Postdoc Fellowship in Bioinformatics/Biostatistics

Job ID: 5855
Job date: 2017-12-14
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Company : UNC Charlotte 

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Role : Postdoc 


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Job Description:
UNC Charlotte Dept. of Bioinformatics is seeking a new member as a postdoc researcher. The incumbent will develop statistical/computational methods/tools for high throughput omics (genome, transcriptome, proteome, metabolome etc) data integration, analysis and visualization; apply them to complex diseases/traits and biomedical problems. He/she will participate in the Pathview project. Pathview is an open-source package widely used for based pathway based analytics and visualization.

Qualifications

Technical skills:

  • Solid statistics training
  • Genetics/genomics data analysis (esp. GWAS, Whole Genome/Exome Studies), NGS data analysis, sequence analysis
  • R/Bioconductor
  • Unix/Linux shell
  • Python or Perl
  • Version control: svn and git
  • R package (or software) development is a plus
Other qualifications:
  • Excellent communication and problem-solving skills, attention to detail
  • Ability to work independently and in a team
  • Self-motivated and disciplined, time and project management skills
  • Enjoy computational/statistical method development, data analysis
  • Proven research/development experience, publication records
Education:

PhD in statistics/biostatistics, bioinformatics, computational genetics, computer science, or related fields.

Salary and benefits: Competitive package


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Additional Info:
For more information about the research in our group:

http://biorxiv.org/content/early/2016/05/11/052878

http://bioconductor.org/packages/pathview/

http://bioconductor.org/packages/gage/

http://pathview.uncc.edu/

Start date: As soon as possible

How to Apply:

Please send a CV and the names of 2-3 references to: weijun.luo@uncc.edu You may also include 1-2 representative papers/manuscripts.

Contact: Weijun Luo

weijun.luo@uncc.edu

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