How do they match: Bioinformatics Technicians

  • Research Scientist
  • Bioinformatics Research Technician

  • Apply principles and methods of bioinformatics to assist scientists in areas such as pharmaceuticals, medical technology, biotechnology, computational biology, proteomics, computer information science, biology and medical informatics. Apply bioinformatics tools to visualize, analyze, manipulate or interpret molecular data. May build and maintain databases for processing and analyzing genomic or other biological information.

  • Analyze or manipulate bioinformatics data using software packages, statistical applications, or data mining techniques.
  • Confer with researchers, clinicians, or information technology staff to determine data needs and programming requirements and to provide assistance with database-related research activities.
  • Develop or apply data mining and machine learning algorithms.
  • Develop or maintain applications that process biologically based data into searchable databases for purposes of analysis, calculation, or presentation.
  • Train bioinformatics staff or researchers in the use of databases.

  • Analyze operational or research data.
  • Develop computer or online applications.
  • Prepare research or technical reports.