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Job Location drjobs

Los Angeles, CA - USA

Monthly Salary drjobs

$ 54080 - 77687

Vacancy

1 Vacancy

Job Description

Postdoctoral Scholar Research Associate

Keck School of Medicine

Biochemistry and Molecular Medicine

There is an exciting new opportunity at the University of Southern California for highly motivated candidates committed to developing a career in genomics epigenomics or bioinformatics. The Postdoctoral Scholar Research Associate will analyze inhouse generated sequencing datasets and integrate multidimensional largescale omics datasets available (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 at to the collaborative multilab 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 opensource software
  • Building computational infrastructure and systems to support the software
  • Writing novel scripts to analyze nextgeneration sequencing datasets
  • Developing webbased 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

To Apply

Minimum education: Ph.D. or equivalent doctorate within previous three years
Minimum experience: 01 year
Minimum field of expertise: Directly related education in research specialization with advanced knowledge of equipment procedures and analysis methods.

The annual base salary range for this position is $54080.00 $77687.00. 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 candidates 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.

USC is an equal opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race color religion sex sexual orientation gender identity national origin protected veteran status disability or any other characteristic protected by law or USC policy. USC observes affirmative action obligations consistent with state and federal law. USC will consider for employment all qualified applicants with criminal records in a manner consistent with applicable laws and regulations including the Los Angeles County Fair Chance Ordinance for employers and the Fair Chance Initiative for Hiring Ordinance and with due consideration for patient and student safety. Please refer to theBackground Screening Policy Appendix Dfor specific employment screen implications for the position for which you are applying.

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