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POSITION SPECIFICS

The Uzun Lab at the Penn State College of Medicine, Department of Pediatrics, Hershey, PA, is seeking a postdoctoral scholar in Bioinformatics/Computational Biology. Our lab’s research interests are focused on Systems Biology, Epigenetic Gene Regulation, Single-Cell Genomics and Cancer Biology. Responsibilities for this position include data analysis, method development, scholarly activities and other related tasks.

Responsibilities:

1) Biomedical data analysis (40%): Statistical analysis of biomedical data by using existing methods and developing custom code scripts.

2) Bioinformatics method development (40%): Developing Bioinformatics frameworks using computational and statistical approaches for the problems that are not addressed adequately in the Biomedical domain.

3) Scholarly activities (10%): Generating academic outputs, such as presentations, grants, and manuscripts.

4) Related tasks (10%): Other related tasks assigned by the principal investigator.

Eligibility:

Candidates holding a PhD degree in Computer Science, Math, Statistics (in hand at time of hire) or a related field are eligible to apply. Life sciences (Biology, Genetics, Biochemistry, etc.) PhDs with computational experience are also eligible for this position. Bioinformatics experience is preferred but not required. International scholars and members of underrepresented groups are encouraged to apply. PhD candidates who submitted their doctoral thesis can also apply.

Application process:

The candidates are required to submit their electronic applications via PSU Career Portal. The following documents are required for the application to be processed:

1) Cover Letter (1 page): Must contain a brief description of background, career goals and how they are related with this position.

2) CV (4 pages maximum): Must contain at least contact information, education, experience, publication list and skills.

3) Statement of Purpose (3 pages maximum): A detail