Post-Doctoral Research Associate – National Jewish Health, USA-CO-Denver

Job ID: 5379
Job date: 2016-04-07
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Company : National Jewish Health 

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Role : Postdoc 


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Post-Doctoral Research AssociateNational Jewish HealthCenter for Genes, Environment and HealthUSA-CO-Denver We are seeking a highly motivated candidate with a background in Bioinformatics, Computer Science, Population Genetics, or Statistical Genetics for a post-doctoral position within an independent research group in the Center for Genes, Environment, and Health. The research in our laboratory focuses on translational genetic and genomic studies of complex lung diseases. This position will be focused on the advanced bioinformatics and statistical analysis of Nex-Generation sequencing data. In particular, the successful candidate will be involved in both large eQTL and single cell sequencing data analyses. The successful candidate will be responsible for the programming, data processing, and statistical analysis of next generation sequencing, genetic, and other data generated by projects aimed at understanding the genetic basis of complex lung diseases. The successful applicant will be expected to learn and develop analytical techniques as required by the research project. The successful applicant will be expected to participate in manuscript preparation and writing. The successful applicant will need great communication skills and the ability to function well as part of a team working on these projects. Job Requirements

- Ph.D. in Bioinformatics, Computer Science, Statistical Genetics, or a related field is required

- Proven experience using bioinformatics to analyze high-throughput genetic and genomic data

- General shell scripting knowledge and experience working in UNIX and LINUX environments, particularly with large text files and genomic information

- Experience working and programming in Windows and Linux environments

- Demonstrated knowledge and programming experience in VB, .NET, PERL, R, C , and/or Java, and willing to pick up new programming languages as necessary

- Familiarity and working knowledge with standard bioinformatics tools, packages, algorithms, and databases

- Familiarity with statistical analysis methods and tools for bioinformatics

- Excellent written and verbal communication

- Effective judgment and problem solving with little supervision is imperative for this position

- Highly motivated and committed to biomedical research

- Multi-tasking

Desired but not required skills:

- Experience creating and maintaining in-house SQL relational databases, and working with and extracting information from public databases such as NCBI and UCSC genome databases

- Analysis of allele-specific expression data

- Experience in eQTL mapping or with single cell sequencing dataJob Information Position Type: Post-Doctoral Research Fellowships Reference (Job ID number): 5626924 Start Date: ASAP Duration: Full Time Status: openContact InformationNational Jewish Health
Center for Genes, Environment and Health
Dr. Max A. Seibold
seiboldm@njhealth.orghttp://jobs.nationaljewish.org/postdoctoral-research-associate/job/5626924How To Apply:Apply online at http://jobs.nationaljewish.org/postdoctoral-research-associate/job/5626924


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