Postdoc Position in Genome Data Science

Job ID: 5670
Job date: 2017-07-24
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Company : University of California 

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Role : Postdoc 


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Job Description:
The Girke group has an opening for a postdoctoral researcher. This position is about the development of integrative analysis methods for multidimensional data sets from a variety of next generation sequencing (NGS) technologies and their implementation in form of R/Bioconductor packages.

ENVIRONMENT

The position will be part of the Data Science Center and Institute of Integrative Genome Biology (IIGB) at the University California, Riverside (UCR). Both offer a vibrant multidisciplinary research environment with excellent facilities for experimental and computational large-scale biology. This includes NG sequencing and various other multi-omics screening facilities, as well as 24/7 access to an HPC facility with over 5,000 CPU cores and >3PB of parallel data storage.

DURATION/FUNDING : 3-5 years (extendable)

Qualifications

MINIMUM REQUIREMENTS

- Ph.D. and/or postdoctoral training in an area related to computational biology, biostatistics and genome biology - Several years of experience with R/Bioconductor package development including programming in C/C++

- High-level of proficiency in analyzing NGS data, including RNA-Seq, ChIP-Seq, Methyl-Seq, VAR-Seq, etc.

- Strong publication record

OTHER HANDS-ON EXPERIENCE

- Data analysis programming environments for reproducible research

- Parallelization of data analysis tasks on computer clusters

- Experience with Python, database and web service development is also a plus


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Additional Info:
Start date: As soon as possible

How to Apply:

Please email your CV, statement of research interests and names of at least three references to Thomas Girke (thomas.girke@ucr.edu).

Contact:

Thomas Girke

thomas.girke@ucr.edu

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