Genomics Data Analyst, Research Lab Technician II

University of Southern California; Los Angeles (CA); On-site; USD 35,000 - 39,000; Full time

Job summary

The USC Alfred E. Mann School of Pharmacy and Pharmaceutical Sciences is seeking a Research Lab Technician II to support ongoing studies in immunogenomics, cancer genomics and therapeutics at USC.

The role involves performing molecular, cellular, and in vivo experiments and assisting with day-to-day lab operations. Responsibilities include processing NGS data, downstream analyses, data mining from public omics resources, and maintaining analysis pipelines.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in biology, molecular biology, biochemistry, immunology, or a related field.
• Hands-on laboratory experience with routine molecular biology and cell culture techniques.
• Excellent organizational, record-keeping, and communication skills.
• Ability to work both independently and as part of a team.

Responsibilities

• Process and run quality control on next-generation sequencing data using established pipelines.
• Perform downstream analyses including differential expression, variant calling, and pathway enrichment.
• Analyze data from high-throughput drug screens, flow cytometry, and preclinical mouse studies; perform basic statistical analyses.
• Mine public omics resources to support target discovery and validation.
• Maintain and update analysis pipelines and scripts using version control.
• Organize and manage lab datasets, sample metadata, and clinical annotations in compliance with IRB and data security requirements.
• Run jobs on USC's high-performance computing cluster and manage data storage.
• Prepare figures, tables, and summaries of results for lab meetings, presentations, and manuscripts.

Skills

Laboratory techniques

Molecular biology

Teamwork

Data analysis

IRB/data security

Education

Bachelor's degree in biology or related field

Master’s degree or 1-2 years of research laboratory experience

Tools

Flow cytometry

NGS sample preparation

R

Python

GraphPad Prism

High-throughput assays

Job description

The USC Alfred E. Mann School of Pharmacy and Pharmaceutical Sciences is seeking a Research Lab Technician II to support ongoing studies in immunogenomics, cancer genomics and therapeutics at USC.

The role involves performing molecular, cellular, and in vivo experiments and assisting with day-to-day lab operations. Responsibilities include processing NGS data, downstream analyses, data mining from public omics resources, and maintaining analysis pipelines.