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The Henry M. Jackson Foundation for the Advancement of Military Medicine · 10 hours ago

Computational Research Scientist - HIV (Remote)

Silver Spring, MD

Full-time

Remote

New Grad, Entry Level

$74K/yr - $89K/yr

0+ years exp

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Responsibilities

Evaluates, analyzes, and customizes next generation sequence analysis protocols, e.g. HiSeq Analysis Software, Genome Analysis Toolkit (GATK), open source software, for a variety of sequencing applications.

Develops new RNA-seq, Exome seq, genome analysis pipelines and procedures.

Conducts data‐driven and hypothesis-directed genomics research.

Assists with the report of experimental results for publication in technical and peer-reviewed journals. Contributes and edits data, text, and figures in program publications.

Presents research in oral communications at internal meetings and at international scientific conferences.

Collaborates closely with interdisciplinary team members.

May supervise junior informatics staff.

May perform other duties and responsibilities as assigned or directed by the supervisor. This may include attendance of and participation in required trainings for role.

Qualification

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Computational BiologyBioinformaticsR ProgrammingNext-Generation SequencingPerlPythonC/C++JavaPipeline DevelopmentBiostatisticsStatistical InferenceClinical Data Understanding

Required

Doctoral Degree in Computational Biology or Bioinformatics.

Minimum of 0-2 years experience required.

Research experience in computational genomics or biostatistics demonstrated through publications; programming ability in R (or other statistical language).

Scripting language (Perl, Python, or comparable), and (C/C++, Java or comparable language).

Experience with next-generation sequencing analysis, i.e. alignment, quality assessment, variant detection, statistical inference.

Experience with pipeline development and implementation on compute clusters.

Demonstrated ability to work effectively as part of a team in a deadline-driven environment.

Excellent oral and written communication skills and capable of writing abstracts, manuscripts, and reports.

Understanding of clinical and immunologic data is a plus.

Ability to obtain and maintain a T1/Public Trust background check.

Benefits

HJF offers a comprehensive suite of benefits focused on your health and well-being, from medical, dental, and vision coverage to health savings and retirement plans, and more.