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Postdoctoral Scholar - Research Associate

Pay: $70,000 – $70,304 per year
Location: Los Angeles, CA
Listed: 6 days ago

About the role

Postdoctoral Scholar – Research Associate
Keck School of Medicine
Cancer Biology

This is a one year fixed-term position.

There is an exciting new opportunity at the University of Southern California for highly motivated candidates committed to developing a career in molecular and computational biology, genomics, or bioinformatics. The Postdoctoral Scholar – Research Associate will analyze in-house generated sequencing datasets and integrate multi-dimensional large-scale omics datasets (dry lab).

The trainee is expected to lead multiple research projects under the direction of the Principal Investigator and s/he will be a part of the collaborative research team who lead large genomics and epigenomics consortia to fight cancer. Due to the collaborative, multi-lab nature of this project, it is essential that the applicant have excellent organizational and communication skills.

The postdoctoral trainees will be encouraged to submit their own fellowship and grant applications during their period of training.

Responsibilities and Duties

Installing and maintaining existing open-source software
Building computational infrastructure and systems to support the software
Writing novel scripts to analyze next-generation sequencing datasets
Developing web-based applications and tools to facilitate data analysis
Preparing presentations and publishing scientific manuscripts under the direction of the Principal Investigator.
Responsible for teaching other lab members

Preferred Qualifications

·Possess a PhD or be close to the completion of a PhD or DPhil in Computational Biology, Bioinformatics, Computer Science, or Data Science in a relevant field (e.g. Biology with strong quantitative training in bioinformatics)
Background and work knowledge in scientific computing, algorithms, and machine learning or statistics is required
Familiarity with R or Python, and the Unix (Linux) environment is required
Skills in other programming languages (e.g. perl or java) is a plus
Experience in analyzing and annotating large omics data sets, both in exploratory and pipelined fashions is a plus
Experience in studying 3D epigenomics and/or long read sequencing is a big plus

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Pay and benefits

The annual base salary range for this position is $70,000 - $70,304.04. When extending an offer of employment, the University of Southern California considers factors such as (but not limited to) the scope and responsibilities of the position, the candidate’s work experience, education/training, key skills, internal peer equity, federal, state, and local laws, contractual stipulations, grant funding, as well as external market and organizational considerations.

Minimum education

Ph.D. or equivalent doctorate within previous three years

Minimum experience: 0-1 year

Minimum field of expertise: Directly related education in research specialization with advanced knowledge of equipment, procedures and analysis methods.

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