Postdoctoral Fellow in Computational Genomics: Exciting opportunities for full-time Postdoctoral Research Fellows are available in the laboratory of Dongwon Lee. The focus of the research is on disease-associated genetic variants using computational approaches, specifically emphasizing transcriptional regulatory mechanisms. The Lee laboratory has a track record of developing cutting-edge machine-learning methods for the analysis of regulatory elements and variants, contributing to significant publications (Lee et al., Nature Genetics 2015; Lee, Bioinformatics 2016; Lee et al., Genome Research 2018; Han et al., PNAS 2022).
Postdoctoral Research Fellow in Computational Genomics and Genetics
Designation: Postdoctoral Fellow
Research Area: Computational Genomics and Genetics
Location: Boston Children’s Hospital, and Harvard Medical School
Eligibility/Qualification:
- Ph.D. degree in computational biology, bioinformatics, bioengineering, biostatistics, computer science, or related fields.
- Strong programming skills in Python, R, C/C++, or equivalent.
- Experience with Unix/Linux and working with large genetic and genomic data in a high-performance cluster computing environment is highly preferred.
- Excellent written and verbal communication skills.
- Willingness to write grant proposals and manuscripts.
Job Description: The successful candidate will be involved in the development of computational methods to model regulatory control of human disease. This includes incorporating improved machine-learning/deep-learning algorithms and single-cell multi-omics data (genomic, transcriptomic, and epigenomic). Collaboration opportunities with clinicians and wet-lab biologists will be available to apply the developed methods to clinical genetic and genomic data. Additionally, there will be opportunities to validate computational predictions in model systems.
How to Apply: Interested candidates should send a CV, including three references, a cover letter, and representative papers (up to two), to Dongwon Lee at dongwon.lee@childrens.harvard.edu.
Contact Information: Dongwon Lee, PhD Assistant Professor of Pediatrics, Division of Nephrology, Boston Children’s Hospital, and Harvard Medical School Manton Center Associate, The Manton Center for Orphan Disease Research
Last Date for Apply: Open until filled.
