Bioinformatician - Vancouver, Canada - University of British Columbia

University of British Columbia

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3 weeks ago

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Description

Staff - Non Union

Job Category

M&P - AAPS

Job Profile

AAPS Salaried - Statistical Analysis, Level B

Job Title

Bioinformatician

Department

LSI Bioinformatics Facility | Life Sciences Institute | Faculty of Science

Compensation Range

$6, $10,433.50 CAD Monthly

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Posting End Date

June 23, 2023

Note:
Applications will be accepted until 11:59 PM on the day prior to the Posting End Date above.

Job End Date

Jun 30, 2024

At UBC, we believe that attracting and sustaining a diverse workforce is key to the successful pursuit of excellence in research, innovation, and learning for all faculty, staff and students.

Our commitment to employment equity helps achieve inclusion and fairness, brings rich diversity to UBC as a workplace, and creates the necessary conditions for a rewarding career.

Job Summary

Organizational Status

The LSI is a UBC Research Institute supported by the UBC faculties of Medicine and Science. The LSI is one of four Global Research Excellence Institutes at UBC.

It is home to the research programs of approximately 90 Principal Investigators from three faculties and over 15 departments, who conduct research on a wide variety of life science topics.

The successful applicant will report to the Bioinformatics Facility Manager of the Bioinformatics Core Facility, under the guidance of a faculty steering committee, and work closely with Principal Investigators, research staff, and trainees.

Work Performed

Duties include:

Performing bioinformatics analyses and modeling for multiple research projects using adapted versions of analysis pipelines accounting for the uniqueness of each experiment.
Providing bioinformatics consultations to the LSI research community.
Helping to educate/mentor trainees performing their own modeling and analyses with oneonone sessions.
Creating and providing bioinformatics workshops covering topics relevant to the LSI research community. It is expected that these educational activities will initially represent an important part of the bioinformatician's role.
Keeping an uptodate working knowledge of the various software tools and new types of omics data being generated by the research community with an emphasis on data generated by the LSI Core Facilities and their multiomics integration.
Creating and maintaining analysis pipelines for various types of omics data, including for example variant detection in whole genome sequencing, RNA-Seq, scRNASeq, ChIPseq, denovo assembly, metagenomic sequencing, microarray, massspec based proteomics, metabolomics, highthroughput screening, and other emerging omics technologies.
Integrating multiple omics data types together.
Performing quality control of the analyzed datasets and clearly communicating the results to the experimentalists.
Documenting the bioinformatics and statistical methods for inclusion in research publications.
Facilitating the sharing and standardization of bioinformatics between LSI, UBC and others.
Helping researchers access and submit their datasets to the relevant public databases.

Consequence of Error/Judgement

The incumbent acts independently and within broad guidelines. The incumbent must exercise initiative and sound judgment in making decisions and planning and executing services and programs. Must demonstrate tact, sensitivity and confidentiality in dealing with the Bioinformatics Core Facility users. Failure to perform effectively would cause significant loss of support for and credibility from collaborators and senior administration.

Error in judgment determining resources and techniques needed could affect the quality and success of the research projects and credibility of the Bioinformatics Core Facility.

Supervision Received

The successful applicant will work with significant latitude, under broad direction from the Bioinformatics Facility Manager from the LSI Bioinformatics Core Facility.

Supervision Given

Will provide guidance to research personnel using the Bioinformatics Core Facility.

Minimum Qualifications

Post-graduate degree in Statistics. Minimum of three years of related experience in research analysis, or the equivalent combination of education and experience.

Willingness to respect diverse perspectives, including perspectives in conflict with one's own
Demonstrates a commitment to enhancing one's own awareness, knowledge, and skills related to equity, diversity, and inclusion

Preferred Qualifications