Junior Computational Biology Research Fellow

Los Alamos National Security LLC; Los Alamos (NM); On-site; USD 50,000 - 70,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical insurance

Dental and vision insurance

Life insurance

Paid leave and holidays

401(k) with matching

Job summary

Los Alamos National Laboratory's Theoretical Division seeks a post-bachelor student to contribute to research in computational biology and AI-enabled medical countermeasure development. You will help model toxin-protein interactions by integrating sequence, structure, and experimental data, and you will contribute to reproducible workflows for end-to-end predictions.

The role emphasizes collaboration with computational and experimental researchers, documentation of methods, and dissemination of

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree or expected degree in biology, biochemistry, chemistry, bioinformatics, computational biology, data science, computer science, physics, engineering, or a related field.
• Knowledge of protein structure, function, or molecular interactions.
• Experience with scientific programming, preferably Python.
• Familiarity with AI/ML workflows for biological applications.
• Ability to work effectively in a multidisciplinary research team.
• Strong written and verbal communication skills.

Responsibilities

• Curating, processing, and analyzing protein sequence and structural datasets.
• Applying AI/ML, protein language models, and structure-prediction methods to investigate molecular interactions and binding interfaces.
• Developing reproducible, end-to-end workflows that integrate sequence- and structure-based predictions.
• Evaluating model performance and comparing computational predictions with available structural and experimental evidence.
• Working collaboratively with computational and experimental researchers.
• Documenting methods and communicating results through technical reports and presentations.

Skills

Computational biology

Biochemistry

Bioinformatics

Python

AI/ML workflows

Multidisciplinary teamwork

Communication skills

Education

Bachelor's degree in biology/biochemistry/CS

Tools

AlphaFold

ESM

PyMOL

Chimera

Git

Linux

HPC workflows

Job description

Los Alamos National Laboratory's Theoretical Division seeks a post-bachelor student to contribute to research in computational biology and AI-enabled medical countermeasure development. You will help model toxin-protein interactions by integrating sequence, structure, and experimental data, and you will contribute to reproducible workflows for end-to-end predictions.

The role emphasizes collaboration with computational and experimental researchers, documentation of methods, and dissemination of