Hi Seqanswers community,
I am not sure if this is the correct forum to post this, but I think it might be close enough.
Due to lack of resources available online, I was needing advice from the community on how I should go about pursuing a career specifically in the Bioinformatics of Neuroscience / Computational Neuroscience.
Thanks to my current job requirements, I have been able to gain about 5 years of experience in analyzing NGS bioinformatics data from a diverse array of datatypes such as DNA-Seq (whole exome / whole genome / PCR targeted) , RNA-Seq (both single cell and cell population), Methyl-Seq (RRBS) and ChIP-Seq (histone modifications and transcription factor binding analysis).
Over time, I have specifically developed interest in pursuing neuroscience and the bioinformatics of neuroscience as my specialized career track.
I hold a Master's degree in Bioinformatics, and I was thinking if I should enroll in a school offering a PhD program with a particular focus on neuroscience. However, I was not able to find many schools offering such programs nor any resources with a comprehensive overview about this specialization. Maybe it's because computational neuroscience / neurobioinformatics is still a relatively newer track.
I am still in two minds over whether I should pursue a PhD for the same, or apply for let's say an analyst position in either academia / industry at some place offering such specialization.
I would highly appreciate if the experienced users of this community could guide me on this.
Thanks in advance.
I am not sure if this is the correct forum to post this, but I think it might be close enough.
Due to lack of resources available online, I was needing advice from the community on how I should go about pursuing a career specifically in the Bioinformatics of Neuroscience / Computational Neuroscience.
Thanks to my current job requirements, I have been able to gain about 5 years of experience in analyzing NGS bioinformatics data from a diverse array of datatypes such as DNA-Seq (whole exome / whole genome / PCR targeted) , RNA-Seq (both single cell and cell population), Methyl-Seq (RRBS) and ChIP-Seq (histone modifications and transcription factor binding analysis).
Over time, I have specifically developed interest in pursuing neuroscience and the bioinformatics of neuroscience as my specialized career track.
I hold a Master's degree in Bioinformatics, and I was thinking if I should enroll in a school offering a PhD program with a particular focus on neuroscience. However, I was not able to find many schools offering such programs nor any resources with a comprehensive overview about this specialization. Maybe it's because computational neuroscience / neurobioinformatics is still a relatively newer track.
I am still in two minds over whether I should pursue a PhD for the same, or apply for let's say an analyst position in either academia / industry at some place offering such specialization.
I would highly appreciate if the experienced users of this community could guide me on this.
Thanks in advance.
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