Research Scientist GS9392

OSU-Center for Health Sciences

Jamie Childers, Jamie.Childers@okstate.edu

Typically Monday - Friday, 8 hour shifts

Regular Continuous/Until Further Notice

Salary

While applications will be accepted until a successful candidate has been hired, interested parties are encouraged to submit their materials by to ensure full consideration.

For full consideration, please include a resume or CV, cover letter and contact information for three professional references

The Department of Anatomy & Cell Biology is seeking a Research Assistant or Scientist to provide quantitative and data-focused support for human and mouse neuroscience research. This position focuses on data management, analysis, and study infrastructure for IRB-regulated human and animal subjects research, including behavioral and neuroimaging studies. The role functions as a shared analytical resource and is primarily computational in nature, with limited but essential involvement in human subjects research activities.

• →Conduct quantitative analyses using Python and/or R
• →Analyze and interpret high-throughput DNA/RNA sequencing (bulk and single-cell RNA-seq) datasets using established pipelines and statistical methods;
• →Support development and deployment of behavioral tasks (online and in-person)
• →Assist with neuroimaging and behavioral data workflows
• →Ensure compliance with data security and IRB regulations as well as ensuring data integrity and reproducibility  

• Master's
  • Master’s degree or Ph.D. in neuroscience, bioinformatics, data science, biomedical engineering, or a related field
  (degree must be conferred on or before agreed upon start date)
  • Experience with quantitative data analysis (Python and/or R)
  • Experience working with research data or regulated datasets
• Certifications, Registrations, and/or Licenses:
• Skills, Proficiencies, and/or Knowledge:
  • Ability to implement and troubleshoot bioinformatics workflows in R and/or Python for quality control, normalization, clustering, differential expression or other analysis steps
  • Strong organizational and communication skills

• Ph.D. degree
  • Ph.D. degree in a relevant field
  • Experience with large-scale databases (behavioral, neuroimaging, genomic databases)
• Certifications, Registrations, and/or Licenses:
• Skills, Proficiencies, and/or Knowledge:
  • Familiarity with Unix/Linux environments

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