Job Title
Postdoctoral Research Associate-Computational Biology
Agency
Texas A&M University Health Science Center
Department
Cell Biology and Genetics
Proposed Minimum Salary
Commensurate
Job Location
Bryan, Texas
Job Type
Staff
Job Description
Our Commitment
Texas A&M University is committed to enriching the learning and working environment by promoting a culture that respects all perspectives, talents & lived experiences. Embracing varying opinions and perspectives strengthens our core values which are: Respect, Excellence, Leadership, Loyalty, Integrity, and Selfless Service.
Who we are
As one of the fastest-growing academic health centers in the nation, Texas A&M Health encompasses five colleges and numerous centers and institutes working together to improve health through transformative education, innovative research and team-based health care delivery.
What we want
The Postdoctoral Research Associate, under general supervision, is responsible for conducting lab experiments, analyzing and communicating data in the form of primary research articles, aiding in grant writing, supervising undergraduate students, and performing routine lab duties as required.
What you need to know
Schedule: This position may require work beyond normal office hours and/or work on weekends.
Please note: This position is grant funded; future employment may be contingent upon future funding.
Responsibilities :
Data Analysis
Performs hypothesis-driven computational research with a clear understanding and use of controls.
Uses computational methods to analyze large-scale sequencing data and formulate quantitative models.
Interprets the data and explain the results in research discussion.
Implements, applies, and evaluates tools to process, integrate, and visualize high-throughput sequencing datasets
Data Presentation
Explores and brings novel approaches and ideas to their project by collaborating with other labs at TAMU and other collaborators.
Provides support to lab members and collaborators in designing experiments and analyzing datasets.
Presents their work at group meetings and write up their work for publication.
Communicates scientific results at lab meetings and scientific conferences
Software Development and Data Management
Explores and brings novel approaches and ideas to their project by collaborating with other labs at TAMU and other collaborators.
Provides support to lab members and collaborators in designing experiments and analyzing datasets.
Maintains, updates software on TAMU cluster for the group.
Contributes to our code base and to keep your own code in a github (or equivalent) repository with version control.
Lab Management
Supervises undergraduate and/or graduate students and other laboratory, technical or field staff involved in research.
Qualifications:
Required Education
Appropriate PhD
Preferred Qualifications
PhD, Computational Biology, Bioinformatics, Computer Science
Training in statistics, and programming experience in a UNIX/Linux environment using programming languages such as Python, R, and/or Perl is required.
Experience in analysis of genomis /trancriptomic /epigenomic data including RNA-seq, ATAC-seq, and ChIP-seq.
Experience in working with high-performance computing environment.
Experience in data management and developing data-processing pipelines.
Proficiency in programming languages such as R, Python, Matlab.
Familiarity with software development best practices (e.g., unit testing, version control).
Familiarity with inferential statistics and machine learning.
Expertise in computational biology and ability to devise innovative analytical approaches to high-volume genomic, epigenomic, and gene expression data.
Capable of working within a team of wet and dry lab researchers.
Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities
Ability to multitask and work cooperatively with others.
Why Texas A&M University ?
We are a prestigious university with strong traditions, Core Values, and a community of caring and collaboration. Amenities…