Summary A part-time bioinformatics analyst position is immediately available at the lab of Dr. Zhandong Liu from the Baylor College of Medicine at the Neurological Research Institute (NRI). Primary responsibilities include application and development of bioinformatics analytics pipelines to multiple types of high-throughput genomics, transcriptomics, and proteomic data. Will work closely with computational as well as wet-lab bench scientists. Job Duties Runs and validates genome variation pipeline. Reviews existing variation and propose improvements. Tests in-house bioinformatics tools and provides feedback to the software development team. Performs manual annotation on genome variation data. Interprets results from similarity searches and from mapping variation data on genomic coordinate systems. Ensures that annotation of variation objectives are met as required by project or supervisor. Uses various computational analyses and biological interpretation of results to review existing data and propose improvements. Minimum Qualifications Education: Required: Bachelor's degree in Genetics, Biology, Bioinformatics, Biostatistics, Computational Biology, Computer Science, or a related field. Experience: None required. Certification/Licenses/ Registration: None required. Preferred Qualifications Education: Preferred: Master's degree in a related field. Other Minimum one year experience in mathematical and scientific programming language R or Matlab. Minimum one year experience in scripting language Python, Perl, or equivalent. Strong communication and scientific reporting skills (verbal, written, and graphical). Baylor College of Medicine is an Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action/Equal Access Employer.
