Bioinformatics, Computer Scientist: Postdoc position 1417 views

2 Postdoc Research Fellowships are available in the field of Bioinformatics / Computer Scientist at the School of Biosciences, University of Birmingham.

Duration: Fixed term for a period of up to 33 months

Lab: Environmental Omics,  School of Biosciences and the Centre for Computational Biology

Project description: Cracking the Code of Adaptive Evolution” (dCODE).

Tasks Involved:

The bioinformatics candidate will contribute by

  1. Locating the loci under selection in the sequenced genomes from >100 natural isolates,
  2. Identifying regulatory elements affected by the changing environmental conditions;
  3. Discovering Quantitative Trait Loci (QTL) that control variation in global mRNA and metabolic products (eQTLs and veQTLs) that co-associate with adapted traits and condition-dependent expression.

Requirements: The ideal candidate should possess the following:

  1. Understand theoretical underpinnings of sequence alignment algorithms for next generation sequencing (NGS) data;
  2. Experience in NGS analysis in genome re-sequencing, Chip-seq, metabolomics, RNA-seq or related data;
  3. Data visualization methods and of bioinformatics resources such as annotation tools and databases;
  4. Methods and approaches at data integration;
  5. Statistical genetics background and experience at discovering QTLs.

The application must include:

  1. Application letter including statement of interest, summarizing your scientific work and how well you fit within the project
  2. CV
  3. Complete list of publications, and copies of 2 best peer-reviewed publications
  4. Names and contact details of three references

Contact Info: Informal enquiries about this position can be addressed to Professor John Colbourne at: J.K.Colbourne@bham.ac.uk

——Quick Overview———
Organization University of Birmingham
Level Postdoctoral
Country UK
Subject areas Bioinformatics, Computer Scientist
Fellowship £28,982 to £37,768 a year,
Eligibility PhD degree
Deadline 29th July 2016
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Job Ref: 55534

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