Bioinformatics Technician

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Ideal for those passionate about merging biology with cutting-edge technology.
Play a crucial role in advancing medical research and biotechnology innovations.
Dive into the world of genomics and data to unlock biological mysteries.

💰 Earn $87K-$174K

📚 Bachelor Degree

⏱️ 24–48 MONTH TRAINING

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What You’ll 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.

Analyze or manipulate bioinformatics data using software packages, statistical applications, or data mining techniques.
Extend existing software programs, web-based interactive tools, or database queries as sequence management and analysis needs evolve.
Maintain awareness of new and emerging computational methods and technologies.
Conduct quality analyses of data inputs and resulting analyses or predictions.
Enter or retrieve information from structural databases, protein sequence motif databases, mutation databases, genomic databases or gene expression databases.

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Minimum Education

Bachelor Degree

Career Prospects

Excellent (Increasing by 5% or more)

Training Time

2 to 4 years

Median Earnings

$155,150 in California

$70,620 Nationally

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Best For You If...

YOU Like 💕

Thinking and problem solving
Using data or completing tasks
Working with my hands

You are skilled in 💫

Active Listening
Mathematics
Reading Comprehension
Science
Speaking
Writing

You value 🙏

Having support
Having freedom
Job security

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Bioinformatics Technician

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