Research Assistant/Associate, Computational analysis

Key Responsibilities:

• Development of computational pipeline to support research

• Communication with researchers to understand biological problems

• Facilitate the translation of biological problems to actionable computational analysis plans

• Execution of analysis plans and its subsequent interpretation

• Generate analysis reports and communicate them to researchers

• Management of the collaboration research data to ensure compliance to data policies

• Development of computational methods and systems in support of the research activities

Requirements:

• A BSc or MSc in Bioinformatics or similar field (Life Science or Computational Science graduates with keen interest in bioinformatics welcomed)

• Experience with working with biological data

• Good communication skills to communicate with life science/medical researchers to understand biological problems and communicate analytical results

• Customer focused approach to collaboration

• Ability to understand biological problems and translate them to computational problems

• Ability to code in a programming language to solve computational problems

• Awareness of computational infrastructure and its upkeep

• Ability to work on multiple projects in parallel and set priorities

• Willingness to provide training to staff and students in the area of bioinformatics

• Keen interest in the field of bioinformatics and willingness to try new methods and improve on existing ones