Occupational Profile & What They Do

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.

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Daily Duties & Technical Responsibilities

• Conduct quality analyses of data inputs and resulting analyses or predictions.
• Confer with researchers, clinicians, or information technology staff to determine data needs and programming requirements and to provide assistance with database-related research activities.
• Analyze or manipulate bioinformatics data using software packages, statistical applications, or data mining techniques.

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Skills, Knowledge & Engineering Competencies

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• Abilities (7)

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Related Tech Pathways

• Biological Technicians
• Data Scientists
• Database Architects
• Health Information Technologists & Medical Registrars
• Statistical Assistants

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