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Website Wits Health Consortium
Job Description:
Perform advanced analysis and interpretation of data produced from next generation sequencing (NGS) systems.
Job Responsibilities:
- Work closely with researchers and collaborators to generate/provide data analysis reports and perform custom analyses as requested
- Conduct and initiate research in the area of NGS data analysis
- Participate in training staff/students/collaborators in bioinformatics skills
- Develop, improve, modify and operate data analysis pipelines
- Prior experience with Illumina and/or PacBio sequencing data would be an advantage.
Job Requirements:
- Ability to write and publish findings in scientific journals
- Creativity, innovation and problem solving skills
- Proficiency in other scripting languages eg: Perl, Java, Julia
Qualification & Experience:
- Experience with the relevant sequence analysis tools/best practices
- Strong bioinformatics analysis and scripting experience including command line tools and proficiency with a scripting language (e.g. R or Python)
- Prior experience conducting analyses on a remote computer cluster using the linux command line would be an advantage
- Masters level degree in Bioinformatics or related relevant field
Job Details:
Company: Wits Health Consortium
Vacancy Type: Full Time
Job Functions: N/A
Job Location: Sandringham, Gauteng, SA
Application Deadline: N/A
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