Job Description

College/Department Information
The Immunology Center of Georgia (IMMCG) represents a new initiative by the Medical College of Georgia at Augusta University to leverage the ability of the immune system to combat disease. The IMMCG will accomplish this by assembling teams of biomedical researchers with strong records of scientific innovation and technological development. The IMMCG will be co-directed by world-class immunologists Drs. Catherine `Lynn¿ Hedrick and Klaus Ley, both of whom have made major discoveries linking immune cells to specific mechanisms of disease. The goal of the IMMCG is to produce novel and effective treatments for conditions that heavily impact the communities of Georgia and the United States. The new center is aggressively recruiting faculty and staff to lead projects focused on cardiovascular disease, obesity and metabolic disorders, autoimmune and infectious disease, neurodegenerative disease and cancer.

Job Summary
The candidate will conduct complex bioinformatics analyses of high-dimensional immunology datasets, including CyTOF, bulk RNA-seq, CITE-Seq, and scRNA-seq.

Responsibilities
The duties include, but are not limited to:

Computational Analysis: Assist in complex computational analysis of high-dimensional immunology datasets, including CyTOF, bulk RNA-seq, CITE-Seq, and scRNA-seq.

Preparation: Assist in manuscript preparation for publication in peer-reviewed journals and presenting research findings at conferences and workshops.

Pipelines: Develop bioinformatics pipelines from existing tools.

Problem Solving: Independently identifying solutions and ability to investigate and learn new approaches necessary to adapt existing or new models

Identify Solutions: Work independently to identify and implement solutions with some leadership and supervisory activities

Training: Provide training on bioinformatics-related concepts, applications, and tools.

Recommendations: Recommend new methods, strategies, and improvements to incorporate into existing models.

Workflows: Establish and recommend workflows for omics data analysis

Figures: Help create publication-quality figures to aid in data presentation

Data Analyses: Conduct statistical data analyses.

Other: Perform other duties as assigned by supervisor

Required Qualifications
Bachelor's degree in Bioinformatics, Biological Sciences, Computational Biology, Computer Science, or related field with four years of related experience.
OR
Master's degree in Bioinformatics, Computer Sciences, or biological sciences with one year of related experience.

Preferred Qualifications
Experience in developing bioinformatics pipelines. Experience with version control management repositories (such as GIT). Experience with Python, Linux command-line, and HPC environment.