Bioinformatics Specialist

Job Description:
Center for Personalized Diagnostics

• Creates, maintains, and executes data analysis pipelines for next-generation sequencing datasets.
• Maintains the data storage on the servers.
• Maintains the confidentiality of health information on all patients.

Minimum Requirements:

Master’s degree in Bioinformatics with 1 year of experience in a clinical next-generation-sequencing laboratory. Demonstrated experience in creating and maintaining bioinformatics pipelines and tools for clinical assays.

Additional Information:

Work experience with Linux, Perl, Python, SQL, PHP, Unix shell scripting, and Excel VBA. Familiarity with bioinformatics tools such as genome browser, mutation databases and primer design programs. Familiar with the concepts in molecular biology and genomics. Ability to work both independently and a team environment of a rapidly evolving genomic diagnostic center. Ability to set priorities, make decisions, implement changes and meet deadlines while working effectively with diverse groups of people in a frequently changing environment. Broad knowledge of various laboratory methods and techniques, quality assurance, in addition to PC and LIS knowledge. Strong, quantitative, analytic and problem solving skills. Strong interpersonal skills and creative abilities. Good oral and written communication skills. Good organizational skills.

Job Category: Technician/Technologists

Specialty Area: Technician/Technologists

Primary Shift: Day

Work Schedule: Variable

Penn Medicine Entity: Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania

Location: Philadelphia, PA

Address: 3400 Spruce St

Education Required: Per Position Description

Experience Required: Per Position Description

Employment Type: Full-Time Regular

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Requeriments :

• M.Sc. or higher Degree in Bioinformatics

Skills :

• genomic
• Lunix/Unix
• molecular biology
• Next Generation Sequencing
• PHP
• Programing in Python
• Programming in PERL
• Shell scripting
• SQL

Areas :

• Bioinformatics

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Additional Info:
Penn Medicine is dedicated to our tripartite mission of providing the highest level of care to patients, conducting innovative research, and educating future leaders in the field of medicine. Working for this leading academic medical center means collaboration with top clinical, technical and business professionals across all disciplines.

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