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Posted: 28-Aug-24
Location: Los Angeles, California
Salary: Open
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Internal Number: 141801325
The Division of Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine is seeking a Bioinformatics Research Analyst for an NIH-funded lab focused on lung injury, infection, and inflammation. The role involves designing and analyzing experiments using human and animal tissue, with a focus on techniques such as bulk RNASeq, single-cell RNASeq, ATAC-Seq, and spatial transcriptomics/proteomics. The analyst will be an integral member of the research team, contributing to scientific publications and driving advancements in understanding how innate immune responses, like the complement system, influence the severity of mucosal surface injuries, including those in the lungs. The position also offers opportunities for professional growth, including participation in presentations and training others within the department.
Hourly range: $28.88-$46.46
Required:
- Knowledge of bioinformatics concepts and a minimum of 1 year of practical experience in a position that requires analysis of next generation sequencing datasets
- Excellent verbal and written English
- Working knowledge of lab safety, including the proper use of biohazardous materials and chemicals
- Familiarity with biospecimen preparation and analysis
- Ability to interact with persons of various social, cultural, economic, and educational backgrounds in a friendly and effective manner
- Ability to work with the moderate level of supervision, work in a team and maintain positive relations with collaborators on the project
- Ability to learn new techniques and assays
- Ability to effectively communicate results via well labeled and attractive publication-quality figures and informative, easy to interpret slideshow presentations
- Excellent organizational skills in all areas of laboratory research and maintenance
- Ability to observe established laboratory policies and procedures
- Ability to handle confidential and sensitive material with discretion, tact, sensitivity and diplomacy
- Ability to take charge of the execution of research projects or major portions of research projects which have been broadly outlined by the Principal Investigator
- Engage in difficult and complex research projects under the supervision of the Principal Investigator and designated researchers
Preferred:
- BS, MS or Ph.D. in biology, data sciences or related fields
- Ability to work using programming language R, RStudio and/or Python
