Position available immediately: Translational Bioinformatics

Center for Biomedical Informatics, Harvard Medical School

 

Description:

A full-time staff position in translational bioinformatics is available
immediately to work in the lab of Dr. Dennis P. Wall at the Center for
Biomedical Informatics (CBMI) at Harvard Medical School.  The successful
candidate will be responsible for managing and analyzing medically
relevant biological databases to understand how diseases are related at
the genetic level and how this information can help improve our
understanding of particularly complex disorders such as autism.

 

Requirements:

Extensive experience with analysis of biological databases, especially
including microarray data. The candidate should be skilled in the use of
NCBI's Gene Expression Omnibus, R/Bioconductor for analysis of GEO data,
and MUST have intimate experience with and deep understanding of the
statistical analysis of microarrays.  Understanding of UMLS, OMIM, as
well as Gene Ontology and other systems of biological data annotation a
plus. Experience with the integration of expression data with other
biological database also a plus. 

 

Solid experience with MySQL and any programming language such as perl or
python (particularly for the implementation of algorithms to communicate
with MySQL for the manipulation of biological data). 

 

Excellent communication skills, team oriented attitude, comfortable in
an adapting environment, and able to productively contribute to
publication and grant-funding efforts.

 

We are unable to support visas for this position. Applicants with US
Citizenship or Green Card only please.

 

Please send CV, reprints of up to 3 publications if available, and
contact information for 3 references to dpwall@hms.harvard.edu

 

More information on the CBMI may be found at
https://cbmi.med.harvard.edu <https://cbmi.med.harvard.edu/> 

 

 

 

Dennis P. Wall, PhD

Center for Biomedical Informatics

Harvard Medical School

Boston, MA 02115

dpwall@hms.harvard.edu

 


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