St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital
Postdoctoral Research Associate - Computational Sciences
Memphis, TN · Junior
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About the role
- Jude is seeking a Postdoctoral Research Associate to study gene dysregulation, chromatin composition, and genome organization in pediatric cancers.
- These proteins represent emerging drug targets in multiple pediatric solid tumors.
- Interdisciplinary collaboration with chemists and molecular oncologists, specifically the Adam Durbin, Lily Guenther, and Jun Qi (DFCI) labs, will be key components of the work.
Responsibilities
- Lead computationally focused scientific research projects with increasing independence over time.
- Collaborate on project and analysis design under the guidance of multiple invested PIs.
- Develop new computational methods.
- Perform other duties as assigned to meet the goals and objectives of the department and institution.
- Maintains regular and predictable attendance, especially in-person attendance at meetings and relevant presentations.
- Strong candidates from a primarily wet-lab or clinical background who wish to develop sophisticated quantitative skills will also be considered. Such applications would be strengthened by displaying coding experience.
Requirements
- draft a complex manuscript with minimal supervision, as required.
- Ph.D. degree or equivalent in Bioinformatics, Molecular Biology, Biochemistry, Computer Science, or related field
- Candidates must hold a doctoral degree (PhD, MD, or equivalent).
Skills
- undefined
Compensation
- $47k-$934k
Benefits
- Minimum Education and/or Training:
- Experience with applied high-throughput sequencing analysis methods, including but not limited to alignment, coverage quantification, differential coverage statistics, and multi-omic integration
Company info
- This grant-funded position is part of an inter-institutional, interdisciplinary effort to deconvolve the roles of chromatin-modifying enzymes and complexes in cancer-driving gene regulation genome-wide.
- We are committed to a human-centered hiring experience.
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