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Everyone's unique health journey is informed by data. Join Dr. Ruowang Li as we translate today's discoveries into tomorrow's medicine!

Cedars-Sinai is home to some of the most advanced biomedical research and training programs in the world, which attracts renowned physician-scientists seeking an unparalleled environment for fostering invention and teamwork.

The Department of Computational Biomedicine under Dr. Moore's leadership reflects Cedars-Sinai's commitment to advancing medical discovery and the recognition of the foundational role complex data plays in our research and clinical care.

Are you ready to be a part of breakthrough research?

Under close supervision, the Research Bioinformatician I performs general bioinformatics analysis and software support for projects involving in electronic health record data and omics. The RBI will manage data including loading and querying data from database system and public repositories, and transform and merge multilevel omic data into user-friendly formats, assist in development, test, and maintenance of modular software pipelines, provide daily bioinformatics data analysis, preliminary interpretation of the data, and reports of the results for possible publications.

Primary Job Duties and Responsibilities:

• Provides general bioinformatics analysis support for omic projects and is mainly responsible for data analysis and software compilations including next-generation sequence alignment, polymorphism identification, expression analysis, and visualization tools and browsers.
• Summarizes data analysis results in the form suitable as the basis for the first draft of written reports, and makes preliminary interpretations of the data.
• Assists in the development, testing, and maintenance of modular software pipelines for genome sequencing, assembly, annotation, metagenomic analysis, and genotyping using high-throughput sequencing platforms including 454, Illumina, and Pacific Biosciences.
• Manages data including loading and querying data from database systems, downloading omic data from public repositories, and transforming data to the necessary formats.
• Helps to identify, evaluate, and incorporate relevant algorithms and software pipelines by reviewing pertinent pieces of literature in bioinformatics and computational biology.

• Working Title: Research Bioinformatician I - Li Lab - Computational Biomedicine
• Department: Computational BioMedicine
• Business Entity: Academic / Research
• City: Los Angeles
• Job Category: Academic/Research
• Job Specialty: Bioinformatics
• Position Type: Full-time
• Shift Length: 8 hour shift
• Shift Type: Day