HMS - Postdoctoral Fellow in Biomedical Informatics; Farhat Lab

HMS - Postdoctoral Fellow in Biomedical Informatics (Farhat Lab)

Title:

HMS - Postdoctoral Fellow in Biomedical Informatics (Farhat Lab)

School:
Harvard Medical School

Department/Area:
Biomedical Informatics

The Farhat Lab in the Department of Biomedical Informatics is seeking a highly motivated ‘dry lab’ postdoctoral research fellow to pursue innovative studies in infectious disease genomics. The research aims to enhance our understanding of the biology of M. tuberculosis infections and identify molecular markers for diagnosis and surveillance. The fellow will develop and apply code to process and analyze mycobacterial molecular and phenotype data, producing production‑ready pipelines for dissemination to other laboratories and for diagnostic use, and manage large‑scale data.

The fellow will work with a team of computational and experimental postdoctoral fellows, graduate students, undergraduate students, and a software and web engineer.

This position is salaried and benefits eligible. Postdoctoral fellow salary is determined by the number of years post‑PhD; further details are available at (Use the "Apply for this Job" box below)./guidelines
. With this appointment, you are represented by the Harvard Academic Workers (HAW) – UAW for collective bargaining and matters affecting compensation and working conditions.

• PhD in Bioinformatics, Systems Biology, Evolutionary Biology, Microbiology, Epidemiology, Biostatistics, Applied Mathematics, or a related field.
• Strong coding/computing skills.
• Familiarity or strong interest in the analysis of pathogen genomic/molecular data.

• Experience with large‑scale data management and production‑ready software pipelines.

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