Postdoctoral Associate

Yale University

Posted on : 11-04-2025

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New Haven, CT - USA

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Posted on : 11-04-2025

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Multiple postdoctoral research associate positions are immediately available in Dr. Haoyu Chengs Lab at the Department of Biomedical Informatics and Data Science (BIDS) at Yale University School of Medicine. Successful candidates will engage in the development of innovative computational algorithms for genome analysis. Potential projects include genome assembly read alignment variant calling pangenome analysis deep learning as well as other related research on cancer and plant genomes.

Preferred qualifications:

Ph.D. in Computer Science Bioinformatics Computational Biology Statistics Genetics or a related field.
Strong programming skills. Demonstrated experience in developing algorithms using highperformance languages such as C C Rust or Python is desirable.
Demonstrated expertise in analyzing largescale genomic sequence data.
A strong track record of scientific publications.
Good oral and written communication skills in English.

About the PI:

Dr. Haoyu Cheng is an Assistant Professor at the Department of Biomedical Informatics and Data Science (BIDS) at Yale University starting in July 2024. His research primarily focuses on developing computational methods for genomic data with a particular emphasis on de novo genome assembly and its applications. He has developed a suite of algorithms for de novo genome assembly including hifiasm (Cheng et alNature Methods 2021 hifiasm (HiC) (Cheng et alNature Biotechnology 2022 and hifiasm (UL) (Cheng et alNature Methods 2024. These algorithms have been widely used by numerous largescale sequencing projects such as the Human Pangenome Reference Consortium (HPRC) the Genome in a Bottle (GIAB) the Vertebrate Genomes Project (VGP) and the Darwin Tree of Life project. His works received the recognition of the K99/R00 Pathway award from the National Institutes of Health (NIH). For more information please see University is an EqualOpportunity/AffirmativeAction Employer. We seek candidates who embrace and reflect diversity in the broadest sense. Yale values diversityamongitsstudentsstaffandfacultyandstronglywelcomesapplications from women persons with disabilities protected veterans and underrepresentedminorities.

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