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Post Doctoral Fellow, Bioinformatics

Employer:J. Craig Venter Institute
Posted:Wednesday, April 30, 2014
Location:West Coast Region
Discipline :Life Sciences, Biomedical Sciences, Computational Biology, Molecular Biology, Stem Cells
Position Type :Full Time
Job Type:Postdoc Fellowship
Salary:DOE

Further information

Post-doctoral Fellow – Bioinformatics

J. Craig Venter Institute (JCVI) is seeking a Post-Doctoral fellow to join Dr. Weizhong Li’s team in our La Jolla California location.  The Postdoc will develop computational methods and web tools for the analysis of genomic, metagenomic and transcriptomic sequence data.

Responsibilities of the Postdoc will include, but are not limited to:
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Designing and implementing new algorithms and computational methods

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Developing bioinformatics software tools and web services

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Analyzing various types of genomic sequence data

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Integrating bioinformatics workflows and pipelines under computer cluster and cloud environments

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Publishing results of scientific work in peer-reviewed journals

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Maintaining software and providing supports

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Providing bioinformatics support to collaborators

Successful candidates will hold a PhD in Bioinformatics, Computational Biology, Computer Science or related disciplines with training and experience in genomic sequence analysis. Strong demonstrated computer programming skills with C/C++, Perl or Python is required. Candidates must have web development knowledge and experience in Apache, PHP, JavaScript, JQuery, CGI and SQL. Experience in Linux, computer clusters and cloud, and high performance computing is also required. Candidate needs to be familiar with various bioinformatics programs, public genomics resources and databases, and mathematical and statistical analysis methods. Candidates must have good troubleshooting capabilities, excellent organizational and time management skills, a high level of initiative, the ability to work with minimum supervision, flexibility to handle a variety of tasks, and be able to shift priorities quickly.

JCVI offers an excellent working environment and a competitive benefit package. For more information and to apply to this position, please visit our website at www.jcvi.org Equal Opportunity Employer AA M/F/Vet/Disability.