Postdoc: Bioinformatics & Health Data Science

The University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center; Dallas (TX); On-site; USD 52,000 - 64,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

PPO health plan

Paid time off

TRS retirement

Parental leave

Wellness programs

Tuition reimbursement

PSLF eligibility

Job summary

UT Southwestern Medical Center in Dallas is seeking a Postdoctoral Researcher in the Lin Xu lab within the Peter O’Donnell Jr. School of Medicine to advance bioinformatics and AI-driven analyses of genomics data.

Successful candidates will lead analyses of single-cell and genomic data, develop pipelines, collaborate with wet-lab scientists, and publish high-impact manuscripts in top journals. Candidates must hold a Ph.D.

Qualifications

• Ability to lead first-author manuscripts using large-scale single-cell or spatial omics data from patients already available in the Xu lab.
• Experience with NGS data analysis and development of customized sequencing-analysis pipelines.
• Experience with Linux environments and command-line tools.
• Doctoral degree in bioinformatics, genetics/genomics, statistics, biostatistics, computer science, systems biology, or related field.
• Excellent spoken and written English communication skills.

Responsibilities

• Analyze genomic, epigenomic and transcriptomic data from patient cohorts.
• Develop and maintain computational pipelines for omics analyses.
• Collaborate with wet-lab scientists to validate predictions.
• Publish high-impact manuscripts in bioinformatics and AI.

Skills

First-author manuscripts

Single-cell / spatial omics

NGS data analysis

Linux / CLI

English communication

Education

Ph.D. in bioinformatics or related field

Job description

UT Southwestern Medical Center in Dallas is seeking a Postdoctoral Researcher in the Lin Xu lab within the Peter O’Donnell Jr. School of Medicine to advance bioinformatics and AI-driven analyses of genomics data.

Successful candidates will lead analyses of single-cell and genomic data, develop pipelines, collaborate with wet-lab scientists, and publish high-impact manuscripts in top journals. Candidates must hold a Ph.D.