Job Description

We are seeking an experienced bioinformatician for the Tisch Cancer Institute Bioinformatics for Next Generation Sequencing (BiNGS) shared resource facility, to lead genomics, transcriptomics and epigenetics data analysis projects related to Cancer and Developmental biology.

The mission of BiNGS is to enhance scholarship and facilitate NGS data analysis in the ISMMS community by providing access to state-of-the-art tools and training. The BiNGS staff support a broad range of biostatistics and bioinformatics analyses for multiple applications spanning bulk ATAC-, RNA-, and ChIP-seq, CUT&RUN and HiC, single cell ATAC- and RNA-seq, single cell Multiome and Spatial Transcriptomics, WGS and WES. BiNGS further provides services for data management, bioinformatics tools development, access to biocomputing resources, web-based app development, and advanced computational training in data analysis. We are focused on delivering a comprehensive, rapid and user-friendly service.

More specifically, we are working on multiple projects together with PIs in the Tisch Cancer institute and the broader Mount Sinai community to analyze NGS related datasets. For example, we are working to understand the role of the histone variant MacroH2A in the regulation of chromatin organization in melanoma utilizing micro-C analysis, enhancers analysis, transcriptomic analysis, open chromatin analysis and transcription factor network analysis; in another project, we are working to develop a computational classifier for risk assessments from cancer patients biopsies, utilizing WES and ultra-low pass WGS and ML tools.

We are seeking a highly motivated senior Bioinformatic Scientist who wants the opportunity to significantly impact the growth and success of our research programs, the bioinformatics core and the services we provide. The candidate will work closely with TCI investigators to facilitate and enhance the processing of their projects. Commitment to accuracy, high attention-to-details, and ability to work independently are critical competencies for the role. The ability to lead projects and a team of bioinformaticians is a must. We feel that BiNGS presents a unique opportunity for senior bioinformaticians who seek to expand their data analysis skills; their understanding of transcriptional and epigenetic programs and their role in driving cancer initiation, progression and metastasis, and other diseases; their ability to communicate science clearly and efficiently; their ability to lead a small team of junior of bioinformaticians, and their involvement in reducing racial bias in science through mentorship of URM in Science.

Responsibilities

• Execute computational analysis for WES and WGS, bulk RNA-seq, and scRNA-seq using existing standard pipelines.
• Manage a team of junior bioinformaticians working together on a project. The candidate will be responsible for the scientific development of the project, evaluation of data quality, progress of data analysis, implementation of new tools, and reporting and presentation of results.
• Integrate data across different datatypes and from publicly available resources (e.g., PCAWG, TCGA, ICGC and GTEx), with experimental data generated by PIs. The ideal candidate will be familiar with publicly available datasets and how to extract meaningful data based on the system he/she works on.
• Provide analyses and visualization for presentations and publications.
• Participate in the implementation of new software tools to process, analyze and visualize high-throughput multidimensional sequencing data. The candidate will be required to identify the main requirements, identify available tools, implement and test.
• Manage the core online database and interactive tools on local HPC and commercially available clouds preferably Amazon Web Services. The candidate will execute all data analysis on HPC using bash and manage the storage and archiving of all NGS datasets on the MSSM HPC. Further managing of our HTML reports will be done on Amazon cloud
• Tracking and reporting of ongoing projects including presentation of analysis progress in internal meetings and communications with PI to present results and plan next steps.
• Provide training to TCI investigators and trainees.

Qualifications

• PhD in bioinformatics, computer Sciences or related fields
• Proven experience in analyzing WES and WGS, bulk RNA-seq, and scRNA-seq.
• Proven experience with ML/AI algorithms to analyze NGS datasets
• Proven experience with Python, R and Linux. Additional experience with standard genomics tools for high-throughput sequencing data analysis (e.g. Cellranger, BWA, Samtools, STAR, GATK, Mutect2, and the UCSC genome browser). Experience with markup languages such as HTML is preferred.
• Proven ability to work on the AWS cloud.
• Experience in bash HPC cluster environment with a parallel file system.
• Proven ability to research, analyze, recommend, communicate, and implement solutions.
• Good understanding of chromatin biology, and NGS technologies
• Must be able to work as an individual while part of a small team.

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