"Postdoctoral Research Associate - Yu lab"

Postdoctoral Research Associate - Yu lab

Company: Carnegie Mellon University

Job Location: Pittsburgh, 15213

Category: Computer Science

Type: Full-Time

Carnegie Mellon University: School of Computer Science: Ray and Stephanie Lane Computational Biology Department

Location: Pittsburgh, PA

Description:

The Yu lab within the School of Computer Science at Carnegie Mellon University is looking for a Postdoctoral Researcher to develop string algorithms and bioinformatics tools for analyzing biological sequence data. The Yu lab has been one of the pioneers in both developing rigorous mathematical theory to understand sequence transformations and in engineering software that turns that theory into usable bioinformatics software. Much of the lab's recent applied work has been on tools for analyzing metagenomic datasets, though we are broadly interested in biological sequences from other sources as well (e.g. RNA-seq). The lab also has a standing side-interest in biomedical privacy and security, though this posting is aimed at string algorithms. Recent work from the lab has been published in journals such as Nature Biotechnology, Nature Methods, Genome Research, and Microbiome, as well as presented at conferences such as RECOMB, ISMB, and ECCB. Lab website: http://yunwilliamyu.net/

The new postdoc will lead new computational method development with an eye towards biological relevance. Expected deliverables include both polished, practically usable software, as well as rigorous theoretical analyses of the algorithms used.

Qualifications:

• PhD degree in Computer Science, Computational Biology, Applied Mathematics, or other quantitative fields.
• A strong publication record in original method development for computational biology.
• Experience in analyzing microbial genomes is a plus but not required.