Join Us!

We are always looking for exceptional, dedicated, and motivated scientists to join our team. Currently we have two postdoctoral position open:

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Position in Microbial bioinformatics

Description:

The selected candidate will be able to contribute to the ongoing projects in the lab, as well as develop their own independent research projects in microbial bioinformatics. Several projects are currently available including 1) identifying and characterizing microbial gene clusters of interest; 2) knowledge-based functional annotations of biosynthesis pathways; 3) building phage and bacterial interaction networks.

Qualifications:

We are looking for creative, self-motivated individuals who are interested in applying computational tools to challenging problems in large-scale microbial genomic analysis.

Applicants who meet the following requirements will be considered for the positions:

• A Ph.D. with less than 5 years of postdoctoral experience
• Ph.D. in Bioinformatics, microbiology, virology, or a related discipline with intensive training/experience in bioinformatics.
• Strong proficiency in Python, R, and Bash
• Strong oral and written communications skills;
• With a proven track record in this area reflected in recent or pending publications.
• A clear sense of organization, purpose, and accountability

Prior experience in at least three of the following computational areas:

• Protein structure modeling and prediction
• Structural bioinformatics
• Comparative genomics
• Metagenomics analysis
• Large-scale genomic data analysis
• Evolutionary genomics

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Position in Microbial genomics: machine learning and statistics

Description:

The selected candidate will be able to contribute to the ongoing projects in the lab, as well as develop their own independent research projects. Several projects are currently available including 1) Deep learning for novel protein family classification; 2) Constructing probabilistic models for co-occurrence analysis based on interaction network 3) Computational tool development to interpret biological patterns from large-scale metagenomic data.

Qualifications:

Applicants who meet the following requirements will be considered for the positions:

• A Ph.D. with less than 5 years of postdoctoral experience
• Ph.D. in Statistics/Biostatistics, Bioinformatics, Computer Science, or other relevant
• Extensive experience/training in Machine Learning, Statistics, Data structures, and Algorithms.
• Programming skills in Python, C/C++, GO, Rust, or equivalent.
• Strong oral and written communications skills
• Experience in genomics analysis

Prior experience in at least one of the following computational areas is required:

• Deep Learning applied to protein science
• Probabilistic graphical model
• Statistical tool development
• Implementation of algorithms in a big data environment, especially high-performance computing clusters

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How to apply

Applicants should send a cover letter, curriculum vitae, a statement of research interests, and contact information for three references (names and e-mail addresses) to Dr. Xiaofang Jiang using the following email subject: “PostDoc applicant – FirstName, LastName”.