Job date: 2016-05-18
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Company : University of Southern Misssissippi Country : Role : Postdoc | Research Scientist
Research Associate in Bioinformatics Employer University of Southern Mississippi Location Miami-Dade County, Florida (US) Salary Up to $55,000 per year + benefits Posted May 18 2016 Closes July 13 2016 Discipline Life Sciences, Bioinformatics, Computational Biology, Genomics, Marine Science, Microbiology, Molecular Biology Position Type Full Time Job Type Postdoc, Research Scientist, Staff Scientist, Technician Send Save Apply
The University of Southern Mississippi is looking for a research associate experienced in using bioinformatics tools to analyze microbial metagenomic Next-Generation-Sequencing data from a variety of marine, coastal, and estuarine environments. The objective is to characterize the microbial community structure, composition, diversity, and functional relationships among microbial populations in different ecosystems. The long-term goal is to better understand characteristics of healthy marine microbial ecosystems and be able to predict potential impacts of anthropogenic stressors on ecosystems in the Gulf of Mexico and around the world.
The person hired will be physically located at the NOAA Atlantic Oceanographic and Meteorological Laboratory in Miami, Florida. The position is funded by a grant through the Northern Gulf Institute (NGI), a Cooperative Institute of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA). The person hired will be an employee of the University of Southern Mississippi but will serve as a USM/NGI contractor for NOAA. Routine daily oversight and postdoctoral mentorship of this employee will be provided by Dr. Christopher Sinigalliano, the principal investigator of the NOAA-AOML Molecular and Environmental Microbiology Program, in collaboration with Dr. Shiao Wang, the principal investigator of this project at USM.
Application should be submitted to the University of Southern Mississippi website at https://jobs.usm.edu (job posting # 0003942). Please submit a cover letter, curriculum vitae, transcripts, and contact information for three references. Unofficial transcripts are acceptable for application purpose. Applications are reviewed upon receipt and will continue until the position is filled. For inquiries about the position, please contact Dr. Shiao Wang at (601) 266-4748 or shiao.wang@usm.edu.
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