Bioinformatics Scientist

University of North Carolina, United States

Updated: over 1 year ago
Location: Chapel Hill, NORTH CAROLINA
Job Type: FullTime
Deadline: 04 Oct 2022

Posting Information
Posting Information


Department Lineberger Compr Cancer Center-426801
Career Area Information Technology
Posting Open Date 09/14/2022
Application Deadline 10/04/2022
Open Until Filled No
Position Type Permanent Staff (EHRA NF)
Working Title Bioinformatics Scientist
Appointment Type EHRA Non-Faculty
Position Number 20026854
Vacancy ID NF0006270
Full Time/Part Time Full-Time Permanent
FTE 1
Hours per week 40
Position Location North Carolina, US
Hiring Range Dependent on Education/Experience
Proposed Start Date 12/01/2022

Position Information


Primary Purpose of Organizational Unit
The UNC School of Medicine has a rich tradition of excellence and care. Our mission is to improve the health and wellbeing of North Carolinians, and others whom we serve. We accomplish this by providing leadership and excellence in the interrelated areas of patient care, education, and research. We strive to promote faculty, staff, and learner development in a diverse, respectful environment where our colleagues demonstrate professionalism, enhance learning, and create personal and professional sustainability. We optimize our partnership with the UNC Health System through close collaboration and commitment to service. 
OUR VISION
Our vision is to be the nation’s leading public school of medicine. We are ranked 2nd in primary care education among all US schools of medicine and 5th among public peers in NIH research funding. Our Allied Health Department is home to five top-ranked divisions, and we are home to 18 top-ranked clinical and basic science departments in NIH research funding.
OUR MISSION
Our mission is to improve the health and well-being of North Carolinians and others whom we serve. We accomplish this by providing leadership and excellence in the interrelated areas of patient care, education, and research.
Patient Care: We will promote health and provide superb clinical care while maintaining our strong tradition of reaching underserved populations and reducing health disparities across North Carolina and beyond.
Education: We will prepare tomorrow’s health care professionals and biomedical researchers by facilitating learning within innovative curricula and team-oriented interprofessional education. We will cultivate outstanding teaching and research faculty, and we will recruit outstanding students and trainees from highly diverse backgrounds to create a socially responsible, highly skilled workforce.
Research: We will develop and support a rich array of outstanding health sciences research programs, centers, and resources. We will provide infrastructure and opportunities for collaboration among disciplines throughout and beyond our University to support outstanding research. We will foster programs in the areas of basic, translational, mechanistic, and population research.
Position Summary
The Bioinformatics Core Facility in the Lineberger Comprehensive Cancer Center at the University of North Carolina – Chapel Hill is seeking a Bioinformatician to join our growing team. We are a group of analysts, developers, and engineers who collaborate with life science investigators with the overall goal of reducing cancer incidence, morbidity, and mortality.
We are seeking a highly motivated bioinformatician that will work in a fast-paced and collaborative environment to support the analysis of data from single-cell omics technologies. This position will work closely with life science investigators and other informaticians to aid in knowledge discovery by analyzing data from single cell technologies and generating interpretable results through figures, tables, writing grants, and generating publications. The successful candidate will be expected to develop and follow a research plan to accomplish project responsibilities with minimal supervision. The candidate will develop analytic models, work with technical or scientific databases, develop new software applications, or customize existing applications to meet specific scientific project needs. The bioinformatician must have strong written and oral communication skills to collaborate effectively with others. 
The candidate must be familiar with R/Bioconductor as well as a scripting language and have experience working in a Linux computing environment. An understanding of molecular biology, statistics, and genomic technologies is strongly preferred. A publication demonstrated record of working with single cell or spatial transcriptomic or epigenetic data is required.
Minimum Education and Experience Requirements
Relevant post-Baccalaureate degree required (or foreign degree equivalent); for candidates demonstrating comparable independent research productivity, will accept a relevant Bachelor’s degree (or foreign degree equivalent) and 3 or more years of relevant experience in substitution. May require terminal degree and licensure.
Required Qualifications, Competencies, and Experience
The candidate must have knowledge in DNA and RNA sequencing analysis. Experience working with public domain genomics databases, R/Bioconductor, the Linux environment, and being fluid in a scripting language such as Python is also required. The bioinformatician must have strong written and oral communication skills to collaborate effectively with others.
Preferred Qualifications, Competencies, and Experience
Experience working in a research analysis support environment, with cloud technologies (Docker, OpenStack), Javascript, and with SQL is preferred. Experience in machine learning/AI approaches for image processing and analysis is a plus.
Special Physical/Mental Requirements
Campus Security Authority Responsibilities

Not Applicable.
Special Instructions
Quick Link https://unc.peopleadmin.com/postings/239919

Posting Contact Information


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Department Contact Telephone or Email [email protected]
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Equal Opportunity Employer Statement
The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill is an equal opportunity and affirmative action employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to age, color, disability, gender, gender expression, gender identity, genetic information, national origin, race, religion, sex, sexual orientation, or status as a protected veteran.

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