Research Bioinformatician II - Knott Lab

Research Bioinformatician II - Knott Lab

Job ID 19604 Location West Hollywood, California, United States Job Category Academic / Research Date posted 08/25/2026

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Job Description

The Knott Laboratory at Cedars-Sinai Medical Center is seeking to hire a highly motivated computational scientist to fill the position of Research Bioinformatician II!

The Knott laboratory utilizes human samples and mouse models to generate multi-omic datasets using single-cell RNA- and ATAC-seq, ChIPseq, Proteomics, Spatial Transcriptomics and Functional Genomics. The ultimate goal is to integrate these data to provide deeper knowledge of the interplay between the tumor and its immune microenvironment and how these interactions provide support of tumor evolution via plasticity, metastatic progression, and therapy resistance. The Research Bioinformatician will be a critical team member that provides data that will inform follow-up functional validation experiments that provide an important rationale for the initiation of the first in human clinical trials. To learn more, please visit: Knott Research Lab | Cedars-Sinai.

Are you ready to be a part of breakthrough research?

The Research Bioinformatician II performs general bioinformatics analysis and software support for projects involving in omics, and interacts with investigators to identify research problems, find appropriate software tools, and recognize national biological databases and online resources for omic data. The RBII manages omic data including loading and querying data from database system(s) and public repositories, and transforms and merges multilevel omic data into user-friendly formats. The RBII assists in development, testing, and maintenance of modular software pipelines, provides bioinformatics data analysis, preliminary interpretation of the data, and reports of the results for possible publications. The Research Bioinformatician II also works with bioinformatics faculties to determine future bioinformatics needs, and helps to develop tools and pipelines as necessary to keep pace with rapid advances in sequencing technology. The Bioinformatician II demonstrates continuous self-improvement, makes effective contributions to the section, and adheres to the Cedars-Sinai compliance plan, code of conduct, and hospital and departmental policies and procedures.

Primary Job Duties & Responsibilities:

• Provides general bioinformatics analysis support for omic projects. Responsible for data analysis and software compilations including next generation sequence alignment, polymorphism identification, expression analysis, and visualization tools and browsers.
• Summarizes data analyses results in the form suitable as the basis for the first draft of written reports, and makes preliminary interpretations of the data.
• Develops, tests, and maintains modular software pipelines for genome sequencing, assembly, annotation, metagenomic analysis, and genotyping using high-throughput sequencing platforms including 454, Illumina, and Pacific Biosciences.
• Manages data including loading and querying data from database systems, downloading omic data from public repositories, and transforming data to the necessary formats.
• Provides solutions for investigator's problems through data mining and extraction.
• Identifies, evaluates, and incorporates relevant algorithms and software pipelines by reviewing pertinent literatures in bioinformatics and computational biology.
• Assists and/or collaborates in preparation of grant proposals, publications, and presentations involving omic data.
• Helps develop tools and pipelines as necessary to keep pace with rapid advances in sequencing technology.
• Educates others about bioinformatics through mentoring of and teaching colleagues, investigators, fellows, and graduate students.

Qualifications

Education:

• Bachelor''s of Science Degree in Computer Science, Electric Engineering, Computational Biology, or Bioinformatics, or a Master of Science/ Engineering in relevant fields (e.g. Biology with strong quantitative training, biostatistics with a concentration in bioinformatics) is required.
• Master''s or Doctorate Degree in Computer Science or a related computational field is preferred.

Experience & Skills:

• Three (3) years of experience in research environment including developing working knowledge in algorithms, scientific computing, and machine learning or statistics.
• Three (3) years of experience in manipulating, analyzing, and annotating very large genomic (e.g. NGS) data sets both in exploratory and pipelined fashions.
• Familiar with C/C++, Java, Perl, python, and the Unix (Linux) environment.
• Familiar with medical and biological terminologies, bioinformatics resources, and national biological databases.

About Us

Cedars-Sinai is a leader in providing high-quality healthcare encompassing primary care, specialized medicine and research. Since 1902, Cedars-Sinai has evolved to meet the needs of one of the most diverse regions in the nation, setting standards in quality and innovative patient care, research, teaching and community service. Today, Cedars- Sinai is known for its national leadership in transforming healthcare for the benefit of patients. Cedars-Sinai impacts the future of healthcare by developing new approaches to treatment and educating tomorrow''s health professionals. Additionally, Cedars-Sinai demonstrates a commitment to the community through programs that improve the health of its most vulnerable residents.

About the Team

Cedars-Sinai is one of the largest nonprofit academic medical centers in the U.S., with 915 licensed beds, 2,993 physicians, 4,700+ nurses and thousands of other healthcare professionals and staff. Choose this if you want to work in a fast-paced environment that offers the highest level of care to people in the Los Angeles that need our care the most.

Req ID 19604 Working Title Research Bioinformatician II - Knott Lab Department Research - BMS - Bioinfo and Func Genomics Business Entity Cedars-Sinai Medical Center Job Category Academic / Research Job Specialty Bioinformatics Additional Locations CA,United States Overtime Status EXEMPT Primary Shift Day Shift Duration 8 hour Base Pay $79,914 - $135,845

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