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Bioinformatics Specialist
Job Locations USA-NY-New York
Requisition ID
2025-83821
Pay Range
67,900.00-$105,300.00
Pay Range
67,900.00-$105,300.00
Company Overview
The people of Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center (MSK) are united by a singular mission : ending cancer for life. Our specialized care teams provide personalized, compassionate, expert care to patients of all ages. Informed by basic research done at our Sloan Kettering Institute, scientists across MSK collaborate to conduct innovative translational and clinical research that is driving a revolution in our understanding of cancer as a disease and improving the ability to prevent, diagnose, and treat it. MSK is dedicated to training the next generation of scientists and clinicians, who go on to pursueour missionat MSK and around the globe.
Job Description
Exciting Opportunity at MSK : We are seeking a Bioinformatics Specialist to join The Kenneth Offit Lab at MSK.
In this role you will be a core team member working with other faculty, students and postdocs and will be responsible for analysis of large-scale cancer germline and tumor next generation sequencing and microarray data sets. The position allows to build algorithms and a small part of software development. Existing bioinformatics pipelines as part of the CGRL / Niehaus Center will need to be run and updated as per current trends. The position necessitates the ability to multitask on projects as well as produce results in a timely fashion, sometimes with rapid turn-around times with limited supervision.
Role Overview :
Develop, benchmark and implement novel analysis approaches and softwares.
- Maintain, modify and version track in-house code and pipelines.
- Analyze sequencing data using established workflows; Perform statistical analysis of large sequencing and genotyping datasets in diverse cancer cohorts.
- Assist in management of internal data as well as aggregate large externally available data sets including public and dbGAP resources.
- Expertise in germline and tumor sequencing. Additional knowledge of RNA-Seq would be preferred.
- Document progress and updates using JIRA and SOPs on Confluence.
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Additional Information :
Pay Range : $67,900.00-$105,300.00.
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Salary : $67,900 - $105,300
