Bioinformatics Analyst, Proximity-Driven Drug Discovery

Thecentermemphis; Memphis (TN); On-site; USD 78,000 - 139,360; Full time

Job summary

St. Jude Children's Research Hospital seeks a bioinformatician to join a collaborative team focused on proximity-based drug discovery. You will analyze biomedical data, develop algorithms, and contribute to data warehouse and visualization tool projects.

The role requires 4+ years of experience, fluency in at least one programming language, and experience with R; knowledge in network analysis and proteomics data is highly valued. Expected to work cross-functionally in a dynamic setting at St.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in bioinformatics, cheminformatics, statistics/computer science (with a background in biological sciences or chemistry) or related field.
• Master's degree preferred.
• 4+ years of relevant experience required.
• Experience in at least one programming or scripting language and at least one statistical package, with R preferred.
• Experience in high throughput screening and proteomics data analysis strongly preferred.

Responsibilities

• Analyze biomedical data with minimal supervision by performing advanced analysis, algorithm implementation, programming, and quality check.
• Assist senior analysts and scientists in the courses and training - with in-house training programs, user groups, seminars, documentation, and newsletters.
• Evaluate and integrate products, solutions, tools, and web-based applications.
• Assist in the development, implementation, and maintenance of relevant databases or data warehouse.
• Develop prototypes for cloud portals and visualization tools; programs for the analysis of data within databases.
• Develop web services to query the database.
• Develop and implement computational and systems biology approaches for network and hidden driver analysis for genomic transcriptomics, proteomics, and metabolomics.
• Collaborate with interdisciplinary teams to apply developed algorithms to diverse datasets.
• Perform integrative analyses of multidimensional datasets within the context of induced proximity drug discovery strategies.
• Communicate with project managers on design and implementation of analytical processes, project progress, and results.
• Perform other duties as assigned to meet the goals and objectives of the department and institution.
• Maintains regular and predictable attendance.

Skills

Programming

R

Network analysis

Proteomics analysis

Education

Bachelor's degree in bioinformatics

Master's degree preferred

Job description

St. Jude Children's Research Hospital seeks a bioinformatician to join a collaborative team focused on proximity-based drug discovery. You will analyze biomedical data, develop algorithms, and contribute to data warehouse and visualization tool projects.

The role requires 4+ years of experience, fluency in at least one programming language, and experience with R; knowledge in network analysis and proteomics data is highly valued. Expected to work cross-functionally in a dynamic setting at St.