EMPLOYER: Langmead and Salzberg Labs, Johns Hopkins University
LOCATION: Baltimore, MD, United States
POSTED: Sep 13, 2012
EXPIRES: Dec 12, 2012
JOB TYPE: Postdoctoral researcher
SECTOR: Academia
HOURS: Full time
Description
Applications are invited for an open Postdoctoral Fellow position in the laboratories of Dr. Ben Langmead and Dr. Steven L Salzberg at Johns Hopkins University. The researcher will investigate topics including: DNA sequence alignment, text indexing, compression, assembly, and parallel and cloud computing. The researcher will also develop software and methods for analyzing next-generation sequence data. There will be opportunities for the researcher to collaborate with excellent biomedical researchers at JHU.
The Langmead and Salzberg labs have a track record of developing novel methods and providing usable, high-impact software tools to the genomics community. Tools developed by current and former members of these labs include Bowtie, Bowtie 2, TopHat, Cufflinks, Crossbow, and Myrna.
Johns Hopkins has a very strong community of researchers studying methods and software for genomics. See: http://genomics.jhu.edu.
Ideal applicants will have
-A Ph.D. degree in Computer Science, Bioinformatics, or a related field.
-Strong programming skills.
-Experience with next-generation sequencing data.
-Published papers in English and excellent communication skills.
To apply
To apply, please email langmea@cs.jhu.edu a letter of interest and current CV. Please include “Postdoc applicant” in the email subject line.