Postdoctoral Research Associate - Pfenning lab
Carnegie Mellon University: School of Computer Science: Ray and Stephanie Lane Computational Biology Department
Location: Pittsburgh, PA
Description:
The purpose of this job is to participate in the Pfenning laboratory's work on the Vertebrate Genomes Project (VGP). The VGP is an international consortium that is sequencing, assembling, and analyzing genomes across the vertebrate evolutionary tree. The scientist will be conducting mentored research to apply machine learning approaches to find genome sequence signals responsible for the evolution of cell type-specific gene regulatory programs. They will be applying that analysis to study the genetic basis of behavior and to engineer cell type-specific genetic tools.
Qualifications:
The candidate should have completed a Ph.D. in bioinformatics or a related field.
The candidate is expected to have experience analyzing genomic data using machine learning methods.
