Bioinformatics Research Associate — Metagenomics

Massachusetts Institute of Technology; Cambridge (MA); On-site; USD 60,000 - 75,000; Full time

Job summary

Massachusetts Institute of Technology's Earth, Atmospheric and Planetary Sciences department invites a Research Support Associate 1 to contribute to the NSF STC project 'Chemical Currencies of a Microbial Planet' and collaborate with TMU researchers. You will develop bioinformatic workflows and analyze sequencing data to study microbial carbon cycling.

Responsibilities include applying metagenomic analyses, reconstructing phylogenetic trees, and summarizing results for publications and talks.

Qualifications

• Develop and improve bioinformatic workflows for metagenomic and comparative genomics.
• Analyze sequencing data from PacBio, Illumina, and Oxford Nanopore.
• Reconstruct phylogenetic trees and summarize results for papers.
• Engage with C-CoMP, MIT, and TMU; meet supervisors regularly.

Responsibilities

• Develop and improve bioinformatic workflows for metagenomic and comparative genomics.
• Analyze sequencing data from PacBio, Illumina, and Oxford Nanopore.
• Reconstruct phylogenetic trees and summarize results for publications.

Job description

Massachusetts Institute of Technology's Earth, Atmospheric and Planetary Sciences department invites a Research Support Associate 1 to contribute to the NSF STC project 'Chemical Currencies of a Microbial Planet' and collaborate with TMU researchers. You will develop bioinformatic workflows and analyze sequencing data to study microbial carbon cycling.

Responsibilities include applying metagenomic analyses, reconstructing phylogenetic trees, and summarizing results for publications and talks.