Sr. Bioinformatics Analyst - Full-time - Miami, FL
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The Department of Urology has an exciting opportunity for a full-time Senior Bioinformatics Analyst work on-site in Miami.
CORE JOB SUMMARY
The Senior Bioinformatics Analyst works with research staff to extend capabilities in bioinformatics and improve understanding of genetic variation in human health and disease. The Senior Bioinformatics Analyst also assumes responsibility for the development and maintenance of novel bioinformatics methods.
CORE JOB FUNCTIONS
Develops and maintains next generation data analysis pipelines.
Assists in analysis pipeline and algorithms development and validation.
Extracts features of interest from data relating to specific biological questions.
Contributes to the development and maintenance of genomic and clinical databases.
Performs statistical and integrative data analysis on genomics and clinical data.
Supervises team members and other data analysts.
Establishes standard operating procedures, documentation, and scripts to generate custom reports.
Progresses material for bioinformatics tutorials and training courses.
Tests the characterization and integration of diverse third-party bioinformatics algorithms.
Adheres to University and unit-level policies and procedures and safeguards University assets.
This list of duties and responsibilities is not intended to be all-inclusive and may be expanded to include other duties or responsibilities as necessary.
CORE QUALIFICATIONS
Bachelor’s degree in relevant field required
Refer to department description for applicable certification requirements
Minimum 3 years of relevant experience required
Knowledge, Skills and Abilities:
Learning Agility: Ability to learn new procedures, technologies, and protocols, and adapt to changing priorities and work demands.
Teamwork: Ability to work collaboratively with others and contribute to a team environment.
Technical Proficiency: Skilled in using office software, technology, and relevant computer applications.
Communication: Strong and clear written and verbal communication skills for interacting with colleagues and stakeholders.
DEPARTMENT ADDENDUM
Department Specific Functions
The Sharifi Laboratory is seeking a highly motivated Bioinformatics Analyst to support translational and mechanistic studies focused on prostate cancer progression, steroid metabolism, androgen signaling, therapeutic resistance, and biomarker discovery. The successful candidate will work closely with laboratory scientists and clinicians to analyze genomic, transcriptomic, epigenomic, metabolomic, and clinical datasets and contribute to high-impact cancer research.
Design, implement, and maintain computational workflows for analysis of high-throughput metabolomics, sequencing and multi-omic datasets.
Analyze bulk RNA-seq, single-cell RNA-seq, DNA sequencing, spatial transcriptomics, proteomic, metabolomic, and clinical data.
Integrate molecular and clinical datasets to identify biomarkers associated with treatment response, disease progression, and patient outcomes.
Perform statistical analyses and develop rep
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