Bioinformatics Specialist: NGS Data & AI-Ready (On-site)

The Stowers Institute for Medical Research; Kansas City (MO); Hybrid; USD 90,000 - 130,000; Full time

Job summary

The Stowers Institute for Medical Research is seeking a Bioinformatics Specialist to support the Computational Biology core in processing and analyzing datasets from high-throughput sequencing experiments. The role emphasizes reproducible workflows and collaboration to drive biological insights.

Responsibilities include analyzing and visualizing NGS data with R and Python, creating analysis reports, and maintaining organized results.

Qualifications

• Masters degree in Bioinformatics, Computational Biology, or related computationally oriented discipline.
• Demonstrated experience in NGS data analysis, including QC, alignment, and interpretation.
• Experience in a Unix/Linux environment and strong programming skills in R/Python.
• Interest in exploring and applying generative AI in data analysis.

Responsibilities

• Use R and Python to analyze and visualize high-throughput NGS data from reads to interpretation.
• Create analysis reports to share results with collaborators.
• Follow group best practices to maintain reproducibility and organize results.

Skills

R

Python

Unix/Linux

NGS data analysis

Collaborative work

Education

Masters degree in Bioinformatics, Computational Biology, or related computationally oriented discipline

Tools

Bioconductor

Shiny

Python

Slurm

Job description

The Stowers Institute for Medical Research is seeking a Bioinformatics Specialist to support the Computational Biology core in processing and analyzing datasets from high-throughput sequencing experiments. The role emphasizes reproducible workflows and collaboration to drive biological insights.

Responsibilities include analyzing and visualizing NGS data with R and Python, creating analysis reports, and maintaining organized results.