Tenure-Track Faculty Position-Bioinformatics Job in Rochester (Minnesota, USA, United States)

Job Description:
The Division of Biomedical Statistics & Informatics in the Department of Health Sciences Research at Mayo Clinic is seeking applications for a full-time, tenure-track faculty position at the Associate Consultant level in the Bioinformatics Program. The candidate will be responsible for advancing bioinformatics research activities aligned with the needs of one of the prioritized research areas of the Center for Individualized Medicine (Biomarker Discovery, Pharmacogenomics, and Microbiome). The development and success of the Center for Individualized Medicine is considered as a top strategic research priority by Mayo Clinic Leadership.

Qualifications
The candidate should have a PhD in bioinformatics, biology, biophysics, physics or related field and at least 5 years’ experience in research. He or she must have strong domain expertise in genomics data preprocessing, data analysis, data interpretation and data integration. The candidate should have demonstrated ability to develop collaboration with investigators and be able to independently and successfully initiate and develop research projects. He or she should be able to lead and give scientific directions to a team of support staff. The preferred candidate will have published research work on Next Generation Sequencing data, and should have experience preparing and submitting proposals for extramural funding, and experience presenting research findings at regional, national, or international conferences. He or she must have proficiency in scripting language and/or programming language. Flexibility, creativity and excellent communication skills are required.

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