
Bioinformatics Scientist
- Bethesda, MD
- $98,000-163,000 per year
- Permanent
- Full-time
- Utilize computer simulation expertise such as molecular dynamic and monte carlo simulations to solve protein structures’ dynamics and mechanism of protein-protein interaction.
- Develop and apply in silico tools to design vaccine and therapeutic products against diverse pathogens, including HIV-1, Influenza, or Malaria.
- Develop methods to study vaccin-elicited immune responses, including antibodies’ sequence and structural analysis.
- Develop and apply custom-made AI/ML tools to analyze vaccine outcomes.
- Serve as expert to identify critical/biological findings of experimental data and collaborate with other scientists.
- Utilize High performance computing (HPC) to bring the state-of-the-art techniques such as machine learning, artificial intelligence, deep learning to vaccine target protein design.
- Co-lead on projects, including (but not limited to) HIV-1 Malaria, Influenza and Lassa) and coordinate with scientists from other organizations or institutions involved in similar or related research projects.
- Provide scientific expertise to facilitate protein and vaccine design.
- Mentor interns and postbaccalaureate scientists.
- Publish the findings and analysis in peer-reviewed journals.
- PhD in Computational Biology/Chemistry or a related field is required.
- 2-3 years of postdoctoral experience is required.
- Utilize computer simulation expertise such as molecular dynamic and monte carlo simulations to solve protein structures’ dynamics and mechanism of protein-protein interaction.
- Demonstrated ability to work on multiple projects.
- Strong communications skills, both oral and written.