Postdoctoral Fellowship: Viral Genomics & NGS

Oak Ridge Institute for Science and Education; Atlanta (GA); On-site; USD 65,000 - 85,000; Full time

Job summary

Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) in Atlanta, GA is offering a postdoctoral fellowship through ORISE. The position is within the Zoonosis and Discovery Team, CRVLB, CORVD, NCIRD, CDC, and focuses on cutting-edge molecular methods and sequencing for public health research.

Fellows will develop and apply advanced molecular and sequencing approaches to detect and characterize known, emerging, and novel viruses, with collaboration across epidemiology and lab science teams.

Responsibilities

• Participate in the development and optimization of molecular methods for viral detection.
• Apply high-throughput sequencing approaches to characterize known and novel viruses.
• Review literature and evaluate reagents, technologies, and workflows.
• Collaborate with bioinformaticians to analyze sequence data.
• Prepare scientific findings through reports, posters, and manuscripts.

Job description

Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) in Atlanta, GA is offering a postdoctoral fellowship through ORISE. The position is within the Zoonosis and Discovery Team, CRVLB, CORVD, NCIRD, CDC, and focuses on cutting-edge molecular methods and sequencing for public health research.

Fellows will develop and apply advanced molecular and sequencing approaches to detect and characterize known, emerging, and novel viruses, with collaboration across epidemiology and lab science teams.