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From hu@animalgenome.org  Tue Jan 10 10:52:44 2017
From: "Pablo Juan Ross" <pross@ucdavis.edu>
Date: Tue, Jan 10, 2017 at 10:05 AM
Subject: Postdoctoral Position in Bioinformatics at UC Davis
To: FAANG Members <faang@animalgenome.org>
From: Pablo Juan Ross <pross@ucdavis.edu> 
Date: Tue, Jan 10, 2017 at 10:05 AM 
To: FAANG Members <faang@animalgenome.org> 
Subject: Postdoctoral Position in Bioinformatics at UC Davis 

Postdoctoral Position in Bioinformatics at UC Davis, California

A postdoctoral position in Bioinformatics is immediately available at the
University of California Davis to join the FAANG group at Department of
Animal Science.

The focus of this position is to develop computational biology and
bioinformatics programs to analyze high-throughput data sets generated
from next generation sequencing including RNA-seq, Pac Bio Iso-seq,
CAGE-seq, and ATAC-seq, among others. The candidate will have opportunities
to work or participate on multiple funded genomics projects: “High throughput
characterization of gene transcript variants by full-length single-molecule
sequencing to improve farm animal genome annotation” and “Genome-wide
Identification and Annotation of Functional Regulatory Regions in Livestock
Species” by USDA-NIFA-AFRI Foundational Program, and “Epigenetic control
of preimplantation development” by NIH-NICHD RO1. There will be great
opportunities to collaborate and/or interact with bioinformatics scientists
at the UC Davis Genome Center and bioinformatics institutes across the world.

Candidates should have some background in two or more of the following
areas: bioinformatics, biological system modeling, genomics, biology and
statistics. The ideal candidate should have demonstrated ability to: 1)
Perform data analyses using next generation sequencing data; 2) Familiarity
with biological concepts of gene transcription, gene regulation, and protein
translation; 3) Familiarity with bioinformatics tools and concepts.

The candidate should be exposed or have knowledge in programming language,
R, Perl and C++, SQL and Java. Candidates with PhD or Masters in
Bioinformatics/biostatistics, Computational Biology, Genomics, and Molecular
Genetics/Microbiology fields are highly desired. This position requires
strong analytic, organizational, written, and verbal communications skills.
The candidate must be an innovator and self-starter, and work equally well
in interdisciplinary teams and independently.

Salary is commensurate with experience and educational background.  Interested
candidates please email your application (including cover letter and
curriculum vitae with contact information of three references) or inquiries
to: Dr. Pablo Ross at prossucdavis.edu. Interested applicants attending
theIETS meeting should contact Dr. Ross. Candidates attending the PAG meeting
can email and request a meeting during the conference with Dr. Huaijun Zhou
(hzhouucdavis.edu).
The University of California, Davis, is an affirmative action/equal
opportunity employer with a strong institutional commitment to the
development of a climate that supports equality of opportunity and respect
for differences.