Joint Postdoc position at Harvard/DFCI/HSPH in Jun S. Liu & X. Shirley Liu lab

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The laboratories of Profs Jun S. Liu and X. Shirley Liu invite applications for a joint postdoctoral position. Jun Liu (http://www.people.fas.harvard.edu/~junliu/) is at the Statistics Department at Harvard University and his research focuses on Bayesian modeling and computation methodology, statistical genetics, and Monte Carlo methods, with applications to large-scale computation and optimization. Shirley Liu (http://liulab.dfci.harvard.edu/) is at the Department of Biostatistics and Computational Biology at Dana-Farber Cancer Institute and Harvard School of Public Health, and her research focuses on genomics and bioinformatics of transcription and epigenetic gene regulation, with applications to cancer biology. The postdoctoral fellow will be jointly supervised by both laboratories to work on statistical and computational methodologies for gene regulation problems.

Requirement: Ideal applicant should have:

1. PhD degree in physical sciences or related fields
2. Strong programming skills: ((Python | Perl) & (C | C++ | Java) & R)
3. Strong quantitative background (machine learning, Bayesian inference, etc.) or computational genomics experiences (DNA sequence analysis, microarray analysis, etc.)
4. Good knowledge of molecular biology and genomics
5. At least two (four if co-first author) first author papers written in English in previous area of research (not necessarily computational biology) with submitted, accepted or published status in journals or conference proceedings
6. Good spoken and written communication skills, mature and motivated.
7. In addition, applicant must be able to visit Boston for potential interviews without visa application.

How to Apply:
Interested applicants should submit a letter of interest with a research proposal for a project (~2 pages) to be conducted during postdoctoral training, CV, and three references (including name and contact information) to jliu (At) stat (Dot) harvard (Dot) edu and xsliu (At) jimmy (Dot) harvard (Dot) edu and with subject line “Joint postdoc application”.

Please Note This and a previous post are for two separate positions.