The Senior Bioinformatics Research Scientist performs data analysis, data visualization, statistical analysis, experimental design, database development, mathematical modeling, and novel method development. Provides bioinformatics analysis for investigators and communicates analytical process and results.

The recently established Microbial Computational Genomics and Bioinformatics Laboratory in the new Department of Host-Microbe Interactions (HMI) at St Jude Children’s Research Hospital is looking for a Senior Bioinformatics Research Scientist to work on the analysis of microbial and host omics datasets, with a significant focus on comparative analysis of bacterial and viral genomic datasets.

The Microbial Computational Genomics and Bioinformatics Laboratory provides HMI and Center for Infectious Diseases Research (CIDR) faculty with top-notch computational biology core support for omics projects and analyses, especially genomics and transcriptomics. Our team collaborates with and provides support to researchers within the HMI and other departments, including Infectious Diseases, through CIDR to provide study design and analysis support at different stages of their research, from study conception and design, data analysis and interpretation for dissemination via talks and manuscripts, and contributing to grant proposals and manuscripts as authors or co-authors. We aim to become a leading team conducting cutting-edge microbial omics and bioinformatics research and supporting researchers within HMI, CIDR, and beyond. The laboratory is a significant initiative backed by substantial support as a part of our institutional strategic plan. The team is fully integrated in research in microbial evolution, microbial pathogenesis, virology, the microbiome, computational biology, and data sciences at St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital.

The successful candidate will join a team of Bioinformaticians and will work with other groups at St. Jude, including clinicians, basic scientists, and data scientists, to...