Postdoc Position At The Methodist Hospital Research Institute

GJin · 04-25-2012, 03:04 PM

Department of Systems Medicine And Bioengineering (SMAB) at The Methodist Hospital Research Institute seeks an individual to support Next Generation Sequencing analysis and software development for genomics research.

SMAB is well funded by NIH/NCI and CPRIT. More information please refer to the website: http://www.methodisthealth.com/smb

Responsibilities:

Testing and understanding of the established NGS sequencing pipelines, such as RNA-Seq pipeline and Deep-sequencing mutation pipeline;

Providing support for the NGS analysis of whole SMAB group;

Understanding of the algorithms used in the standard software and building new pipelines;

Working with the modeling persons to develop software interfaces for their developed algorithms.

Advantages of this position: The candidate will work closely with a bioinformatics modeling person (team leader) and biologists (collaborators), who has the opportunities to fully understand the core algorithms of the software and the related biological knowledge.

Requirements: Master or Ph.D. degree in computer science, or mathematics, or physics. The candidates with sequencing data analysis experience will be preferred.

Minimum Job Experience Required: No. New graduated or fresh postdoc candidates are also welcomed.

Skills needed: Strong programming skills
1.Rich experience with Unix/Linux; clustering computing; multi-processing/threading computing;
2.Strong skills in at least one of text processing languages (Python, Perl/Rudy, Java), one of software development languages (C, C++, C#), one of web/database software (PHP/MySQL, ASP/SQL), and R.
3.Open-minded and good communication skills. Motivated to learn new things. Good spoken and written skills.

Apply: Interested applicants please submit their CVs with the names and emails of three references to Guangxu Jin (GJin@tmhs.org ) with title – “Postdoc Application for Sequencing Analysis and Software Development”.

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04-25-2012, 03:04 PM	#1
GJin Junior Member Location: Houston, Texas Join Date: Apr 2012 Posts: 2	Postdoc Position At The Methodist Hospital Research Institute Department of Systems Medicine And Bioengineering (SMAB) at The Methodist Hospital Research Institute seeks an individual to support Next Generation Sequencing analysis and software development for genomics research. SMAB is well funded by NIH/NCI and CPRIT. More information please refer to the website: http://www.methodisthealth.com/smb Responsibilities: Testing and understanding of the established NGS sequencing pipelines, such as RNA-Seq pipeline and Deep-sequencing mutation pipeline; Providing support for the NGS analysis of whole SMAB group; Understanding of the algorithms used in the standard software and building new pipelines; Working with the modeling persons to develop software interfaces for their developed algorithms. Advantages of this position: The candidate will work closely with a bioinformatics modeling person (team leader) and biologists (collaborators), who has the opportunities to fully understand the core algorithms of the software and the related biological knowledge. Requirements: Master or Ph.D. degree in computer science, or mathematics, or physics. The candidates with sequencing data analysis experience will be preferred. Minimum Job Experience Required: No. New graduated or fresh postdoc candidates are also welcomed. Skills needed: Strong programming skills 1.Rich experience with Unix/Linux; clustering computing; multi-processing/threading computing; 2.Strong skills in at least one of text processing languages (Python, Perl/Rudy, Java), one of software development languages (C, C++, C#), one of web/database software (PHP/MySQL, ASP/SQL), and R. 3.Open-minded and good communication skills. Motivated to learn new things. Good spoken and written skills. Apply: Interested applicants please submit their CVs with the names and emails of three references to Guangxu Jin (GJin@tmhs.org ) with title – “Postdoc Application for Sequencing Analysis and Software Development”.