Bioinformatics job with E-talentnetwork | 1401831339

Job Description

Overall Position Summary and Objectives Under this task order, the contractor will provide support services to satisfy the overall operational objectives. The primary objective is to provide services and deliverables through bioinformatics support services as part of an existing bioinformatics team.

Minimum Education
Master’s

Resume Max Pages
15

Certifications & Licenses

  • M.S. or Ph.D. degree in bioinformatics, computational biology, computer science, or a related field. – Minimum of three (3) years of experience working on bioinformatics

Skills (Ranked By Priority)

  • Strong communications skills, both oral and written
  • Excellent analytical, organizational and time management skills
  • Strong experience working with Hi-C/ChIP-seq/ATAC-seq and/or multi-omics data sets.
  • Demonstrated record of productive collaborative interactions with biologists
  • Software

    • R
    • MS Office Suite
    • Expert knowledge of relevant bioinformatics tools and databases for processing, analysis and visualization of NextGen sequencing datasets (e.g. snakemake, BWA, STAR, Homer, MACS, HiCExplorer, GATK, IGV, GSEA, ClusterProfiler, etc.)
    • Python

    Field of Study DELIVERABLES

    • Work products and documents related to acquiring and organizing bioinformatics datasets such as RNA sequencing data, DNA sequencing data and other high-throughput datasets; act as bioinformatics expert and interacts with biologists in order to conduct experimental queries or perform portions of a study using procedures and techniques; write complex queries to multiple databases; provide reports based on analysis of scientific data. – Ad-Hoc
    • Work products and documents related to assisting students, new investigators, and other labor personnel in the use of techniques, procedures, and equipment to complete the objectives of the laboratory. – Ad-Hoc
    • Work products and documents related to maintaining a functional Linux workstation with up-to-date publicly available and custom software for laboratory personnel to conduct experimental queries and peruse data. – Ad-Hoc
    • Work products and documents related to presenting work at conferences or attending workshops on leading edge technologies, as required to support and develop the contractor’s skills – Ad-Hoc
    • Work products and documents related to assisting in data visualization to support the preparation of manuscripts for submission to scientific journals or other scientific presentations; report results of literature searches and recommend new studies related to investigators’ data. – Ad-Hoc

    STATEMENT OF WORK DETAILS
    Provides programming and troubleshooting support to the Federal Government in the dissemination of research data.

    • Generate and optimize programs and scripts for the analysis of data; create programs and algorithms and develop computational infrastructure resources for organizing and parsing data from large and complex data.
    • Provide broad-based programming and analytic support for a wide variety of bioinformatic and research projects.
    • Install, troubleshoot and run open-source and commercial scientific software on platforms

    Performs computations on research data analysis.

    • Perform computational analysis of, and interpret results.
    • Provide reports based on analysis of scientific data.
    • Perform sequencing and alignment of raw data, and interpret new data using larger public access datasets.
    • Provide interpretive analyses of data derived from different experimental platforms to generate biological meaning.
    • Write custom programs and algorithms to support data analyses and discovery.

    Works with staff on scientific programming and experimental design.

    • Design and execute computational experiments.
    • Work with staff on planning of experiments, and data analysis for internal and collaborative projects; use bioinformatics expertise to advise and help bench scientists on experimental design and trouble-shooting.
    • Make recommendations to investigators about the correct computational tools for testing scientific hypotheses and reaching valid conclusions.

    Records observations and report results at weekly laboratory meetings.

    • Maintain proper and detailed documentation of the analysis performed and report results at lab meetings.
    • Prepare scientific reports and progress reports; assemble data to prepare tables, graphs and slides; conduct scientific and program related information searches and report results.

    Provides statistical support / analysis on research data.

    • Utilize and adapt existing bioinformatics techniques to check for trends and patterns in the data.
    • Write complex queries to multiple databases.
    • Perform data processing and data analysis with existing computational and statistical methods.
    • Assist in evaluating and interpreting results for validity and scientific meaning.

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