Bioinformatics Programmer I

Baylor College of Medicine

Houston, TX

ID: 7114117 (Ref.No. 13519-en_US)
Posted: October 21, 2022
Application Deadline: Open Until Filled

Job Description

Summary

We are hiring a bioinformatics programmer in the Lester and Sue Smith Breast Center at Baylor College of Medicine. The Breast Center is a collaborative environment dedicated to breast health and disease research, as well as prevention, diagnosis, and treatment of different forms of breast cancer. We are looking for a candidate with a background in computational biology/bioinformatics who thrives in collaborative research.

The prospective will be working in a new laboratory headed by a computational biology principal investigator recently funded by CPRIT. The laboratory is interested in integrating various modalities of single-cell sequencing data and spatial genomics data to better understand the contribution of spatial multi-cellular environments to cancer formation and progression.

Job Duties

Summarize research findings using sound statistics and informative plots/figures.
Present results in lab meetings and to collaborators.
Collaborate with investigators in the breast center.
Work together with other bioinformatic tools developers in the laboratory in implementing algorithms and software packages.
Download data from repositories (GEO) for public data integration, interrogation, and hypothesis generation.

Minimum Qualifications

Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Biological Science, or a related field.
No experience required.

Preferred Qualifications

Basic sequencing-based analysis tools for processing of FASTQ files, including QC step, alignment, trimming, and duplicate detection, and alignment filtering. Examples of such tools are Bowtie, Trimmomatic, CutAdapt, HISAT, etc.
Single-cell RNA-sequencing, chromatin accessibility, and CUT&RUN/CUT&Tag analysis tools. Examples include Seurat, MACS2, Monocle, SnapATAC.
Spatial transcriptomics and/or proteomic analysis tools, including Giotto, SquidPy, HistoCAT. Experiences working with 10X Visium and spatial imaging mass cytometry (IMC) data are particularly desirable.

Baylor College of Medicine requires employees to be fully vaccinated -subject to approved exemptions-against vaccine-preventable diseases including, but not limited to, COVID-19 and influenza.

Baylor College of Medicine is an Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action/Equal Access Employer.

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Baylor College of Medicine fosters diversity among its students, trainees, faculty and staff as a prerequisite to accomplishing our institutional mission, and setting standards for excellence in training healthcare providers and biomedical scientists, promoting scientific innovation, and providing patient-centered care. - Diversity, respect, and inclusiveness create an environment that is conducive to academic excellence, and strengthens our institution by increasing talent, encouraging creativity, and ensuring a broader perspective. - Diversity helps position Baylor to reduce disparities in health and healthcare access and to better address the needs of the community we serve. - Baylor is committed to recruiting and retaining outstanding students, trainees, faculty and staff from diverse backgrounds by providing a welcoming, supportive learning environment for all members of the Baylor community.

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