[SocBiN] Fwd: Research scientist in bioinformatics position in Harvard Medical School & Brigham and Women's Hospital

Arne Elofsson arne at bioinfo.se
Thu Apr 16 16:13:41 CEST 2020 

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*From: *Xianjun Dong <xianjun.dong.umass at gmail.com>
*Subject: **Research scientist in bioinformatics position in Harvard
Medical School & Brigham and Women's Hospital*
*Date: *April 15, 2020 at 1:24:14 PM EDT
*To: *socbin-at-sbc.su.se at lists.su.se

*Position*: Research Scientist in Bioinformatics

*Location*: Genomics and Bioinformatics Hub, Department of Neurology,
Brigham and Women’s Hospital, Harvard Medical School

We are looking for a bioinformatician or computational biologist to work
with data from a wide variety of experimental platforms, with a focus on
next-generation sequencing technologies. This role provides a unique
opportunity to collaborate with world-class researchers who are working to
understand and treat a wide range of diseases, including Alzheimer’s,
Parkinson’s, multiple sclerosis, glioblastoma, and others.

*About us*

The Genomics and Bioinformatics Hub (http://bioinformatics.bwh.harvard.edu) is
a newly established program for bioinformatics research, services, and
training in the Department of Neurology at Brigham and Women’s Hospital
(BWH), a world-leading center of excellence in academic medicine and
research. Jointly supported by the Program for Interdisciplinary
Neuroscience and the Precision Neurology Program, the goal of the Genomics
and Bioinformatics Hub is to bridge the gap between neuroscientists and
computational scientists to their mutual benefit, and to advance the
application of cutting-edge computational methods for brain disorders
research. The hub will develop bioinformatics tools, data resources,
infrastructure, and will provide training and collaborative support to the
neuro research community (including neurology, neuro-oncology,
neurosurgery, neuropathology, and basic neuroscience) at BWH, Harvard, and
potentially with our industry collaborators.

*About you*

You have a background in biomedical or quantitative science and a strong
interest in working with medical and/or biological researchers. You enjoy
solving scientific questions with computational skills. You are an active
user in biostars.org. You like to collaborate with an interdisciplinary
team. You can integrate your knowledge of biology, genetics and cell
biology with your computational knowledge to excel at communicating with
programmers and wet-lab scientists alike. You are an independent learner,
are keen to learn and apply new methods, and are motivated to continually
expand your skills. You have good coding and data management habits that
enable reproducible research. You are time-sensitive and able to
simultaneously work on different projects and deadlines.

The position is for two years with the possibility of further extension.
The position is based at the new Hale Building for Transformative Medicine
(HBTM) at Brigham and Women’s Hospital. The successful candidate will be
appointed to the BWH Medical Staff as a Research Associate, and the
Department of Neurology will propose that s/he be appointed as a Research
Associate at the Harvard Medical School (HMS); however, final approval of
this appointment rests with HMS.

*Responsibilities and Duties*

Reporting to the Hub director, and coordinating closely with other Hub
members, the applicant will work on all aspects of the hub mission,
providing expert bioinformatics support and promoting the hub within the
BWH research community. S/he will be expected to develop collaborations and
connections to researchers across multiple departments, to become informed
about their work, and to contribute to the overall development of the hub
strategy. Specific duties will include the following:

   - Using existing bioinformatics tools to perform standard
   next-generation sequencing (NGS) data analysis, incl. genomic,
   transcriptomic, epigenomic, and other data;
   - Developing or adapting new algorithms and pipeline to support
   customized data analysis;
   - Documenting all work thoroughly, and providing manuscript-level
   reporting of final analyses and results;
   - Providing project-based collaborative support in bioinformatics to
   investigators in different areas, including neurology, neuro-oncology,
   neurosurgery, neuropathology, and basis neuroscience;
   - Coordinating with collaborating Research Computing groups to ensure
   consistent computing resources and data storage;
   - Providing basic and advanced bioinformatics training to students and
   researchers in BWH, building on the success of our existing Bioinformatics
   Club. The research scientist is expected to assist the Director to maintain
   the training environment.
   - We also have access to a sequencing platform (NextSeq and 10x
   Genomics) and the Research Scientist will manage the sequencing data stored
   on the server.

*Qualifications*

We are looking for a candidate with the following skills and experience:

   - Master’s or doctoral degree in a related field (Bioinformatics,
   Statistics, Engineering, Computer Science etc.)
   - Strong computational genomics experience in one of the following
   fields: Bulk RNA-Seq, single-cell sequencing data analysis, small RNA-Seq,
   ChIP-Seq, ATAC-Seq, whole-genome sequencing, target sequencing,
   exome-sequencing, CAGE, Hi-C.
   - Fluent programming skills in R, Linux/Bash, and one or more scripting
   languages (Python, Perl, C or C++)
   - Good spoken and written communication skills in English.
   - At least one first-authored or co-authored paper, submitted, accepted
   or published in an English-language journal.
   - Research experience in neuroscience is a plus.
   - Github or other version control experience is a plus
   - Cloud computing experience is a plus
   - Statistics background is a plus

Informal inquiries may be directed to Xianjun Dong, PhD, Director of
Genomics and Bioinformatics Hub (xdong at rics.bwh.harvard.edu), or to Charles
Jennings, PhD, Executive Director, Program for Interdisciplinary
Neuroscience (cgjennings at bwh.harvard.edu).

For consideration for this position, please send a cover letter explaining
your background and motivation, detailing how you feel your skills can
enrich the group’s activities, three (3) references and a full CV including
contact details as a combined PDF to Xianjun Dong, Ph.D. by email (
xdong at rics.bwh.harvard.edu) or by mail (60 Fenwood Road, Boston, MA 02115,
USA).

*Brigham and Women’s Hospital is an Equal Opportunity Employer. All
qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without
regard to race, color, religion, creed, sex, sexual orientation, gender
identity, national origin, ancestry, age, veteran status, disability
unrelated to job requirements, genetic information, military service, or
other protected status.*

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