Bioinformatician Job Listing at Kelly Services in Chicago, IL (Job ID 9435264)

Description

Kelly Science & Clinical® is excited to work with a rapidly growing Microbiome research organization based out of Chicago with an immediate need for a Bioinformatician.  This organization is developing an innovative sample collection tool to track gut microbiomes and is seeking an individual to work with data sets as part of their effort.  This role has great growth potential and offers a platform for those that are able to contribute to the science, data and engineering aspects of their microbiome research.
Role: Bioinformatician
Location: Chicago, IL
Bioinformatics - develop AI platform to leverage novel datasets for biomarker discovery.
The candidate will:

1. Develop bioinformatic methods for community analysis of multi omic datasets,
2. Analyze multi omic datasets, and
3. Participate in the design and development of a platform for data storage and analysis.

This role will directly support a 2-year NSF SBIR Phase II project.
Responsibilities:

• Develop and validate a computational metatranscriptomics pipeline for human fecal samples.
• Extend the capabilities of our data analysis infrastructure to support multi omic datasets.
• Support the analysis and interpretation of experiments intended to validate microbial RNA extraction and storage protocols.
• Coordinate with a cross-functional team of engineers to ensure that validated protocols are automatable and compatible with BiomeSense sample collection technology.

Preferred Skills and Competencies:

• Experience with univariate and multivariate statistics for hypothesis testing.
• Experience developing machine learning pipelines with omic data.
• Experience with workflow management Snakemake/NextFlow/Other Experience with Bash, Python, and R. Experience analyzing biological time-series datasets.
• Familiarity with frontend web development JavaScript and HTML Familiarity with QIIME/QIIME2 and Qiita.
• Familiarity with best practices for software engineering version control, reproducibility, unit testing, continuous integration, etc. .
• Familiarity with Amazon Web Services is a plus.

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