"COMPUTATIONAL BIOLOGIST"

COMPUTATIONAL BIOLOGIST

University of Alabama at Birmingham

We are seeking a motivated computational biologist to analyze genomics and other molecular data sets, including data from external repositories and generated in house. They will also assist in the design and implementation of analyses to address scientific objectives for Mendelian (e.g., PKD) and complex (e.g., Alzheimer's) diseases across disease mechanism and therapeutic goals. This person must be a great collaborator, and able to work well with others in the Lasseigne Lab, at UAB, and at other partner institutions to design and implement projects. They are expected to prepare code repositories, figures, and manuscripts in collaboration with coauthors, to assist with preparing grant progress reports, and to present results both internally and externally. Advanced experience with coding in R and Python, command line, git/GitHub, and HPC required and experience mentoring or managing junior colleagues is desired.

Key Roles & Responsibilities

• Analyzes genomic, transcriptomics, epigenomics, proteomics and other molecular datasets (including single-cell and spatial transcriptomics datasets) in relation to biomedical or biological research.
• Obtains and pre-processes data from external resources such as public repositories. Assists in the design and implementation of analysis plans to address scientific objectives.
• Collaborates with others in developing and implementing research projects. Develops pipelines following best computatational biology practices (e.g: use a workflow management system) to deploy pipelines in a rigorous, scalable, and reproducible manner.
• Develops novel data analysis pipelines and workflows to address cutting edge research needs .
• Performs code review, analysis review, and writes summary reports to collaborators.
• Prepares figures for publication and helps to write manuscripts.
• Assists with documenting code and prepares grant progress reports.
• Presents results internally and to collaborators and other groups.
• Develops training material.

Knowledge, Skills, Abilities & Work Characteristics

• Degree in bioinformatics preferred.
• Experience working in a biological/computational laboratory preferred.

Salary Range

$85,600- $139,100

Qualifications

Education

• Doctorate degree in a related field OR Master's degree in a related field and two (2) years of related experience
• OR Bachelor's degree in related field and four (4) years of related experience required.
• Work experience may NOT substitute for education requirement.