Bioinformatics Careers
Career opportunities, research, internships and graduate study
Careers Research Fellowships, Graduate Study Jobs News
Career Options
Computational Biologist
- Analysis of human genome diversity
- Comparative analysis of bacterial and viral genomes
- High-throughput and Systems Biology
Biological Software Engineer
- Administrator/designer/programmer of biological databases
- Developer of algorithms in computational biology
- Application/Web developer for biologists
Pharmaceutical Scientist
- Computer assisted drug design
- Biopharmaceutical development
- Biomarker discovery for personalized medicine
Biostatistician
- Epidemiological modeling
- Medical informatics
- Design and analysis of clinical trials
Research Opportunities in Quantitative Biology Labs at Hunter College
- Draghicescu Lab: Statistical Modeling of Environmental and Epidemiological data, Department of Mathematics & Statistics
- Kawamura Lab: Bioorganic and Natural Products Chemistry
- Mneimneh (Visiting faculty): Algorithm Development in Genomics, Computer Science Department
- Qiu Lab: Pathogen Variability and Evolutionary Bioinformatics, Biological Sciences Department
- Steiper Lab: Anthropological Genetics, Anthropology Department
Summer 2012 Undergraduate Research at CUNY
The CUNY summer undergraduate research program (CSURP) is a 10-week hands-on experience in a research lab. A stipend of $3500 includes housing, if required. Sophomore and Junior science and engineering students can apply. There is no requirement of US citizenship for this program. The application deadline is March 1, 2012. To learn more about it, visit www.cuny.edu/research/sr/csurp.html
Summer 2012 Research Program at the Systems Biology Center New York
The program at the Systems Biology Center New York is a competitive 10-week summer research program with a $4000 stipend. It is run at the Mount Sinai School of Medicine. US citizenship or permanent residency is required. The application deadline is March 1, 2012. You can find out more about it at www.sbcny.org/program details.htm
Summer 2012 Undergraduate Research at Harward - MIT
The Broad Institute has a summer research program in Genomics (SRPG) for undergraduates. Application deadline is February 1, 2012. Learn about it at www.broadinstitute.org/diversity.
Summer 2012 Research Program at Princeton University
Princeton University has a summer research program in Molecular and Computational & Quantitative Biology. Application deadline is February 1, 2012. Learn about it at www.molbio.princeton.edu/summer.
Summer 2012 Research Program at Washington University, St. Louis
Washington University has a summer program, named, Opportunities in Genomics (OGR). Application deadline is February 1, 2012. Apply at genome.wustl.edu/outreach/programs.
Fellowships and Graduate Study
2012 Graduate Student Recruitment, Ohio State University
Ohio State University is seeking 15-20 high achieving Hunter students to participate in its 2012 Graduate and Professional Student Recruitment initiative. To qualify, you must
Be slated to graduate by June 2013
Be a US Citizen or a Permanent Resident
Demonstrate a serious intention to attend Ohio State University
Submit the GBS application along with your official transcript, a short statement of 250 words or less indicating your research interests, a letter of recommendation from a faculty member and a CV/Resume
Find out more about this program on their website
2012 Research for Undergraduates at Dartmouth College
The Academic Summer Undergraduate Research Experience (ASURE) provides undergraduate students an opportunity to collaborate on research with faculty. The deadline is February 1, 2012. You can learn more about it on their website
Job Listings
Selected Bioinformatics Job Sites
- Bioinformatics Journal
- International Society for Computational Biology, http://www.iscb.org
- Evolutionary Directory
- Washington University Geome Sequencing Center's Extensive Study Program
- NESCent Summper Internship (National Evolutionary Synthesis Center
Bioinformatician/programmer, master's level, posted 9/26/10
Programming to support the development of integrated flexible pipelines and databases/analytical tools to facilitate the analysis of next generation sequence data.
Using object-oriented, bioinformatics-relevant programming and database languages (e.g., C++, C#, Java, Perl, Python, MySql, BioPerl, BioSQL, BioPython, BioRuby) and existing applications, such as alignment programs, sequence assemblers and BLAST to establish data pipeline and perform specific analytical tasks. Collaborate with scientific staff to develop software specifications for data pipeline.
Requirements: Bachelors and/or Master's degree in bioinformatics, Computer Science, Computer Engineering or four years of relevant software engineering experience. Ability to operate in a UNIX/Linux operating environment.
Contact:
Erin Elizabeth Quinn: eequinn@sandia.gov
Sandia National Laboratories
Albuquerque, NM
Programmer in Bioinformatics, posted 8/29/10
The Center for Evolutionary Medicine and Informatics (CEMI) at the Biodesign
Institute is seeking a Computer Programmer Assistant to be responsible for
the maintenance, development, and debugging of software applications for
use in the fields of Computational Biology and Bioinformatics (URL: http://kumarlab.biodesign.asu.edu).
We have already developed many tools, including MEGA (http://www.megasoftware.net),
TimeTree (http://www.timetree.org), and FlyExpress (http://www.flyexpress.net).
Come join an active and dynamic team.
Desired Qualifications: Experience
working with one or more major programming languages such as Java, Delphi,
or C++/C#; design/development of rich internet applications; problem solving
skills; bioinformatics.
You can view and apply for this job at:
https://ep.oasis.asu.edu/psp/asuepprd/EMPLOYEE/PSFT_ASUSAPRD/c/HRS_HRAM.HRS_CE.GBL?Page=HRS_CE_JOB_DTL&Action=A&JobOpeningId=24958&SiteId=1&PostingSeq=1
(JOB ID: 24958; ASU, Tempe Campus)
Deadline extended till September 15, 2010 (with weekly review thereafter)
Sudhir Kumar, Director
Center for Evolutionary Medicine & Informatics
Biodesign Institute (office A-240)
Professor, School of Life Sciences
Arizona State University
Tempe, Arizona, AZ 85287-5301
News Articles of Interest
Profiles in Science: Eric Lander, Power in Numbers
This appeared in The New York Times Science Times of January 3, 2012
http://www.nytimes.com/2012/01/03/science/broad-institute-director-finds-power-in-numbers.html?_r=1&emc=eta1
Small excerpt:
"His Ph.D. is in pure mathematics, in a subfield so esoteric and specialized that even if someone gets a great result, it can be appreciated by only a few dozen people in the entire world. But, he left that world behind and, with no formal training, entered another; the world of molecular biology, medicine and genomics."
"Soon Dr. Lander had become a central figure in the effort to sequence the human genome, leading the largest of the three centers that did most of the work. He combined his mathematics and the biology and chemistry he'd learned hanging out in labs. And he added insights about industrial organization, achieved in his business school days, to streamline the effort and control costs."
DNA Sequencing Caught in Deluge of Data
This appeared in The New York Times Business Day of December 1, 2011,
http://www.nytimes.com/2011/12/01/business/dna-sequencing-caught-in-deluge-of-data.html?_r=1&emc=eta1
Small excerpt:
"The field of genomics is caught in a data deluge. DNA sequencing is becoming faster and cheaper at a pace far outstripping Moore's law, which describes the rate at which computing gets faster and cheaper.
The result is that the ability to determine DNA sequencing is starting to outrun the ability of researchers to store, transmit and especially to analyze the data."