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Research Specialist
College Station, TX
Source: Texas A&M University System careers · View original posting
- Pay
- $5,416.67 — $5,416.67 USD per month
- Employment
- full time
Employer job description
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Job Title
Research Specialist
Agency
Texas A&M Agrilife Research
Department
- Institute for Advancing Health Through Agriculture-Precision Nutrition
- Proposed Minimum Salary
- $5,416.67 monthly
Job Location
College Station, Texas
Job Type
Staff
Job Description
About the Position
Precision Nutrition in Institute for Advancing Health Through Agriculture (IHA) at Texas A& M University is seeking a highly motivated Research Scientist in Bioinformatics to join a multidisciplinary research team investigating the interactions among nutrition, metabolism, immunity, aging, and chronic diseases.
The successful candidate will lead the analysis and integration of large-scale multi-omics datasets generated from both animal models and human studies.
Job Description Summary
The Research Specialist performs bioinformatics research in a multidisciplinary environment investigating the interactions among nutrition, metabolism, immunity, aging, and chronic diseases. This position leads the analysis and integration of large-scale multi-omics datasets generated from animal models and human studies to support biomedical research and data-driven discovery.
Responsibilities
- Analyzes and interprets high-throughput sequencing and omics datasets, including: Microbiome (16S rRNA and shotgun metagenomics)
- Bulk and single-cell RNA sequencing
- Spatial transcriptomics
- Proteomics
- Metabolomics
- Multi-omics integration analyses
- Develops and maintains bioinformatics pipelines for data processing and quality control.
- Collaborates with biologists, nutrition scientists, and clinicians to generate biological insights from complex datasets.
- Prepares figures, reports, manuscripts, and grant applications.
- Mentors graduate students and other trainees in computational biology approaches.
- Contributes to the development of innovative analytical methods and research directions.
- Required Qualifications: Bachelor's Degree.
- Eight years of related experience.
- Demonstrated experience analyzing next-generation sequencing data.
- Proficiency in R, Python, Linux/Unix, and statistical analysis.
- Experience with microbiome, transcriptomics, proteomics, or metabolomics datasets.
- Strong publication record and excellent communication skills.
- Preferred Education and Experience: Master or Ph.D. in Bioinformatics, Computational Biology, Genomics, Biostatistics, Computer Science, Systems Biology, or a related field.
- Experience with single-cell RNA-seq analysis.
- Experience with multi-omics integration and systems biology approaches.
- Familiarity with cloud computing, high-performance computing clusters, and machine learning methods.
- Experience with pathway enrichment, network analysis, and visualization tools.
- Why Work at Texas A&M AgriLife?
- When you choose to work for Texas A&M AgriLife, you become part of an organization that is an established leader in agriculture and life sciences with a wide range of capabilities to meet the needs of our statewide, national, and international constituents.
- In addition, Texas A&M AgriLife offers a comprehensive benefit package including the following:
- Health, dental, vision, life and long-term disability insurance with Texas A&M AgriLife contributing to employee health and basic life premiums
- 12-15 days of annual paid holidays
- Up to eight hours of paid sick leave and at least eight hours of paid vacation each month
- Automatic enrollment in the Teacher Retirement System of Texas
- Employee Wellness Initiative for Texas A&M AgriLife
- Applicant Instructions
- Applications received by Texas A&M AgriLife must either have all job application data entered or a resume attached. Failure to provide all job application data or a complete resume could result in an invalid submission and a rejected application. We encourage all applicants to upload a resume or use a LinkedIn profile to prepopulate the online application.
- Required Documents
- CV/ Resume
- Cover letter
- List of references
- Certifications/ additional documentation
- All positions are security-sensitive. Applicants are subject to a criminal history investigation, and employment is contingent upon the institution’s verification of credentials and/or other information required by the institution’s procedures, including the completion of the criminal history check.
- Equal Opportunity/Veterans/Disability Employer.
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