Research Specialist

Texas A&M AgriLife Research; College Station (TX); On-site; USD 55,000 - 75,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health insurance

Paid holidays

Retirement plan

Job summary

Texas A&M AgriLife Research’s Institute for Advancing Health Through Agriculture-Precision Nutrition seeks a Research Specialist in Bioinformatics to lead analyses of large-scale multi-omics data from animal models and human studies. The role focuses on data integration, method development, and collaborative biomedical insights.

The candidate will mentor trainees, contribute to publications and grants, and work within a multidisciplinary team to explore nutrition, metabolism, immunity, aging,

Qualifications

• Bachelor's Degree required.
• Eight years of related experience.
• Demonstrated experience analyzing next-generation sequencing data.
• Proficiency in R, Python, Linux/Unix, and statistical analysis.
• Experience with microbiome, transcriptomics, proteomics, or metabolomics datasets.
• Strong publication record and excellent communication skills.

Responsibilities

• Analyzes and interprets high-throughput sequencing and omics datasets, including microbiome, RNA sequencing, spatial transcriptomics, proteomics, metabolomics, and multi-omics integration analyses.
• Develops and maintains bioinformatics pipelines for data processing and quality control.
• Collaborates with biologists, nutrition scientists, and clinicians to generate biological insights from complex datasets.
• Prepares figures, reports, manuscripts, and grant applications.
• Mentors graduate students and other trainees in computational biology approaches.
• Contributes to the development of innovative analytical methods and research directions.

Skills

Bioinformatics

Multi-omics analysis

Data analysis

NGS data analysis

R

Python

Statistics

Education

Bachelor's Degree

Master's or Ph.D. in related field

Tools

R

Python

Linux/Unix

HPC

Job description

Department

Institute for Advancing Health Through Agriculture-Precision Nutrition

Job Title

Research Specialist

Agency

Texas A&M Agrilife Research

Department

Institute for Advancing Health Through Agriculture-Precision Nutrition

Proposed Minimum Salary

$5,416.67 monthly

Job Location

College Station, Texas

Job Type

Staff

Job Description

About the Position

Precision Nutrition in Institute for Advancing Health Through Agriculture (IHA) at Texas A& M University is seeking a highly motivated Research Scientist in Bioinformatics to join a multidisciplinary research team investigating the interactions among nutrition, metabolism, immunity, aging, and chronic diseases.

The successful candidate will lead the analysis and integration of large-scale multi-omics datasets generated from both animal models and human studies.

Job Description Summary

The Research Specialist performs bioinformatics research in a multidisciplinary environment investigating the interactions among nutrition, metabolism, immunity, aging, and chronic diseases. This position leads the analysis and integration of large-scale multi-omics datasets generated from animal models and human studies to support biomedical research and data-driven discovery.

Responsibilities

• Analyzes and interprets high-throughput sequencing and omics datasets, including:
• Microbiome (16S rRNA and shotgun metagenomics)
• Bulk and single-cell RNA sequencing
• Spatial transcriptomics
• Proteomics
• Metabolomics
• Multi-omics integration analyses
• Develops and maintains bioinformatics pipelines for data processing and quality control.
• Collaborates with biologists, nutrition scientists, and clinicians to generate biological insights from complex datasets.
• Prepares figures, reports, manuscripts, and grant applications.
• Mentors graduate students and other trainees in computational biology approaches.
• Contributes to the development of innovative analytical methods and research directions.

Required Qualifications

• Bachelor's Degree.
• Eight years of related experience.
• Demonstrated experience analyzing next-generation sequencing data.
• Proficiency in R, Python, Linux/Unix, and statistical analysis.
• Experience with microbiome, transcriptomics, proteomics, or metabolomics datasets.
• Strong publication record and excellent communication skills.

Preferred Education And Experience

• Master or Ph.D. in Bioinformatics, Computational Biology, Genomics, Biostatistics, Computer Science, Systems Biology, or a related field.
• Experience with single-cell RNA-seq analysis.
• Experience with multi-omics integration and systems biology approaches.
• Familiarity with cloud computing, high-performance computing clusters, and machine learning methods.
• Experience with pathway enrichment, network analysis, and visualization tools.

Why Work at Texas A&M AgriLife?

When you choose to work for Texas A&M AgriLife, you become part of an organization that is an established leader in agriculture and life sciences with a wide range of capabilities to meet the needs of our statewide, national, and international constituents.

In addition, Texas A&M AgriLife offers a comprehensive benefit package including the following:

• Health, dental, vision, life and long-term disability insurance with Texas A&M AgriLife contributing to employee health and basic life premiums
• 12-15 days of annual paid holidays
• Up to eight hours of paid sick leaveand at leasteight hours of paid vacation each month
• Automatic enrollment in theTeacher Retirement System of Texas
• Employee Wellness Initiative for Texas A&M AgriLife

All positions are security-sensitive. Applicants are subject to a criminal history investigation, and employment is contingent upon the institution’s verification of credentials and/or other information required by the institution’s procedures, including the completion of the criminal history check.

Equal Opportunity/Veterans/Disability Employer.