Postdoctoral Research Associate (rna Transcriptomics In Alzheimer's Disease) - Psychiatry
fostonlab.wustl.edu
St. Louis, Missouri, US
Base pyy is commensurate with experience; bonus/eq...
Rna-seq data analysis
Circrna identification
Computational and statistical analyses
We are hiring a postdoc to work with RNA-seq data in order to identify circRNA implicated in complex traits including Alzheimer’s disease, Parkinson’s disease and stroke using novel and integrative computational and statistical analyses
Job Summary
We are hiring a postdoc to work with RNA-seq data in order to identify circRNA implicated in complex traits including Alzheimer’s disease, Parkinson’s disease and stroke using novel and integrative computational and statistical analyses.
The new postdoctoral fellow will join a large team, currently twenty members, which is led by three faculty members and three senior scientists.
This position will be located at Dr. Cruchaga’s lab in the NeuroGenomics and Informatics Center (Department of Psychiatry) at WashU.
Matching Summary
We are hiring a postdoc to work with RNA-seq data in order to identify circRNA implicated in complex traits including Alzheimer’s disease, Parkinson’s disease and stroke using novel and integrative computational and statistical analyses.
Salary
Base pay is commensurate with experience; Bonus/Equity: Not specified; Benefits: Not specified
Skills & Requirements
Must-have
RNA-seq data analysis
circRNA identification
computational and statistical analyses
neurodegenerative diseases research
multidisciplinary and collaborative environment
Nice-to-have
motivated postdocs
strong analytical skills
open and timely discussion
collegial conduct
Key Requirements
PhD in Statistics, Bioinformatics, Computational Biology, Biostatistics, Statistical Genetics, Medical Statistics, Mathematics or similar
Strong background in second-generation sequencing analyses (RNA)
Focus on circRNAs, pathways analyses and biomarker discovery