Job Description:
J. Craig Venter Institute (JCVI) is looking for a Computational Post-Doctoral Fellow to join Dr. Suman Das's group. The Fellow will work on understanding the role of “host microbiome on Respiratory Syncitial Virus RSV) infection and subsequent childhood asthma”. Responsibilities will include preparation of material for Illumina Mi-Seq sequencing and analysis of meta-genomic sequencing data. Areas of interest will include taxonomic and functional analysis of sequence data, biodiversity estimation and sequence assembly in a multi-disciplinary environment. As a member of a scientific team, Post-Doctoral Fellows are expected to help develop new scientific projects by assisting with the preparation of proposals that seek resources to support new or ongoing projects. They will be expected to train and supervises staff assigned to the lab, as well as publish results of their work in peer-reviewed journals. They will be encouraged to attends and presentation their work at scientific meetings. Qualified candidates will possess a M.D. or Ph.D. in a relevant scientific discipline such as biological sciences, bioinformatics, computational biology, computer science, ecological or other disciplines with training and experience in computer science and understanding of biology with a strong publication record. Experience with RSV, influenza or other RNA viruses is preferred but not a prerequisite. JCVI offers an excellent working environment and a competitive benefits package. For more information, please visit our web site at https://careers.jcvi.org/careers/ Equal Opportunity Employer Minority/Female/Veteran/Disabled
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J. Craig Venter Institute (JCVI) is looking for a Computational Post-Doctoral Fellow to join Dr. Suman Das's group. The Fellow will work on understanding the role of “host microbiome on Respiratory Syncitial Virus RSV) infection and subsequent childhood asthma”. Responsibilities will include preparation of material for Illumina Mi-Seq sequencing and analysis of meta-genomic sequencing data. Areas of interest will include taxonomic and functional analysis of sequence data, biodiversity estimation and sequence assembly in a multi-disciplinary environment. As a member of a scientific team, Post-Doctoral Fellows are expected to help develop new scientific projects by assisting with the preparation of proposals that seek resources to support new or ongoing projects. They will be expected to train and supervises staff assigned to the lab, as well as publish results of their work in peer-reviewed journals. They will be encouraged to attends and presentation their work at scientific meetings. Qualified candidates will possess a M.D. or Ph.D. in a relevant scientific discipline such as biological sciences, bioinformatics, computational biology, computer science, ecological or other disciplines with training and experience in computer science and understanding of biology with a strong publication record. Experience with RSV, influenza or other RNA viruses is preferred but not a prerequisite. JCVI offers an excellent working environment and a competitive benefits package. For more information, please visit our web site at https://careers.jcvi.org/careers/ Equal Opportunity Employer Minority/Female/Veteran/Disabled
Requeriments :
Skills :
- Bioinformatics
- Computational Biology
- HPC
- Lunix/Unix
- Modeling
- Next Generation Sequencing
- Programing in Python
- Programing Skills
- Programming in R
- Statistics
- Systems Biology
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