Job Description
Instructor/Basic Sciences University of Connecticut - 4.2 Farmington, CT Job Details $122,000 a year 2 hours ago Qualifications Doctor of Philosophy Full Job Description Instructor in Residence Responsibilities Involved with genomics research projects, including conceptualization, study design, selection, and implementation of computational approaches including structural variant calling, copy number analysis, haplotype phasing, and integration of multi-platform datasets, execution, interpretation, and dissemination of results for complex genomics studies. Support cross-species comparative projects, coordinating project progress by providing regularupdates, arranging and leading team meetings, and ensuring alignment across collaborators. Analyze projects, directing computational strategy for structural variant detection and haplotypereconstruction, coordinating cross-platform analyses integrating long-read sequencing and opticalgenome mapping, overseeing data generation and interpretation, and assisting with major components of manuscript development, including writing, figure and table preparation. Define and implement analytical approaches for studying structural variation and complex genomic regions, including structural variant calling, copy number variation analysis, haplotype phasing, genome assembly, and integration of long-read sequencing and optical genome mapping datasets. Functions with a high degree of independence in planning and executing research projects involving large-scale genomic datasets Leads multiple concurrent projects spanning cross species comparative genomics and human structural variation Drives scientific direction, method selection, and problem-solving for computational components within the research group Serves as a computational lead and subject matter expert in structural variation, long-read sequencing, and optical genome mapping. Coordinates and assists with wet lab experiments as needed. Represents the research group through scientific presentations at national and international venues Provides guidance and support to collaborators and junior researchers Qualifications PhD degree in Genetics and/or
Genomics Programming:
Python, R, Perl, Java, Bash, MySQL, JavaScript Genomics tools: GATK, BWA, SAMtools, VEP, Sniffles, PBSV, Bionano Access Workflow management: Snakemake, Docker Platforms:
AWS, GCP, high-performance computing clusters Data types: Long-read sequencing (PacBio, ONT), short-read NGS (WGS/WES/RNA-seq), optical genome mapping Salary:
$122,000 Start Date:
July 10, 2026