Job Description- Bioinformatics Scientist

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Texas A&M AgriLife Genomics and Bioinformatics Service has an opening for Bioinformatics Scientists. This is a critical research position, the successful candidate will develop and deploy bioinformatics tools to aid the plant breeding programs across Texas A&M AgriLife. The position requires a significant bioinformatics experience focused on next generation sequencing, with a strong educational background in programming, statistics, and genetics. The position will focus on development of tools for the analysis of genotyping-by-sequencing data, and genotype to phenotype predictive modeling in plants.

Education, Skills and qualifications

• D. in bioinformatics, computational biology, plant breeding & genetics, or a closely related discipline
• Working knowledge of quantitative, population and Mendelian genetics.
• Prior experience working in plant breeding or genetics.
• Significant bioinformatics experience using command-line tools in analyzing next-generation sequencing data, including data quality control, alignment, assembly, annotation, etc.
• Strong understanding of current next generation sequencing technologies
• Proficiency in at least one of the compiled programming languages
• Expert proficiency in scripting languages: Python, Unix Shell - AWK, sed, etc.
• Experience with statistical programming language R. Familiarity with Bioconductor, especially common NGS packages.
• Strong statistical background. Experience with GWAS, QTL mapping, generalized linear models and linear mixed models would be preferable.

Major responsibilities

• Performing genotype-by-sequence and population analysis.
• Developing new bioinformatics tools for marker-assisted-selection
• Pursuing external funding with plant breeding teams across AgriLife.
• Providing consultations/training to the faculty/researchers/students
• The candidate shall be a member of and participate in the Center for Bioinformatics and Genomics Systems Engineering (CBGSE).

http://www.txgen.tamu.edu/open-bioinformatics-scientist-position/