Postdoctoral Scholar - Computational-Biology

The Pennsylvania State University; United States; On-site; USD 60,000 - 80,000; Full time

Job summary

The Uzun Lab at the Penn State College of Medicine, Department of Pediatrics, Hershey, PA, seeks a postdoctoral scholar in Bioinformatics/Computational Biology to advance Systems Biology, Epigenetic Gene Regulation, Single-Cell Genomics and Cancer Biology. Responsibilities include biomedical data analysis (40%), method development (40%), scholarly outputs (10%), and related tasks (10%).

Eligible candidates hold a PhD in CS, Math, Stats or related fields; biology PhDs with computational

Qualifications

• PhD in CS, Math, Statistics or related field (in hand at time of hire)
• Bioinformatics experience preferred but not required
• Life sciences PhDs with computational experience are eligible

Responsibilities

• Biomedical data analysis (40%): statistics and scripting
• Bioinformatics method development (40%): framework development
• Scholarly activities (10%): presentations, grants, manuscripts
• Related tasks (10%): other tasks assigned by PI

Skills

Bioinformatics

Computational biology

Statistics

Data analysis

Education

PhD in Computer Science/Math/Statistics

Tools

R

Python

Unix/Linux

Job description

This is a term position; length of the term will be discussed during the interview process. Continuation past the term length discussed will be based on university need, performance, and/or availability of funding.

POSITION SPECIFICS

The Uzun Lab at the Penn State College of Medicine, Department of Pediatrics, Hershey, PA, is seeking a postdoctoral scholar in Bioinformatics/Computational Biology. Our lab’s research interests are focused on Systems Biology, Epigenetic Gene Regulation, Single-Cell Genomics and Cancer Biology.

• 1) Biomedical data analysis (40%): Statistical analysis of biomedical data by using existing methods and developing custom code scripts.
• 2) Bioinformatics method development (40%): Developing Bioinformatics frameworks using computational and statistical approaches for the problems that are not addressed adequately in the Biomedical domain.
• 3) Scholarly activities (10%): Generating academic outputs, such as presentations, grants, and manuscripts.
• 4) Related tasks (10%): Other related tasks assigned by the principal investigator.

Eligibility: Candidates holding a PhD degree in Computer Science, Math, Statistics (in hand at time of hire) or a related field are eligible to apply. Life sciences (Biology, Genetics, Biochemistry, etc.) PhDs with computational experience are also eligible for this position. Bioinformatics experience is preferred but not required. International scholars and members of underrepresented groups are encouraged to apply. PhD candidates who submitted their doctoral thesis can also apply.

• 1) This is NOT a remote-working position.
• 2) In order for the applications to be processed, all 6 required documents listed above MUST be uploaded during the application. The applications with missing documents will be discarded and will NOT be considered for the position.

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Benefits: Penn State provides a competitive benefits package for full-time employees designed to support both personal and professional well-being. For more detailed information, please visit our Benefits Page.

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