Bioinformatics, Computer Scientist: Postdoc position 1388 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

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