Bioinformatics Research Scientist, Genomics & NGS

Ugajobsearch; Athens (GA); On-site; USD 90,000 - 120,000; Full time

Job summary

University of Georgia in Athens, GA is seeking a Bioinformatics Research Professional to advance gene discovery and large-omics data analysis. The role focuses on developing pipelines for microbiome, transcriptome, and metabolome datasets, using existing tools and new methods tailored to research goals.

The position emphasizes programming in R/Python, data management, and collaboration with a multidisciplinary team, with a grant-funded context and standard work hours.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in a related field or equivalent.
• Experience in NGS data analysis and gene discovery.
• Strong programming in R and Python required.
• Experience with bioinformatics software development and research.

Responsibilities

• Analyze microbiome, transcriptome, metabolome, and genomic datasets from NGS.
• Develop automated bioinformatics pipelines for data analysis.
• Create tools for microbial community profiling and gene discovery.
• Collaborate with investigators and supervise research analyses.
• Prepare technical reports and contribute to publications.

Skills

Bioinformatics tools

R programming

Python programming

SQL/NoSQL databases

NGS data analysis

Software development

Genome/metagenome assembly

Git/GitHub

Education

Bachelor’s degree or equivalent

Tools

SAMtools

pysam

Picard Tools

Bowtie

BWA

CLC Genomics Workbench

Git

Job description

University of Georgia in Athens, GA is seeking a Bioinformatics Research Professional to advance gene discovery and large-omics data analysis. The role focuses on developing pipelines for microbiome, transcriptome, and metabolome datasets, using existing tools and new methods tailored to research goals.

The position emphasizes programming in R/Python, data management, and collaboration with a multidisciplinary team, with a grant-funded context and standard work hours.