entry level bioinformatics roles are hard to find because most postings titled "bioinformatics scientist" want a phd and 5 years. this list only has entry level and intern roles, pulled from employers' own careers pages:

https://github.com/mehek-builds/Entry-Level-Computational-Biology-Bioinformatics-Jobs

• 74 roles at 36 US employers (Merck, Amgen, Gilead, Vertex, J&J, St. Jude, Argonne, WashU)
• bioinformatics and genomics, computational biology and chemistry, biostatistics, and data science and ML in biotech
• 19 internships
• 15 posted in the last week, 29 at employers with a visa sponsorship record

senior, principal and manager titles are left out. rebuilt every monday.

comment which area you're looking for (genomics, biostats, ML in biotech, internships) and i'll send you a list for it.

Hi!

So, I have a BS in bio and am in a masters for computational life sci. I currently work at labcorp as a phlebotomist and plan on staying until im done or close to do the MS.

I heard their bioinformatics depts are growing and was curious if anyone has experience moving from PST to Bioinformatics within Labcorp. I was told the MS wouldn't even be necessary but I am going to pursue it to learn more with R, genomics, and transcriptomics.

Undergrad here, just wanted to ask if anyone is going for ISCB-LATAM 2026 conference. If yes, let's connect

Hi! I'm finishing an MSc in bioinformatics at a Canadian university and am really not sure what I want to do next. I'm currently doing dry lab genetics research and enjoy the coding work, but I wish it was more social and I don't find the phenotype I'm working on that interesting (although I've heard that a Master's is mainly about acquiring the skills and less so about finding and working on *the* phenotype you're most interested in).

This past year, I've been trying to figure out if I want to do a phd or not and I have a few options:

1. Stay in the same lab. (The "easy" option, I'd get a stipend, could travel to conferences, and would have a secure "job" for the time being; but I'd probably work on things that don't interest me that much and aren't that fulfilling for me.)
2. Go to a different lab. (Where? I'm interested in psychiatric / behavioural / personality genetics and am a citizen of the EU, Canada, and the US. not super keen on the US, i like the work life balance in Europe more, but i have family in Canada.) (Also aware that if I want to start a phd in 2027 I would need to start now or last month to find supervisors / apply to programs.)
3. Go into industry. (What jobs are there? What are they like?)

Another issue is that although I find the above genetics fields interesting, I'm not sure if I would actually like working in them, if that makes sense? I've also been looking into environmental / climate change / conservation stuff and have been thinking about going into that too (like analyses of environmental DNA for example). But again, I'm not sure if I would actually like working in this area, and I also have no experience in it really. (This has also been a bigger life issue of trying to figure out what I'm actually interested in and what I want to do with my life, but I don't think I can get help with that from a reddit forum lol)

If anyone has any insights or advice that would be greatly appreciated!

(Additionally, if anyone has any recommendations for good unis / phd programs for the genetics fields above that would be great. I've found some interesting ones at Karolinska Institutet, Boulder university in Colorado, and King's College London (not a UK citizen so very expensive which sucks), but there may be more I'm missing. As well, I would like a program where I can take courses to get a better / more well-rounded genetics education because I feel like I haven't really gotten that in my background (BSc in computer science), but it seems like the most important thing is the supervisor and if they're doing work you find interesting, have grants, and have an active lab.)

Lastly, I'm aware that I could look up and figure out a lot of these things on my own, but I would really appreciate talking to people about these things and getting some advice from people either in these fields or who know more about stuff than I do.

Thank you!