We have an exciting opportunity to join our team as a Bioinformatics Programmer. The newly established Microbial Genomics Core Lab at the NYU Grossman School of Medicine was created with the mission to empower microbial research with cutting-edge data analysis and genomics. The Lab is directed by Dr. Alejandro Pironti and is a critical component of the recently created Anti-Microbial Resistant Pathogens Program. The successful applicant will join the research community at the NYU Grossman School of Medicine and the Department of Microbiology, which provides a dynamic and exciting environment at the cutting edge of microbiology, infectious disease, and immunology. We are looking for a talented and highly motivated Bioinformatician to join our team and help us analyze large-scale microbial genomic data, including whole-genome sequences, metagenomes, and microbial RNA-Seq. The candidate will be embedded in a highly collaborative environment that spans different areas of NYU’s cutting-edge research, including antimicrobial resistance, microbial evolution, microbial pathogenesis, microbiome, and computational biology, while also supporting life-saving infection control strategies within our hospital system. Our vibrant and interdisciplinary team consists of computational biologists, lab scientists, and clinicians who work together to answer clinical questions, generate insights to prevent infections, and build predictive models. By joining our team, you will help us accelerate infectious disease research and create life-saving therapies. In our team, you will find an appreciative environment that welcomes diversity and supports your efforts to learn and grow.
Job Responsibilities:
Assist in data analysis, write code, and deploy computational tools for the exploration of large-scale microbial datasets consisting of diverse types of sequencing data
Help develop efficient computational pipelines for alignment, assembly, and annotation of microbial sequencing data
Contribute to data analysis and writing for publications
Present at lab meetings and other scientific external meetings
Additional Position Specific Responsibilities:
Good command of Python and preferably also R, along with experience with Unix/Linux environments. Attention to detail, the ability to learn quickly, creativity, analytical thinking, “hands-on” spirit, highly collaborative team-player. Strong communication skills. Strong interest in microbes and infectious disease. Knowledge of algorithms and workflows for analysis of nucleotide sequences, e.g., sequence-similarity search, alignment, assembly, annotation, and phylogenetics.
Minimum Qualifications:
To qualify you must have a bachelors degree in a quantitative discipline (e.g. computer science, bioinformatics, physics) or in biology, with a strong quantitative background.
Preferred Qualifications:
Experience with microbial genomics. Experience with next-generation sequencing data analysis. Knowledge of infectious disease and epidemiology. Knowledge of relational databases, e.g., MySQL. Proficiency in further programming languages. Software engineering skills. Knowledge of statistics and machine learning.
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