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Bioinformatician/computational microbiologist

We are looking for a motivated bioinformatician (trainee or research assistant) with experience in computational microbiology to work on human microbial (microbial profiling, metagenomics, and comparative genomics) datasets from high-throughput sequencing methods to join our team in McMaster University.

The Surette lab investigates the human microbiome of the respiratory and gastrointestinal systems. The lab is focused on developing high throughput culturing and phenotyping methods to investigate infectious disease, the microbiome, applying and improving next-generation sequencing approaches to characterize the microbiome, and exploiting secondary metabolic products of the human microbiome.

Responsibilities:

Analyzing large HTS microbiome derived datasets. These datasets include 16S rRNA gene amplicon, whole genome, and metagenomics from either culture-independent or dependent methods. Working closely with wet and dry lab on some of the ongoing projects and prepare for peer-review publication.

Qualification:

• B.Sc. or M.Sc. degree in bioinformatics, computational biology or equivalent (interested potential PhDs might get in touch for postdoc or research associate positions)

• At least 2 years’ experience in analyzing HTS datasets.

• Experience with computational tools, software, and methods to analyze large genomic datasets.

• Experience working with large Unix/Linux systems and version control systems.

• Experience with scripting and data analysis in R or python (other programing languages or reproducible pipelines such as Nextflow or Snakemake considers a plus).

• Ability to work independently and effective oral and written communication.

Application ends on June 10th, 2021