Bioinformatician II

Duke Human Vaccine Institute
United States NC Durham
dhvi.duke.edu/about-us/careers

Description

The Duke Human Vaccine Institute and the Duke Center for HIV/AIDS Vaccine Immunology & Immunogen Discovery (CHAVI-ID), providing national and international leadership in the fight against major infectious diseases such as HIV, influenza, and malaria, are currently recruiting for a highly motivated individual to join our team. The Duke Human Vaccine Institute (DHVI) is an interdisciplinary, interdepartmental institute dedicated to the study of basic and translational science required to understand host-pathogen interactions that can be translated to vaccines against human diseases. DHVI comprises a team of highly interactive investigators that have expertise in virology, immunology, computational biology, molecular biology, microbiology and animal models.
We are seeking a candidate for the position of bioinformatician with a background in computational structural biology or sequence analysis or both. The computational structural work performed will involve structural modeling and analysis of antibody-antigen interactions, molecular simulation, as well as the implementation of computational protein design algorithms for improving vaccine immunogen designs. The sequence analysis-based work performed by the bioinformatician will involve developing and implementing innovative computational approaches for the analysis of large sequence datasets generated by next generation sequencing platforms, assistance in the creation of a software pipeline and database system for analyzing and cataloging antibody sequences as well as designing and implementing a high-performance computing pipeline for analyzing large-scale transcriptomics.



Qualifications

The position requires a Master’s degree in bioinformatics, computer science, computational biology, or a related field. A PhD is a plus. Highly proficient programming skills are required. A minimum of five years relevant experience is required including experience in a UNIX/Linux environment, the development of computational methods and programs for the analysis of genomic and/or structural data, web-based bioinformatics tools, public domain biological databases and software tools for sequence and structural analysis. Experience with Perl or Python, R or MATLAB, web design, database systems, high performance computing environments, and statistics is also desired. Proficiency in C++ programming is highly preferred.


Start date

To be determined

How to Apply

Candidates should apply to requisition 401326486 on the Duke Human Vaccine Institute Careers Page and send a cover letter and current CV to:
Duke Human Vaccine Institute
Email: dhvicareers@dm.duke.edu
(Please reference “BIO-KW” in subject line of email)

Duke University is an Affirmative Action/Equal Opportunity Employer committed to providing employment opportunity without regard to an individual's age, color, disability, genetic information, gender, gender expression, gender identity, national origin, race, religion, sexual orientation, or veteran status.


Contact

dhvicareers@dm.duke.edu