position involves frequent interactions with bench scientists, facility users, faculties, researchers, vendors, IT and other stakeholders. Major Responsibilities:
- Seek, evaluate, develop, implement and apply advanced bioinformatics methods to address scientific questions
- Stay up-to-date on the development of cutting-edge life sciences technologies
- Partner with bench scientists in developing and optimizing innovative assays and methodologies
- Advice facility users and PIs in experimental design and data analysis strategies
- Design and provide advanced trainings to users
- Support robust and efficient data management in the facility
- Make contributions to advance research in KAUST and beyond
- PhD in Bioinformatics, Computational Biology, or related fields with extensive experience is required
- Experience with analyzing large-scale NGS data is required
- Experience with third generation sequencing is a plus
- Additional experience in proteomics analysis (e.g. mass spectrometry) is a plus
- Demonstrated scientific expertise and knowledge in the genomics field
- Proficiency in Python, Perl, R or other scripting languages. Substantial experience working in an HPC Unix/Linux environment.
- Excellent written and oral communication skills are required
Requeriments :
Skills :
- Bioinformatics
- genomic
- HPC
- Lunix/Unix
- Next Generation Sequencing
- Programing in Python
- Programming in PERL
- Programming in R
Areas :
Additional Info:
We are a core lab facility and the working environment and mentality is service- and support-oriented in a cooperative spirit. In addition to the competitive employment package, KAUST provides its employees a beautiful resort-like international environment to live and work. Established in 2009, King Abdullah University of Science and Technology (KAUST) is a graduate-level research university located on the shores of the Red Sea in Saudi Arabia. KAUST is dedicated to advancing science and technology through interdisciplinary research, education and innovation. Curiosity-driven and goal-oriented research is conducted by students, faculty, scientists and engineers to address the world’s pressing scientific and technological challenges related to food, water, energy and the environment. The University currently educates and trains over 900 master’s and doctoral students supported by an academic community of 150 faculty members, 400 postdocs and 300 research scientists. With 100 nationalities working and living at KAUST, the University brings together people and ideas from all over the world. For more information visit www.kaust.edu.sa[Click Here to Access the Original Job Post]