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Posted Job Title

Computational Analyst - The Cremins Lab - Bioengineering - Penn Engineering
Job Profile Title

Research Specialist A
Job Description Summary

The Cremins lab in Bioengineering in Penn Engineering is currently seeking a Computational Analyst to join our mission of understanding how chromatin works through long-range physical folding mechanisms to encode neuronal specification and long-term synaptic plasticity in healthy and diseased neural circuits.

The Computational Analyst will manage and curate big data on the cluster and find biological patterns in a wide range of genetic and epigenetic sequencing and imaging data.
Job Description

The Computational Analyst in the Cremins Lab will manage and curate big data on the cluster and find biological patterns in a wide range of genetic and epigenetic sequencing and imaging data. Develop code to analyze big data. Work as part of a team to develop quantitative methods to study 3D genome folding data in the developing brain. Contribute to manuscript preparation, including making figures and writing methods and results.

Responsibilities:

Perform computational tasks under direction and supervision of lead analysts.

Write code and create algorithms, and analyze data created by the Cremins wet lab and many other collaborative labs.

Given concepts/ ideas, and/ or data from individual lab members, create algorithms to analyze data generated by their projects.

In collaboration with lab members, write methods sections and figures for research papers where the analysis is used in the manuscript.

Position is contingent upon continued funding.

Qualifications:

Bachelor's degree with a minimum of one year of related experience in research and clinical study methodologies or an equivalent combination of education and experience. Data analysis and Python coding experience required.