Postdoctoral Associate - Brain Cancer Epigenomics
- Baylor College of Medicine
- Location: Houston, TX
- Job Number: 7329859 (Ref #: 24923-en_US)
- Posting Date: Newly posted
Job Description
Summary
The Postdoctoral Associate will perform independent research on pediatric brain tumors. The Postdoctoral Associate will have experience with bioinformatics and computational biology and will be able to guide and supervise the work of other staff and trainees in the lab. Postdoctoral Associate must have a solid knowledge of the biological principles driving brain tumors, and proven experience with implementation of bioinformatics (single-cell genomics, epigenomic platforms, mutation analyses).
Baylor College of Medicine typically follows similar to the NIH stipulated stipend guidelines for Postdoctoral Associates.
Job Duties
- Integrates several data types that includes, for instance, single-cell transcriptomic and epigenomic data to generate hypotheses that will be tested functionally, using tumor models.
- Discovers a putative important role for a gene.
- Follows up with collaborative functional experiments that will test whether removing/turning off that gene has any effects on behavior and phenotypes of cancer models.
- Supervises daily activities by trainees (graduate students, other postdoctoral fellows) and staff (lab technicians).
- Performs other job-related duties as assigned.
Minimum Qualifications
- MD or Ph.D. in Basic Science, Health Science, or a related field.
- No experience required.
Preferred Qualifications
- PhD in informatics-related fields and/or biological sciences.
- Post doctoral Associate less than 5 year from date of Ph.D. conferral date.
- Experience with implementation of bioinformatics (single-cell genomics, epigenomic platforms, mutation analyses).
- Has solid knowledge of the principles driving brain tumors biology.
Baylor College of Medicine is an Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action/Equal Access Employer.
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Baylor College of Medicine fosters diversity among its students, trainees, faculty and staff as a prerequisite to accomplishing our institutional mission, and setting standards for excellence in training healthcare providers and biomedical scientists, promoting scientific innovation, and providing patient-centered care. - Diversity, respect, and inclusiveness create an environment that is conducive to academic excellence, and strengthens our institution by increasing talent, encouraging creativity, and ensuring a broader perspective. - Diversity helps position Baylor to reduce disparities in health and healthcare access and to better address the needs of the community we serve. - Baylor is committed to recruiting and retaining outstanding students, trainees, faculty and staff from diverse backgrounds by providing a welcoming, supportive learning environment for all members of the Baylor community.
