Job ID: 404247841
Job date: 2017-07-25
End Date:
Company : University of Washington Country : Role : Research Scientist
Job date: 2017-07-25
End Date:
Company : University of Washington Country : Role : Research Scientist
Job Description:
The Department of Periodontics has an outstanding opportunity for a Research Scientist/Engineer 2. The position will entail comparative genomics, bacterial gene expression (RNAseq, Metatranscriptomics) and uncovering the relationship between bacterial functions with human disease. The position will also support laboratory applications of next generation DNA and RNA sequencing methods for a variety of projects in the lab. The Research Scientist will play a leading role in steering the computational and informatics efforts of the lab. This position requires knowledge and research experience, as well as computational skills. The position demands organization, commitment, and the ability to work alone as well as in teams. The ideal candidate will have a strong computational background as well as biological knowledge. Prior specific experience in bioinformatic tools to perform comparative genomics, 16S rRNA sequence data processing and high throughput metagenomics/metatranscriptomics is highly desired. Responsibilities:
Additional Info:
As a UW employee, you will enjoy generous benefits and work/life programs. For a complete description of our benefits for this position, please visit our website, click here. This position is starting at a minimum of 50% FTE. May increase to 100% FTE based on funding. The University of Washington (UW) is proud to be one of the nation's premier educational and research institutions. Our people are the most important asset in our pursuit of achieving excellence in education, research, and community service. Our staff not only enjoys outstanding benefits and professional growth opportunities, but also an environment noted for diversity, community involvement, intellectual excitement, artistic pursuits, and natural beauty. The UW School of Dentistry shares the University's overall mission to generate, disseminate, and preserve knowledge, and to serve the community. The School is an integral part of the Warren G. Magnuson Health Sciences Center, and is an oral health care center of excellence serving the people of the State of Washington and the Pacific Northwest. Our primary mission, through educational, research, and service programs, is to prepare students to be competent oral health care professionals. The School's research programs contribute to the fundamental understanding of biologic processes and to the behavioral, biomedical, and clinical aspects of oral health. The service mission is to improve the health and well-being of the people of the community and the region through outreach programs that are especially attentive to minority and underserved populations. The School values diversity in its students, staff, faculty, and patient populations. It seeks to foster an environment of mutual respect where objectivity, imaginative inquiry, and the free exchange of ideas can flourish to facilitate personal development, professionalism, and a strong sense of self-worth. Application Process The application process for UW positions may include completion of a variety of online assessments to obtain additional information that will be used in the evaluation process. These assessments may include Workforce Authorization, Criminal Conviction History, Cover Letter and/or others. Any assessments that you need to complete will appear on your screen as soon as you select "Apply to this position". Once you begin an assessment, it must be completed at that time; if you do not complete the assessment you will be prompted to do so the next time you access your "My Jobs" page. If you select to take it later, it will appear on your "My Jobs" page to take when you are ready. Please note that your application will not be reviewed, and you will not be considered for this position until all required assessments have been completed.[Click Here to Access the Original Job Post]
The Department of Periodontics has an outstanding opportunity for a Research Scientist/Engineer 2. The position will entail comparative genomics, bacterial gene expression (RNAseq, Metatranscriptomics) and uncovering the relationship between bacterial functions with human disease. The position will also support laboratory applications of next generation DNA and RNA sequencing methods for a variety of projects in the lab. The Research Scientist will play a leading role in steering the computational and informatics efforts of the lab. This position requires knowledge and research experience, as well as computational skills. The position demands organization, commitment, and the ability to work alone as well as in teams. The ideal candidate will have a strong computational background as well as biological knowledge. Prior specific experience in bioinformatic tools to perform comparative genomics, 16S rRNA sequence data processing and high throughput metagenomics/metatranscriptomics is highly desired. Responsibilities:
- Employ and possibly develop scripts designed to analyze high throughput gene expression or gene lists
- Maintain domain expertise by reading research papers, attending conferences, and maintaining collaborations with relevant investigators
- Generate production-quality figures using publishing and mathematical software
- Bachelor's in Science in bioinformatics or genomics-related field
- Minimum of 2 years of laboratory and/or computational research experience
- Computational skills
- Publication preparation software experience (Adobe Illustrator, Word)
- Master's in Science
- Unix command-line environment
- Comparative Genomics and Metagenomics packages
- 16S rRNA analysis packages (QIIME, Mothur)
- High-level programming languages such as C/C++, Python, or Perl.
- Unix shell script programming (bash, csh, etc.) <7li>
- Interactive mathematical packages such as matlab, Mathematica or R.
- Excellent written and verbal communication skills
- Experimental assay design
- Experience managing research and laboratory staff
- Experience in web development languages
- Ability to publish and share code via popular version control mechanisms, such as Git
Requeriments :
Skills :
- Biology
- DNA sequencing
- genomic
- Lunix/Unix
- Metagenomics
- Next Generation Sequencing
- Programing in C
- Programing in C++
- Programing in Python
- Programing Skills
- Programming in Matlab
- Programming in PERL
- Programming in R
- RNA-seq
- Shell scripting
Areas :
Additional Info:
As a UW employee, you will enjoy generous benefits and work/life programs. For a complete description of our benefits for this position, please visit our website, click here. This position is starting at a minimum of 50% FTE. May increase to 100% FTE based on funding. The University of Washington (UW) is proud to be one of the nation's premier educational and research institutions. Our people are the most important asset in our pursuit of achieving excellence in education, research, and community service. Our staff not only enjoys outstanding benefits and professional growth opportunities, but also an environment noted for diversity, community involvement, intellectual excitement, artistic pursuits, and natural beauty. The UW School of Dentistry shares the University's overall mission to generate, disseminate, and preserve knowledge, and to serve the community. The School is an integral part of the Warren G. Magnuson Health Sciences Center, and is an oral health care center of excellence serving the people of the State of Washington and the Pacific Northwest. Our primary mission, through educational, research, and service programs, is to prepare students to be competent oral health care professionals. The School's research programs contribute to the fundamental understanding of biologic processes and to the behavioral, biomedical, and clinical aspects of oral health. The service mission is to improve the health and well-being of the people of the community and the region through outreach programs that are especially attentive to minority and underserved populations. The School values diversity in its students, staff, faculty, and patient populations. It seeks to foster an environment of mutual respect where objectivity, imaginative inquiry, and the free exchange of ideas can flourish to facilitate personal development, professionalism, and a strong sense of self-worth. Application Process The application process for UW positions may include completion of a variety of online assessments to obtain additional information that will be used in the evaluation process. These assessments may include Workforce Authorization, Criminal Conviction History, Cover Letter and/or others. Any assessments that you need to complete will appear on your screen as soon as you select "Apply to this position". Once you begin an assessment, it must be completed at that time; if you do not complete the assessment you will be prompted to do so the next time you access your "My Jobs" page. If you select to take it later, it will appear on your "My Jobs" page to take when you are ready. Please note that your application will not be reviewed, and you will not be considered for this position until all required assessments have been completed.[Click Here to Access the Original Job Post]