Postdoctoral Fellow — AI-Driven Genomic Surveillance

Scripps Research Translational Institute; San Diego (CA); On-site; USD 70,304 - 75,353; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Retirement plans

Health insurance

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Life insurance

Disability insurance

EAP

Paid time off

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Pet insurance

Job summary

Scripps Research Translational Institute in La Jolla, California, seeks a computational postdoctoral associate to develop AI-enabled surveillance tools that fuse genomic data with in vitro and in silico readouts. The role includes high-throughput mutational scanning and deploying methods via outbreak.info for real-time tracking.

Applicants should have a PhD in a relevant field and strong mentoring skills; experience with genomic epidemiology and large datasets is valued.

Qualifications

• PhD in computational biology or related field; equivalent experience considered.
• Strong interpersonal skills and the ability to mentor junior scientists and students.

Responsibilities

• Develop AI-enabled methods to integrate large-scale genomic surveillance with in vitro and in silico functional data, including deep mutational scanning.
• Deploy these methods through outbreak.info for real-time outbreak tracking.
• Design novel AI-assisted strategies to improve speed and accuracy of outbreak detection and monitoring.

Skills

Computational biology

Epidemiology

Interpersonal skills

Mentoring

Education

PhD in relevant field

Job description

Scripps Research Translational Institute in La Jolla, California, seeks a computational postdoctoral associate to develop AI-enabled surveillance tools that fuse genomic data with in vitro and in silico readouts. The role includes high-throughput mutational scanning and deploying methods via outbreak.info for real-time tracking.

Applicants should have a PhD in a relevant field and strong mentoring skills; experience with genomic epidemiology and large datasets is valued.