Postdoc: Retinal Aging & Disease Computational Biology

The University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center; Dallas, Northern (TX, KY); Hybrid; USD 56,000 - 72,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

PPO medical plan

Preventive care coverage

Paid time off

TRS retirement

Parental leave

Wellness programs

Tuition reimbursement

PSLF eligible employer

Job summary

The University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center in Dallas welcomes a Postdoctoral Research Fellow to lead computational biology efforts for retinal aging and disease. You will integrate genomics, transcriptomics, proteomics, and spatial multi-omics while collaborating with experimental scientists to test hypotheses and advance the lab program.

Join a multidisciplinary team in Ophthalmology to build reproducible computational approaches, contribute to manuscripts and grants, and mentor junior

Qualifications

• Experience leading computational analyses of large-scale omics datasets.
• Ability to develop reproducible computational pipelines for data processing and visualization.
• Proven ability to collaborate with experimental scientists and interpret results.

Responsibilities

• Lead computational analyses of genomics, transcriptomics, proteomics, epigenomics, and spatial multi-omics datasets.
• Develop and implement reproducible pipelines for data processing, QC, statistics and visualization.
• Integrate multi-modal datasets to uncover molecular networks and disease mechanisms.
• Apply network-based approaches to gene regulation, signaling and cellular interactions.
• Collaborate with experimental teams to design studies and generate testable hypotheses.
• Contribute to manuscript preparation, grant applications, and funding proposals.
• Present findings at lab meetings and conferences.
• Mentor junior lab members in computational biology and data analysis.
• Help build a collaborative, rigorous, and reproducible research environment.

Skills

Genomics

Transcriptomics

Proteomics

Epigenomics

Spatial multi-omics

Computational pipelines

Network biology

Statistical analysis

Data visualization

Collaboration

Mentoring

Grant writing

Tools

R

Python

Bioinformatics tools

Job description

The University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center in Dallas welcomes a Postdoctoral Research Fellow to lead computational biology efforts for retinal aging and disease. You will integrate genomics, transcriptomics, proteomics, and spatial multi-omics while collaborating with experimental scientists to test hypotheses and advance the lab program.

Join a multidisciplinary team in Ophthalmology to build reproducible computational approaches, contribute to manuscripts and grants, and mentor junior