Postdoctoral Fellow: Phage Transcription & MGE Regulation

New England Biolabs; Beverly (MA); On-site; USD 67,000 - 81,000; Full time

Job summary

New England Biolabs (NEB) in Beverly, MA invites applications for a Postdoctoral Fellowship focused on transcription of bacteriophages and mobile genetic elements. You will use computational and experimental approaches to uncover regulators of RNA polymerase, working within a collaborative NEB research community.

You will contribute to sequence database analyses, high-throughput experiments, and present results internally and at conferences.

Qualifications

• Recent Ph.D. in biophysics, biochemistry, microbiology or a related field.
• Proven expertise in biochemical and microbiological experimental methods and computational analysis of large datasets.
• Ability to work independently while thriving in a collaborative team environment.

Responsibilities

• Interrogate sequence databases to generate models for transcriptional regulation in MGEs.
• Utilize next-generation DNA synthesis and high-throughput experiments to test models and perform mechanistic studies.
• Present results to internal and external audiences.
• Supervise graduate and undergraduate interns as part of a team.

Skills

Biochemical methods

Microbiological methods

Computational data analysis

Independent researcher

Education

Ph.D. in biophysics, biochemistry, microbiology or related field

Tools

Next-generation DNA synthesis

High-throughput experimentation

Job description

New England Biolabs (NEB) in Beverly, MA invites applications for a Postdoctoral Fellowship focused on transcription of bacteriophages and mobile genetic elements. You will use computational and experimental approaches to uncover regulators of RNA polymerase, working within a collaborative NEB research community.

You will contribute to sequence database analyses, high-throughput experiments, and present results internally and at conferences.