Element has a current opening for a Senior Bioinformatics Scientist to join our growing team in North Liberty, IA. The Senior Bioinformatics Scientist will: work with scientific staff to generate and provide next generation sequencing (NGS) analysis that might include project reports, publications, and custom analysis: Build and executes tools for data processing workflows, to facilitate data interpretation, and provides data management support. The Senior Bioinformatics Scientist will also be involved with day-today data analysis of genomes and contributes to the creation or enhancement of tools to visualize complex genomic data sets, as well as improve methods for assembling NGS data. Th Senior Bioinformatics Scientist also serves as functional and technical supervisor to junior Bioinformatic Scientists.

• Develop bioinformatic software, analysis pipelines and applications to make genomics results and findings available to colleagues and superiors
• Develop new software applications or customize existing applications to meet specific scientific project needs
• Communicate and contribute genomic results through conference presentations, scientific publications, and project report
• Create novel computational approaches and analytical tools as required by research goals.
• Consult with scientific staff to analyze problems, recommend technology-based solutions, or determine computational strategies
• Analyze large molecular datasets such as genomic sequence data, and proteomics data for clinical or basic research purposes
• Keep informed of new methods, instrumentation, or software by reading scientific literature and attending professional conferences
• Compile data for use in activities such as gene expression profiling, genome annotation, and structural bioinformatics
• Provide statistical and computational tools for biologically based activities such as genetic analysis, measurement of gene expression, and gene function determination
• Improve user interfaces to bioinformatics software and databases
• Create or modify web-based bioinformatics tools
• Recommend new systems and processes to improve operations
• Collaborate with software developers in the development and modification of commercial bioinformatics software or productization of developed workflows
• Test new and updated bioinformatics tools and software

• Master’s degree in a biological science or a related degree and 5+ years of experience in the field

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At Element, we always take pride in putting our people first. We are an equal opportunity employer that recognizes diversity and inclusion as fundamental to our Vision of becoming “the world’s most trusted testing partner”.

All suitably qualified candidates will receive consideration for employment on the basis of objective work related criteria and without regard for the following: age, disability, ethnic origin, gender, marital status, race, religion, responsibility of dependents, sexual orientation, or gender identity or other characteristics in accordance with the applicable governing laws or other characteristics in accordance with the applicable governing laws.

The contractor will not discharge or in any other manner discriminate against employees or applicants because they have inquired about, discussed, or disclosed their own pay or the pay of another employee or applicant. However, employees who have access to the compensation information of other employees or applicants as a part of their essential job functions cannot disclose the pay of other employees or applicants to individuals who do not otherwise have access to compensation information, unless the disclosure is (a) in response to a formal complaint or charge, (b) in furtherance of an investigation, proceeding, hearing, or action, including an investigation conducted by the employer, or (c) consistent with the contractor’s legal duty to furnish information. 41 CFR 60-1.35(c) 

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