Postdoctoral Fellow in Computational Biology 1120 views

The Boulard and Gross Groups at European Molecular Biology Laboratory (EMBL) are seeking to recruit a Postdoctoral Fellow with experience in computational biology to lead a project at the interface of epigenetics and neuroscience.

About the position:

• The project combines the expertise of the Boulard and Gross groups in chromatin biology and neural circuits, respectively, to explore the cell-type specific interplay between transcription factors and the brain epigenome.
• The successful applicant will be part of a collaborative team of molecular biologists, biochemists, and neuroscientists that are working together on the large-scale exploration of previously uncharacterized transcription factors in mammalian brains.
• The successful applicant will devise and carry out computational analyses of large-scale epigenomic and transcriptomic datasets internally generated, including: developing methods and pipelines to analyze CutnRun and DAP-seq data sets, and integrating, comparing, mining, and visualizing omic data sets.

Duration: 2 years (renewable)

Requirements:

• Applicant must hold PhD degree in Bioinformatics, Computer Science, Mathematics, or related fields.
• Applicant must have solid skillset and experience in bioinformatics; excellent knowledge of R and biostatistics
• Experience and proven track record in handling NGS datasets and developing analysis pipelines
• Outstanding interpersonal and communication skills are essential
• Experience with Unix-based environment and high-performance computing cluster environment is not required, but would be considered an advantage.
• Experience in motif discovery is not required, but would be considered an advantage.

Applications:

Apply online and submit the following:

• Cover letter clearly stating the motivation and future research interests/plans
• CV with at least two referees