Bioinformatics Scientist
- Bethesda, United States
Posted 6 days ago
About the role
Position Objective: The Sbis Bioinformatics Scientist will provide support to the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases within the National Institutes of Health.
Duties and Responsibilities:
- Apply state-of-the-art AI techniques to vaccine target protein design.
- Utilize High performance computing (HPC).
- Serve as expert to identify critical/biological findings of experimental data and collaborate with other scientists, using sequence, (protein) structure, and statistics.
- Maintain proper and detailed documentation of the analysis performed and report results at lab meetings.
- Apply latest tools to De novo design small protein immunogens.
- Develop and apply in silico tools to analyze serology of HIV-infected individuals. 1
- Design and apply in silico analysis tools providing biological insight of vaccine targets including (but not limited to) HIV-1, SARSCoV- 2 spike, Influenza, Dengue/Zika, SIV, Lassa virus and other emerging pathogens.
- Instruct staff in computational analysis of data.
- Collaborate with biologists, statisticians and/or other bioinformaticians in the design of models summarizing/explaining experimental data. 2
- Present new research data in group settings, at meetings or seminars. 3
- Meet with lab member to present updates.
Basic Qualifications:
- PhD in Mathematics, Statistics, Bioinformatics, or a related field.
- Minimum of 1-2 years of postdoctoral experience is required
- Experienced with Microsoft Office Suite.
Preferred Qualifications:
- Ability to communicate effectively, orally and in writing, with non-technical and technical staff
- Detail-oriented and possess strong organizational skills with the ability to prioritize multiple tasks and projects
- This job description is not designed to cover or contain a comprehensive listing of activities, duties or responsibilities that are required by this position.
To perform this job successfully, an individual must be able to perform each essential duty satisfactorily. The requirements listed above are representative of the knowledge, skill, and/or ability required. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.
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This position is contingent upon contract award.