Mass General Brigham · 18 hours ago
Data Analyst RESEARCH NEUROLOGY kl
Boston-MA
Full-time
Onsite
Entry, Mid Level
$52K/yr - $74K/yrMass General Brigham is a not-for-profit organization focused on patient care, research, teaching, and community service. They are seeking a computational data analyst to support the Khurana Lab and Division of Movement Disorders, performing analysis of genomic data and managing clinical data to facilitate research in Parkinson's disease and related disorders.
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Responsibilities
Performs common/rare variant analyses including repeat and long-read sequencing analyses in collaboration with computer scientists in labs of Shamil Suyaev and Peter Park facilitating novel gene discovery
Manages HBS study database in collaboration with MassGeneral Brigham IT services and genetic study coordinators. This includes creating a relational database in SQL, regularly updating the data tables by pulling data from third-party software platforms, backing up the data at regular intervals, performing quality control, validation and error detection on each data point, and ensuring data security and integrity
Runs standard omics analysis pipelines on datasets generated in-house as well by collaborators via in vitro and in vivo experimental models
Applies and adapts existing statistical and omics tools to achieve new biological insights from unique biological datasets
Works closely with bench scientists to understand and help accomplish their research goals
Writes and runs basic queries as needed
Assists in maintaining existing reporting systems
Contributes to presentations to key stakeholders
Works with senior analysts to design, maintain, and distribute reports
Learn leading practice analysis methodologies
Conducts continuous analysis of current performance and accurately forecast data trends
Qualification
Required
Bachelors required. MSc or PhD in Computer Science, Mathematics in a biological science or relevant field recommended
Experience with existing bioinformatics tools or pipelines to perform standard next-generation sequencing (NGS) data analysis, incl. genomic, transcriptomic, epigenomic, and others
Developing or adapting new algorithms and pipelines to support customized data analysis
Strong computational genomics experience in at least two or more of the following NGS techniques: Single-cell and bulk tissue RNA-Seq, spatial transcriptomics, small RNA-Seq, ATAC-Seq, ChIP-Seq, whole-genome sequencing (WGS), whole-exome sequencing (WES), Hi-C, etc
Experience in Programing with JavaScript Object Notation (JSON), R, Python that focus on computational biological applications
Experience in SQL database creation and management, writing stored procedures and queries for databases
Experience in writing programs using APIs to pull data from multiple third-party softwares
Experience in Shell scripting
Physical Server Administration
Security Compliance: HIPAA
Good organizational skills, detail oriented
Experience with common bioinformatics and genomic browsers [NCBI, Genbank, UCSC]
Understanding the user of bioinformatics tools including common NGS tools [BWA, samtools, GATK]
Ability to work in a highly collaborative and intellectually challenging environment
Ability to demonstrate professionalism
Ability to demonstrate critical thinking and creative problem-solving abilities
Ability to prepare manuscripts for presentation and publication
Must work independently
Excellent oral and written communication skills
Building proficiency in statistics, data analysis, and data sets
Benefits
Comprehensive benefits
Career advancement opportunities
Differentials
Premiums and bonuses
Recognition programs
Company
Mass General Brigham
Mass General Brigham specializes in providing medical treatments and health diagnostics services.
Founded in 1994
10001+ employees
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