"Bioinformatician A/B"

Bioinformatician A/B

The Human Pancreas Analysis Program (https://hpap.pmacs.upenn.edu/) and Faryabi Lab (https://faryabilab.com) seeking multiple motivated bioinformaticians. Successful candidate will be part of an enthusiastic and goal-oriented team to advance our understanding of aberrant gene expression regulation. The projects are supported by National Cancer Institute, Human Pancreatic Analysis Program (HPAP), and Susan G Komen and use the latest genomic and imaging technologies to generate multiple data modalities probing various aspects of cancer epigenomes.

Duties:

• Contributing to development and testing of solutions for data integration, including data from single cell, and epigenomic assays.
• In addition to the above the B level will be responsible for development of genomic and imaging chromatin conformation data analysis pipelines.
• Contributing to maintenance of genomic and imaging data analysis pipelines, including data from chromatin conformation, 3D spatial Oligopaint imaging, and super-resolution microscopy.
• Collaborating with experimental scientists to explore and interpret various genomic and epigenomic data types.
• Participation in lab and departmental meetings and discussions. Other duties as assigned.

Qualifications

Bioinformatician A: Bachelor's Degree in computational or life sciences with at least 3 years of relevant experience or an equivalent combination of education and experience is required.

Bioinformatician B: Master's Degree in computational or life sciences with at least 3 years of relevant experience or an equivalent combination of education and experience is required.

• Proficiency in Python, and R programming is required.
• Active interest in bioinformatics, genomics, data visualization, or machine learning applications is required.
• Basic system administration basic knowledge is required.
• Experience with data visualization and/or server-side programming such as PHP, Bash, node.js, D3.js are preferred.
• Experience working with large genomic sequence data is preferred.
• Ability to write clear, concise, and efficient code with documentation.

Location: Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

Department / School: Perelman School of Medicine

Pay Range: $57,500.00 - $101,200.50 Annual Rate

Position is Contingent upon funding.