Bioinformatics Scientists
Conduct research using bioinformatics theory and methods in areas such as pharmaceuticals, medical technology, biotechnology, computational biology, proteomics, computer information science, biology and medical informatics. May design databases and develop algorithms for processing and analyzing genomic information, or other biological information.
31 alternate job titles:
Bioinformatician
Bioinformaticist
Bioinformatics Analyst
Bioinformatics Associate
Bioinformatics Computer Scientist
Bioinformatics Consultant
Bioinformatics Data Analyst
Bioinformatics Developer
Bioinformatics Engineer
Bioinformatics Research Scientist
Bioinformatics Research Specialist
Bioinformatics Scientist
Bioinformatics Specialist
Bioinformatics Support Specialist
Computational Biologist
Data Analyst
Drug Discovery Informatics Specialist
Genetics Bioinformatics Analyst
Genomics Specialist
Laboratory Bioinformatics Analyst
Microarray Analyst
Microarray Specialist
Molecular Modeler
Oncology Bioinformatics Analyst
Programmer Analyst
Research Associate
Research Scientist
Scientific Database Curator
Scientist
Statistical Genetic Analyst
Systems Analyst
Salary Information
Bioinformatics Scientists: $93,330 (median) per year.
Starting salary (10th percentile).
Required expreience: Varies by Company
Data source: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics
Daily Tasks & Responsibilities
| Task Description | Category |
|---|---|
| Advise others on business or operational matters. | General |
| Train personnel in technical or scientific procedures. | General |
| Review professional literature to maintain professional knowledge. | Maintenance |
| Collaborate with technical specialists to resolve design or development problems. | Development |
| Develop software or applications for scientific or technical use. | Development |
| Develop technical or scientific databases. | Development |
| Advise others on the development or use of new technologies. | Development |
| Research genetic characteristics or expression. | Analysis |
| Analyze biological samples. | Analysis |
| Supervise scientific or technical personnel. | Management |
| Prepare scientific or technical reports or presentations. | Communication |
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Technology Requirements
| Technology | Description |
|---|---|
| Amazon Web Services AWS software | Data base user interface and query software |
| Structured query language SQL | Data base user interface and query software |
| Tableau | Business intelligence and data analysis software |
| Apache Hadoop | Data base management system software |
| Microsoft Access | Data base user interface and query software |
| Microsoft SQL Server | Data base management system software |
| MySQL | Data base management system software |
| NoSQL | Data base management system software |
| Oracle Database | Data base user interface and query software |
| Oracle PL/SQL | Data base management system software |
| PostgreSQL | Object oriented data base management software |
| Apache Accumulo | Data base user interface and query software |
| Bioconductor software | Data base user interface and query software |
| Relational database management software | Data base management system software |
| TIBCO Spotfire S+ | Business intelligence and data analysis software |
| Teradata software | Data base user interface and query software |
| Bash | Operating system software |
| C | Development environment software |
| C++ | Object or component oriented development software |
| Git | File versioning software |
| GitHub | Application server software |
| Linux | Operating system software |
| Microsoft Office software | Office suite software |
| Oracle Java | Object or component oriented development software |
| Perl | Object or component oriented development software |
| Python | Object or component oriented development software |
| R | Object or component oriented development software |
| SAS | Analytical or scientific software |
| UNIX | Operating system software |
| C# | Object or component oriented development software |
| Django | Web platform development software |
| Docker | Application server software |
| Extensible markup language XML | Enterprise application integration software |
| Hypertext markup language HTML | Web platform development software |
| IBM SPSS Statistics | Analytical or scientific software |
| JavaScript | Web platform development software |
| JavaScript Object Notation JSON | Web platform development software |
| Microsoft Active Server Pages ASP | Web platform development software |
| Microsoft Azure software | Development environment software |
| Microsoft Excel | Spreadsheet software |
| Microsoft PowerPoint | Presentation software |
| Microsoft SQL Server Reporting Services SSRS | Object or component oriented development software |
| Microsoft SharePoint | Document management software |
| Microsoft Visual Basic for Applications VBA | Development environment software |
| Microsoft Visual Studio | Development environment software |
| PHP | Web platform development software |
| Ruby | Development environment software |
| SAP software | Enterprise resource planning ERP software |
| Salesforce software | Customer relationship management CRM software |
| Scala | Object or component oriented development software |
| Shell script | Operating system software |
| The MathWorks MATLAB | Analytical or scientific software |
| jQuery | Object or component oriented development software |
| Accelrys Pipeline Pilot | Analytical or scientific software |
| Apache Groovy | Object or component oriented development software |
| Apache HTTP Server | Portal server software |
| BLAT | Analytical or scientific software |
| BWA | Analytical or scientific software |
| BioPerl | Analytical or scientific software |
| Bioconductor | Analytical or scientific software |
| Biomatters Geneious | Analytical or scientific software |
| Bowtie | Analytical or scientific software |
| Canu | Analytical or scientific software |
| ClustalW | Analytical or scientific software |
| Cufflinks | Analytical or scientific software |
| Cytel StatXact | Analytical or scientific software |
| DNA sequencing software | Analytical or scientific software |
| Data visualization software | Analytical or scientific software |
| ENSEMBL | Analytical or scientific software |
| Formula translation/translator FORTRAN | Development environment software |
| GenBank | Analytical or scientific software |
| GenePattern | Analytical or scientific software |
| Genedata Expressionist | Analytical or scientific software |
| Genome Analysis Toolkit GATK | Analytical or scientific software |
| Illumina Laboratory Information Management System LIMS | Analytical or scientific software |
| Life Technologies SOLiD | Analytical or scientific software |
| Life Technologies Vector NTI | Analytical or scientific software |
| Microsoft operating system | Operating system software |
| NCBI RefSeq | Analytical or scientific software |
| Object oriented development environment software | Object or component oriented development software |
| Oracle JavaServer Pages JSP | Web platform development software |
| Primer3 | Analytical or scientific software |
| Public genomic databases | Analytical or scientific software |
| RNA sequencing software | Analytical or scientific software |
| Roche 454 Life Sciences GS Data Analysis | Analytical or scientific software |
| Software development tools | Development environment software |
| StataCorp Stata | Analytical or scientific software |
| Tibco S-PLUS | Analytical or scientific software |
| TopHat | Analytical or scientific software |
| User interface design software | Program testing software |
| Velvet | Analytical or scientific software |
| Web browser software | Internet browser software |
| Word processing software | Word processing software |
| dbSNP | Analytical or scientific software |
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