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Research Assistant - Structural Bioinformatics (CURRENTLY NOT ACCEPTING APPLICATIONS)

Astera Institute· Radial
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Emeryville HQ$75k - $100kFull-timePosted 3mo ago

About the role

Research Assistant role within Prism, a program of Radial (Astera Institute), focusing on structural bioinformatics for protein dynamics, data pipelines, and open infrastructure for structural biology data.

Responsibilities

  • Maintain and run bioinformatic pipelines for structural data processing, curation, and quality control.
  • Support development and benchmarking of validation metrics against experimental datasets.
  • Assist with data deposition, formatting, and documentation to meet community data standards.
  • Help prepare datasets, figures, and summaries for publications, reports, and presentations.
  • Coordinate with Scientists and engineers on routine data management tasks and troubleshooting.

Qualifications

  • BS or MS in bioinformatics, structural biology, computational biology, or a related field.
  • Working proficiency in Python and familiarity with structural file formats (PDB, mmCIF, mtz).
  • Strong organizational skills and close attention to detail in data handling.
  • Comfortable working across computational and experimental teams in a research setting.
  • Preferred: exposure to crystallography or cryo-EM data processing; familiarity with PDB, EMDB, or related databases.

Skills

Required:Python programmingStructural file formatsData management and documentation

Benefits

  • Benefits summary available (link provided in job posting)
Last updated Oct 1, 2026. Interested? Apply on the company site.

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