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The University of Miami/UHealth Department of SCCC has an exciting opportunity for a Full Time Bioinformatics Analyst to work at the UHealth Medical Campus in Miami, FL

CORE JOB SUMMARY
The Bioinformatics Analyst works with research staff to extend capabilities in bioinformatics and improve understanding of genetic variation in human health and disease. The Bioinformatics Analyst maintains and performs analysis with existing pipelines while assisting and benchmarking the development of novel methods.

CORE JOB FUNCTIONS
1. Runs and maintains existing next generation data analysis pipelines.
2. Assists senior bioinformatics analysts in pipeline and algorithm development and validation.
3. Extracts features of interest from data relating to specific biological questions.
4. Contributes to the maintenance of genomic and clinical databases.
5. Performs statistical and integrative data analysis on genomics and clinical data.
6. Works along-side other team members and data analysts.
7. Follows standard operating procedures, documentation, and scripts to generate reports.
8. Adheres to University and unit-level policies and procedures and safeguards University assets.

This list of duties and responsibilities is not intended to be all-inclusive and may be expanded to include other duties or responsibilities as necessary.

CORE QUALIFICATIONS
Education:
Bachelor’s degree in relevant field required

Experience:
Minimum 1 year of relevant experience required

Knowledge, Skills and Abilities:

• Learning Agility: Ability to learn new procedures, technologies, and protocols, and adapt to changing priorities and work demands.
• Teamwork: Ability to work collaboratively with others and contribute to a team environment.
• Technical Proficiency: Skilled in using office software, technology, and relevant computer applications.
• Communication: Strong and clear written and verbal communication skills for interacting with colleagues and stakeholders.

Department Specific Functions

Analyze all NGS experiments performed in the lab, including rna-seq, atac-seq, chip-seq, cut&run and any other type of NGS experiments we might do in the future. Keep our server updated and help staff in the lab to use it. Development of projects related to NGS. Writing methods for manuscripts. Prepare pipelines for basic NGS analysis so PhD students and postdocs can learn the basics. Present progress report in lab meetings. Develop new pipelines for NGS analyses.

Department Specific Requirements:

• NGS applications (QC, pipeline customization, data analysis):
• Whole Exome Sequencing
• Exome Sequencing
• Targeted Panels
• Metagenomics (16S)
• Genome Assembly
• RNA Differential Expression
• RNA de novo finding
• miRNA-seq
• Single Cell Analysis
• DNA Methylation
• Variant calling and annotation (SNVs, indels,CNVs, fusions, alternative splicing )

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The University of Miami offers competitive salaries and a comprehensive benefits package including medical, dental, tuition remission and more.

UHealth-University of Miami Health System, South Florida's only university-based health system, provides leading-edge patient care powered by the ground breaking research and medical education at the Miller School of Medicine. As an academic medical center, we are proud to serve South Florida, Latin America and the Caribbean. Our physicians represent more than 100 specialties and sub-specialties, and have more than one million patient encounters each year. Our tradition of excellence has earned worldwide recognition for outstanding teaching, research and patient care. We're the challenge you've been looking for.

The University of Miami is an Equal Opportunity Employer - Females/Minorities/Protected Veterans/Individuals with Disabilities are encouraged to apply. Applicants and employees are protected from discrimination based on certain categories protected by Federal law. Click here for additional information.

Job Status:

Full time

Employee Type:

Staff

Pay Grade:

A9

Job Tags

Full time, Temporary work, Worldwide,

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