Bioinformatics Specialist – Baylor Miraca Genetics Laboratories, United States-Texas-Houston

Job ID: 4538
Job date: 2015-10-20
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Company : Baylor Miraca Genetics Laboratories 

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Bioinformatics SpecialistBaylor Miraca Genetics LaboratoriesOperationsUnited States-Texas-Houston We currently have an opportunity for a Bioinformatics Specialist who will be responsible for the development and optimization of the analysis component of our genetic testing products.

The ideal candidate must be able to work in a collaborative environment and be able to provide evidence of relevant expertise in the form of, software and application development, scientific publications, and previous experience in the field.

Responsibilities:
• Process and manipulate large genomic sequence data for clinical genomic diagnostics
• Perform bioinformatics analyses of data produced by massively parallel next generation sequencing.
• Develop and use computational tools to analyze large datasets
• Support NGS pipeline development and automation.
• Conduct data mining over internally produced and publicly available data sets.
• Help organize and maintain internal databases
• Collaborate with scientists. • MS/PhD in Computational Biology, Bioinformatics, Genomics, Computer Science, Applied Mathematics, Statistics or related field; Multidisciplinary experience preferred.
• 2-3 years of computational biology/bioinformatics experience preferred.
• Experience in biological sequence analysis and analysis of next-generation sequencing data.
• Experience in cancer research and/or NGS variant calling methods are highly desired.
• Knowledge of human genetics, statistics, algorithms and exploratory data analyses.
• Fluency in programming and scripting languages is desired.
• Excellent communication and interpersonal skills.

Job Information
Position Type: Bioinformatics Analyst (Next-gen sequencing) Reference (Job ID number): 1051
Start Date: ASAP
Duration: Full Time
Status: open

Contact Information
Baylor Miraca Genetics Laboratories
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Loraine Whited
loraine.whited@bcm.eduwww.bmgl.com
How To Apply:www.bmgl.com


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