Bioinformatics Scientist

About this role

<div style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: 'Tahoma';">(ID: 2026-1976)</div> <div style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: 'Tahoma';"> </div> <div style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: 'Tahoma';"><strong>Axle</strong> is a bioscience and information technology company that offers advancements in translational research, biomedical informatics, and data science applications to research centers and healthcare organizations nationally and abroad. With experts in biomedical science, software engineering, and program management, we focus on developing and applying research tools and techniques to empower decision-making and accelerate research discoveries. We work with some of the top research organizations and facilities in the country including multiple institutes at the National Institutes of Health (NIH).</div> <div style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: 'Tahoma';"> <p><strong>Benefits We Offer:</strong></p> <ul> <li>100% Medical, Dental & Vision Coverage for Employees</li> <li>Paid Time Off and Paid Holidays</li> <li>401K match up to 5%</li> <li>Educational Benefits for Career Growth</li> <li>Employee Referral Bonus</li> <li>Flexible Spending Accounts: <ul> <li>Healthcare (FSA)</li> <li>Parking Reimbursement Account (PRK)</li> <li>Dependent Care Assistant Program (DCAP)</li> <li>Transportation Reimbursement Account (TRN)</li> </ul> </li> </ul> </div> <div class="ck-content" style="font-family: Segoe UI; font-size: 11pt;" data-wrapper="true"> <p style="line-height: 115%; margin: 0in 0in 8pt;"><span style="font-family: 'Tahoma',sans-serif; font-size: 10.0pt;"><strong><span style="line-height: 115%;">Axle</span></strong><span style="line-height: 115%;"> is seeking a highly ambitious, adaptable, structured, and detail-oriented </span><em><span style="line-height: 115%;"><strong>Bioinformatics Scientist</strong> </span></em><span style="line-height: 115%;">to join our vibrant team at the National Institutes of Health (NIH), National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID), Division of Intramural Research (DIR), Research Technologies Branch (RTB), Integrated Data Sciences Section (IDSS) in Bethesda, MD. </span></span><br><br><span style="font-family: 'Tahoma',sans-serif; font-size: 10.0pt;"><span style="line-height: 115%;"> </span></span><br><span style="font-family: 'Tahoma',sans-serif; font-size: 10.0pt;"><strong><span style="line-height: 115%;">Responsibilities:</span></strong></span></p> <ul> <li><span style="font-family: 'Tahoma',sans-serif; font-size: 10.0pt;"><span style="line-height: 115%;">Address bioinformatics, scientific computing, and data analysis needs of users within the Division of Intramural Research (DIR) at NIAID and their collaborators by lending expertise in the proper statistical design of biological experiments involving high-throughput genome-scale technologies, data mining and knowledge discovery techniques, automated workflow development, statistical and scientific experimental design consulting.</span></span></li> <li><span style="font-family: 'Tahoma',sans-serif; font-size: 10.0pt;"><span style="line-height: 115%;">Provide bioinformatics support to include somatic and germline variant calling and analysis, single-cell and bulk gene expression analysis, </span><em><span style="line-height: 115%;">de novo</span></em><span style="line-height: 115%;"> assembly of genomes and transcriptomes, comparative genomics of model and non-model organisms, proteomics, ChIP-seq, ATAC-seq, and the development of high-throughput pipelines for the analysis of the above data modalities.</span></span></li> <li><span style="font-family: 'Tahoma',sans-serif; font-size: 10.0pt;"><span style="line-height: 115%;">Provide programming and troubleshooting support to the Research Technologies Branch (RTB) of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID) and collaborating Institutes in the dissemination of research data.</span></span></li> <li><span style="font-family: 'Tahoma',sans-serif; font-size: 10.0pt;"><span style="line-height: 115%;">Perform computational data analysis on genomic and clinical research data.</span></span></li> <li><span style="font-family: 'Tahoma',sans-serif; font-size: 10.0pt;"><span style="line-height: 115%;">Work with staff on scientific programming and experimental design. Provide statistical support/analysis on research data.</span></span></li> <li><span style="font-family: 'Tahoma',sans-serif; font-size: 10.0pt;"><span style="line-height: 115%;">Contribute to and co-author scientific publications in leading peer-reviewed journals.</span></span></li> <li><span style="font-family: 'Tahoma',sans-serif; font-size: 10.0pt;"><span style="line-height: 115%;">Contribute to the development of a scalable and flexible resource to provide NGS bioinformatics, structural…