Senior Computational Biologist, Single-Cell Genomics

Amspec LLC.; New York (NY); On-site; USD 100,000 - 120,000; Full time

Job summary

The New York Genome Center is seeking a senior computational biologist in New York, NY to supervise PhD students, postdocs, and computational biologists in the lab while developing new statistical methods and software for single-cell data analysis.

You will contribute to cancer immunology and developmental neuroscience projects in a multidisciplinary, international environment and help manage lab servers and computational infrastructure.

Qualifications

• PhD or MS degree in bioinformatics, computer science, biology, biochemistry or similar.
• Excellent programming skills, for example, in R, Python, and BASH.
• Experience working in a Linux environment.
• Team oriented with excellent written and verbal communication skills.
• Training in statistics or machine learning preferred.
• Exposure or training in NGS data analysis, functional genomics and/or human genetics preferred.

Responsibilities

• Develop computational methods to analyze single-cell genomics datasets.
• Contribute to the codebase, development, and support of open-source software packages.
• Assist in data analysis and interpretation for diverse research projects.
• Help to manage lab servers and computational infrastructure; and,
• Document and present results in written or oral reports to other lab members.

Skills

R

Python

Bash

Education

PhD or MS degree in bioinformatics, computer science, biology, biochemistry or similar

Job description

The New York Genome Center is seeking a senior computational biologist in New York, NY to supervise PhD students, postdocs, and computational biologists in the lab while developing new statistical methods and software for single-cell data analysis.

You will contribute to cancer immunology and developmental neuroscience projects in a multidisciplinary, international environment and help manage lab servers and computational infrastructure.