Part-Time Bioinformatics Specialist: Genomics & Immune

Howard Hughes Medical Institute (HHMI); Princeton (NJ); On-site; USD 42,000 - 62,000; Part time

Job summary

Howard Hughes Medical Institute (HHMI) Lim Laboratory at Princeton University invites applications for a part-time Bioinformatics Specialist (20 hours/week). The role focuses on large-scale human data analysis and computational analysis of experimental datasets, including single-cell and spatial omics.

The successful candidate will work with the PI and lab members to develop analytical strategies and reproduce workflows.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s or master’s degree in a quantitative field.
• Strong programming in R and/or Python.
• Experience analyzing large-scale genomic, transcriptomic, or human datasets.
• Experience with single-cell omics or spatial datasets is highly desirable.
• Ability to develop reproducible workflows and collaborate with experimental scientists.

Responsibilities

• Analyze large-scale human datasets to investigate associations between reproductive history, immune phenotypes, and disease outcomes.
• Develop and apply reproducible computational workflows for large-scale human data analysis.
• Collaborate with experimental scientists to design analytical strategies for high-dimensional datasets.
• Analyze and integrate single-cell RNA-seq, scATAC-seq, and other single-cell datasets.
• Analyze spatial transcriptomic datasets, including platforms such as Xenium.
• Analyze epigenomic datasets, including CUT&Tag and related approaches.
• Analyze microbiome sequencing datasets and integrate microbiome features with immune and tissue phenotypes.
• Apply appropriate statistical and computational approaches to identify biologically meaningful patterns across datasets.
• Develop reproducible and well-documented analytical pipelines and mentor trainees.

Skills

R and Python programming

Genomic data analysis

Education

Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in bioinformatics/computational biology/biostatistics/data science or related

Tools

R

Python

Job description

Howard Hughes Medical Institute (HHMI) Lim Laboratory at Princeton University invites applications for a part-time Bioinformatics Specialist (20 hours/week). The role focuses on large-scale human data analysis and computational analysis of experimental datasets, including single-cell and spatial omics.

The successful candidate will work with the PI and lab members to develop analytical strategies and reproduce workflows.