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Programmer C

Employer
Albert Einstein College of Medicine
Location
Bronx, New York
Salary
Salary commensurate with experience
Closing date
Nov 5, 2020

We seek an individual who will develop computational tools for visualizing the structure and connectivity of the nervous system of an animal. The animal is one of today's most important research models, the nematode worm Caenorhabditis elegans. This laboratory has recently published the connectomes of both C. elegans sexes (Cook et al., Nature 571, 63-71, 2019). These are the first wiring diagrams of entire nervous systems, valuable tools for exploration of nervous system function and development. Current work is directed towards generating volumetric descriptions of the neurons. In order to exploit this new data and make it available for further research and education, we wish to develop visualization tools for computer assisted exploration of the nervous systems' structure and connectivity.

The computer programmer will use available images of the nematode Caenorhabditis elegans and new data that may be obtained to construct a “3D worm,” a computer application that will allow the user to zoom into the worm's body, visualize and identify neurons and other cells and tissues, and navigate through the nervous system, following the neuron tracts and identifying synaptic connections. Constructing such a virtual worm will require solving the problem of fitting data from different individual animals to a canonical worm described by a common coordinate framework. The programmer will develop this visualization application to be available on a website.

About Us:

Founded in 1955, the Albert Einstein College of Medicine (Einstein) is one of the nation's premier institutions for medical education, basic research and clinical investigation. A full-time faculty of some 2,000 conducts research, teaches, and delivers health care in every major biomedical specialty. The college has some 730 medical students, 193 Ph.D. students, 106 MD/Ph.D. students and 275 postdoctoral fellows.

Einstein's major strength, in addition to training physicians and scientists, is its science. During fiscal year 2015, the faculty's consistently high level of scientific achievement resulted in the awarding of more than $150 million in peer-reviewed grants from the National Institutes of Health (NIH).

Einstein is part of Montefiore Medicine Academic Health System, an integrated academic delivery system comprising seven campuses, including 8 hospitals, a multi-county ambulatory network, a new state-of-the art “hospital without beds”, a skilled nursing facility, school of nursing, home health agency, and the state's first freestanding emergency department. As the University Hospital for the Albert Einstein College of Medicine, Montefiore is a premier academic health system, employing Einstein's clinical faculty and training Einstein's medical students, over 1,300 residents, 420 allied health students, and 1,600 nursing students annually.

We have also been recognized by Forbes as one of the country's best midsize employers in 2019. Forbes ranked Einstein in the top overall nationally among midsize employers. Einstein ranked 3rd within the education category in New York State and 9th nationally among all midsize education employers.

The Albert Einstein College of Medicine is an Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, age, protected veteran or disabled status, or genetic information. Einstein seeks candidates whose skills, and personal and professional experience, have prepared them to contribute to our commitment to diversity and excellence, and the communities we serve.

Bachelors degree in quantitative science plus 3 years related experience. Recent graduates with outstanding academic backgrounds will also be considered.

- Experience programming in high-level languages like Javascript and Python

- Experience with processing large scientific datasets (e.g. in XML, HDF5, MySQL)

- Motivated self-learner who is able to integrate with new data formats and storage systems

- Experience with XML, JSON, REST APIs

Preferred:

- Experience designing data processing pipelines in frameworks such as Spark or Hadoop

- Experience with cloud data hosting services

- Experience with software engineering best practices (unit testing, version control)

- Image processing experience

 

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