[SocBiN] Postdoc positions in New York (Bioinformatics/Cancer Genomics/Data analysis)

Daniel Edsgärd edsgard at gmail.com
Fri Sep 30 00:07:27 CEST 2016


Dear all,
Please see two exciting postdoc positions below, provided by Nils
Weinhold at MSKCC, New York.

Best,
Daniel Edsgärd
Sandberg lab, Karolinska Institutet
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Hi Daniel,

How are things in Stockholm - hope everything is well!

I'm currently looking for postdocs and I was wondering if you happen
to know anyone who might be interested to spend some time in New York
to work on cancer genomics projects? Would be awesome if you could
forward the job description if someone comes to mind.

Postdoctoral Positions in New York (Bioinformatics/Cancer
Genomics/Data analysis)

We are seeking two motivated postdoctoral researchers to join our lab
at Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center in New York City. Our lab
specializes in large-scale analysis of complex genomics data, and we
are particularly interested in understanding the principles of tumor
evolution and tumor immunogenicity, i.e. how tumors evolve genomically
over time and how the immune system responds to the subclonal
composition of a tumor. We also have extensive expertise in analyzing
non-coding variation from whole genome sequencing data. Our lab
maintains close collaborations with clinical investigators at the
institute, providing us with rich genomic data sets and offering
unique opportunities for computational biologists to have immediate
impact on how cancer patients are being treated today. For further
information visit weinholdlab.org.


Relevant Qualifications

PhD in Computational Biology, Bioinformatics, or related field

Interest in cancer biology and genomics

Experience analyzing NGS data

Proficiency in R, MATLAB, or other programming languages (e.g. Python,
Java, etc.)

Solid understanding of molecular biology

Experience with cloud computing/compute cluster environments is a plus

Experience with TCGA/1000 Genomes/ENCODE or other genomics data is a plus


Responsibilities

Develop computational methods to analyze and integrate various
genomics data types

Use existing tools and pipelines to analyze large-scale cancer
genomics data (whole genome/exome, RNA-Seq, CHiP-Seq, etc.)

Communicate research findings to collaborators and the scientific
community at large

Successful candidates will pursue their research projects in a highly
collaborative environment. Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center is
consistently ranked as one of the leading cancer center in the world.
Our main campus occupies three city blocks in the heart of New York
City, next to The Rockefeller University and Weill Cornell Medicine.
Within this tri-institutional research and education community,
postdocs can cultivate rewarding collaborations and participate in a
rich agenda of academic, professional, and social events. Compensation
is highly competitive and includes health insurance and other
benefits.


Informal inquiries and applications should be addressed to Nils
Weinhold (weinholn at mskcc.org)


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