Postdoctoral Scientist, Bioinformatics Analyst

Job Title: Postdoctoral Scientist, Bioinformatics Analyst
Description: Working as a part of research consortium with leading academic institutions, you will help design experiments, manage and analyze large microarray, mass spectrometry, and NGS datasets collected as part of a collaborative toxicology initiative.

Key responsibilities include

• Conduct statistical analysis of the transcriptomics, metabolomics, NGS and pathway data.
• Work with Agilent scientists and consortium partners to coordinate interpretation of the analysis results.
• Develop bioinformatics pipelines for analyzing transcriptomics, NGS and metabolomics data, both independently and in conjunction with each other. Assist with implementation in production environment.
• Implement the pipelines in a production environment.
• Apply analytical techniques to identify pathways which are involved in organism’s response to known toxicants
• Collaborate with computational and system biologists to develop novel network analysis algorithms for toxicology
• Present analysis results to members of the consortium via in-person and written communications.
Qualifications: • PhD in computer science, statistics, bioinformatics, computer science or equivalent discipline
• Experience with application of common statistical methods to either microarray, mass spectrometry, or NGS data, including knowledge of common bioinformatics databases and tools
• In-depth knowledge of biological pathway analyses and content source
• Extensive experience with analysis and algorithm development on large data sets; 3+ years hands-on bioinformatics experience
• Knowledge of R/Bioconductor, Python, or Java required
• excellent communication skills
• strong analytical skills
• Toxicology background preferred but not required
Business: Life Sciences Group
Job Category: Marketing
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Shift: Day Job
Job Type: Experienced
Schedule: Full-time
Travel Required: Occasional
Duration
(Temp Positions Only):
Not applicable