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MFR Bioinformatician
Job Id:
5066
City:
College Station, Texas, United States
Department:
Us-Biotech
Function:
Research and Development
Employee Type:
Permanent Full Time
Seniority Level:
Mid-Senior level
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Description:
Advanta is a global seed business that combines the most advanced techniques in conventional plant breeding with biotechnology to deliver world-class seed. Drawing on our global network of breeders and researchers, Advanta is able to offer exclusive genetics and industry-leading hybrids in forage and grain.
We are seeking a motivated individual who desire to be part of a dynamic, fast growing and diverse team in a high throughput genotyping and molecular lab to support the crop breeding program at Advanta Seeds.
Responsibilities:
- Manage and maintain all genomic databases.
- Develop and maintain a data imputation pipeline.
- Implement, manage, and maintain a BLAST server and a genome browser.
- Support other areas with Bioinformatics analysis of NGS data
Required and Desired Skills:
- A PhD. degree in Bioinformatics, Computational Biology, Data Science or related fields.
- Coding knowledge in R, Python and SQL.
- Experience in Linux environments.
- Basic knowledge of genomics.
- Knowledge of cloud computing preferred.
- Proactive, self-motivated and self-driven person with high accountability.
- Team player with excellent interpersonal and communication skills.
- Cultural sensitivity.