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The Suthar laboratory within the Emory Vaccine Center at Emory University is currently seeking an Assistant Research Scientist with a background in bioinformatics, modeling, and machine learning to join our lab. Our research uses a multiscale approach to study the immune response to emerging/re-emerging viral infections. We study the dynamics of virus-host interactions with innate immune signaling pathways, define host response at the single cell level, characterize tissue-specific responses using animal models, and model the immune response across organisms (mice, hamsters, NHPs, and humans). For this position, we are looking for a highly motivated, collaborative, and energetic individual that has expertise in analyzing data generated from multiome technologies (single cell RNAseq/ATAC-seq), spatial transcriptomics, and possibly BCR/TCR-sequencing.

The ideal candidate should be motivated, responsible, detail-oriented, have a positive attitude and works well with others.  The Assistant Scientist should be a team player who is willing to learn on the job and collaborate with lab members and center members. The Assistant Scientist will work to ensure the highest quality of laboratory research support, and has good communication skills with co-workers, the management team, PI’s, research staff, students, and other support services.

The responsibilities of this position include management, analysis, interpretation, and integration of research projects. Expected to meet deadlines and provide deliverables, manage time slots and workload.  Also involved in daily core activities that included maintenance of different software packages, updating and troubleshooting analysis pipelines, writing custom scripts and developing new visualization tools to make the data presentation to biologists.

An ideal candidate should have a strong background in one or a combination of the following areas: Computational Biology, Bioinformatics, Computer Science, Statistics, Molecular Genetics and Biomedical Science. Preference will be given to candidates who have a solid understanding of biology/virology and have prior experience in omics data analysis. Experience in statistical modeling and machine learning is highly desirable.

Under minimal supervision, the Assistant Scientist, Bioinformatics performs a wide range of highly technical and complex bioinformatics procedures. Qualification for this position requires demonstrated expertise in designing and developing software, databases, and interfaces for analyzing and manipulating research data applications including expertise with simple programming using Perl/Python or Java, statistical programming, web-development, and database query through SQL. This role collaborates with researchers to develop high throughput data processing and analysis capability.

KEY RESPONSIBILITIES:

• Directs and guides database searches and the computational analysis of resulting data.
• Provides direct technical support and helps guide, implement, and maintain further improvements to bioinformatics software, databases, and interfaces and works with the entire bioinformatics team to diagnose and fix related issues.
• May assist in grant and other funding applications, as necessary and appropriate.
• Demonstrated ability to function as part of a team.
• Performs other responsibilities as required. 

ESSENTIAL FUNCTIONS:

• Responsible for taking datasets from beginning to end. Starting with preprocessing and quality control to fitting the correct statistical model to perform differential gene expression and Gene Set Enrichment to producing preliminary reports that summarize the most striking findings in the dataset.
• Create presentation data that include advanced analysis portions (Network inference, Gene and Pathway activity plots, Custom module analysis, Deconvolution, Regression Analysis, Correlation of Gene Expression with Flow markers - Machine learning, Classification, Prediction, Validation).
• Develop and implement tools and workflows to process, analyze and integrate different high throughput data.
• Supervise all phases of analysis from data processing and quality control through final analytical results and reporting.
• Use of computational and statistical approaches from the fields of systems biology to model, and interrogate the molecular interaction networks.
• Write manuscript for publications in scientific journals.

MINIMUM QUALIFICATIONS:

• PhD in bioinformatics, computer science, biological or physical science and three years of experience.
• Experience prior to achieving the PhD will be considered.

NOTE: Position tasks are generally required to be performed in-person at an Emory University location.  Remote work from home day options may be granted at department discretion. Emory reserves the right to change remote work status with notice to employee.

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