CareerPlan

Senior Bioinformatics Research Scientist / Bioinformatics Research Scientist Neurobiology and Brain Tumor Program (NBTP)

Memphis, TNFull-time$104k–$186k2026-08-25 → 2026-11-11

Core

Design, develop, and operate data analysis pipelines for multi-omics datasets (bulk, single-cell, spatial) from children with malignant brain cancer to translate lab findings into clinical practice.

Role type

Senior Bioinformatics Research Scientist (Translational Oncology)

Builds

Data analysis pipelines, databases, and computational tools for cancer genomics and epigenomics.

Domain

Cancer genomics, human genetics, transcriptomics, epigenetics, and single-cell/spatial omics.

Deliverable

production ML models

Required skills

NGS data analysis, machine learning, data integration and harmonization, statistical analysis, algorithm implementation, database development, experimental design, mathematical modeling, pipeline development, reproducibility tools (Nextflow/Snakemake), version control (Git), R, Python, HPC environment.

Preferred skills

Long-read sequencing analysis, spatial transcriptomics, quantitative proteomics, building tools and developing pipelines, training on bioinformatics software.

Technologies

Illumina, PacBio, Oxford Nanopore, R, Python, Nextflow, Snakemake, Git, HPC.

Responsibilities

Design and prepare materials and courses for training on bioinformatics software; Act as a liaison between end-users, software developers, and different departments; Lead the development, implementation, installation, and maintenance of databases; Develop programs to assist in the analysis of data within the databases.

Seniority

Senior, hands-on IC with project management