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发信人: bioinform (ngs), 信区: Postdoc
标 题: postdoc position available in bioinformatics
发信站: BBS 未名空间站 (Fri Jul 20 00:44:34 2012, 美东)
Hiring unit:
Garmire Group (PI starting 09/01/2012, the postdoc position available 09/01
or later)
University of Hawaii Cancer Research Center
Job description:
Located on the beautiful sea shore of Honolulu, Hawaii, overlooking the
Pacific Ocean, the University of Hawaii Cancer Center (UHCC) is one of only
66 research organizations in the country designated by the National Cancer
Institute. Its mission is to focus on key cancers that impact the multi-
ethic population of Hawaii, as well as worldwide. Home to some of the nation
’s leading cancer experts, UHCC is ambitiously recruiting more new talents
to work collaboratively towards international excellence: developing new
strategies for discovery, driving findings into clinical practice and
delivering the optimal outcome when a patient is faced with the prospect of
treatment and recovery.
Projects available in the bioinformatics/genomics group, include but are not
limited to (1) Integrative analysis with next-generation sequence etc. to
decipher the regulatory role of microRNAs genome-wide. (2) microRNA
biomarker discovery in various cancers using next-generation sequence data,
microarray data, and survival data etc. (3) GWAS study of DNA methylation
given different nutritional statuses. (4) Characterization and comparative
genomics of long-intergenic non-coding RNAs with next-generation sequencing
data etc. (5) developing sensitive structural variation detection algorithm(
s) in targeted deep sequencing technology applied to cancer samples.
Requirement:
-PhD degree in bioinformatics, bioengineering, biostatistics, (bio)physics,
electrical engineering, or computer science
-Strong independent research capabilities with high profile, first-author
publications
-Experience with high-throughput data processing using next generation
sequencing, microarray etc., familiar with NGS software such as bowtie,
samtools, gatk, tophat etc.
-Proficient with Linux/Unix environment
-Advanced experience in two or more programming languages: perl, R, matlab,
C, C++, Java
-Familiar with machine learning and data mining methods
-Experience with collaborations with experimental biologists
-Experience with high-performance computing is a plus
Salaries are dependent on experience and qualification.
If interested, please send your CV and contact information of three
references to lgarmire at gmail dot com
