Bioinformatics - Bioinformatics Technician

Req #667
The Wistar Institute, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States of America
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Job Description

Posted Friday, May 27, 2022 at 4:00 AM

The Wistar Institute has a current opening for a Bioinformatics Technician to join the Bioinformatics Shared Resource of our NCI-designated Cancer Center. The Bioinformatics Core provides Wistar investigators with expertise in computational analyses of biomedical research data as well as database management and software applications support.

The Bioinformatics Technician will:

  • Analyze or manipulate bioinformatics data using existing algorithms, software packages, statistical applications, or data mining techniques.
  • Extend existing software programs to implement novel data analysis algorithms. Maintain awareness of new and emerging computational methods and technologies.
  • Enter or retrieve information from structural databases, protein sequence motif databases, mutation databases, genomic databases or gene expression databases.
  • Participate in the preparation of reports or scientific publications. Create data management or error-checking procedures and user manuals. Execute special projects as assigned.  Attend project meetings as appropriate.

Master’s degree in Bioinformatics/Computational Biology/Biomedical Sciences or equivalent combination of education and experience required. Candidates should have prior experience in programming languages (e.g. Python or Perl), experience in R or Matlab statistical environments, and experience in Bioinformatics data analysis of high throughput data (next generation sequencing, microarrays, proteomics). 

The Wistar Institute is located in the University City area of Philadelphia, in the heart of the University of Pennsylvania Campus. Wistar provides resources to its faculty and staff that enable them to conduct cutting edge collaborative research and provides for outstanding intellectual environments and state-of-the-art facilities. Research discoveries conducted at Wistar have led to the development of vaccines; the identification of genes associated with cancers; and the development of many other significant research technologies and tools.

We offer a competitive salary and an excellent benefits package.

For more information about The Wistar Institute visit our website at www.wistar.org.

It is the policy of the Institute to provide equal employment opportunities to all individuals regardless of race, citizenship, ethnicity, color, creed, religion, marital status, national origin, ancestry, sex, age, veteran status, mental or physical disability (including HIV and AIDS), pregnancy, caregiver status, domestic or sexual violence victim status, sexual orientation, gender identity and expression, or on the basis of genetic information, or any other characteristic protected by federal, state, or local law, with respect to all terms and conditions of employment.
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The Wistar Institute, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States of America

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