Research Assistant - Structural Bioinformatics
Astera InstituteAI Research, company
Emeryville, United StatesCommensurate with experienceJunior
Data & AI
About the role
TL;DR
Support the diffUSE Project by maintaining data pipelines and curating structural datasets.
- •The Research Assistant will support the diffUSE Project by maintaining data pipelines, curating structural datasets, and running validation checks across X-ray, cryo-EM, and ensemble-derived data.
- •Key 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.
- •Requirements 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.
Required skills
Python
Domain expertise
biotech
Benefits & perks
Benefits summary
Tech stack
Python