HMS - Postdoctoral Fellow in Biomedical Informatics; Farhat Lab

Position

HMS - Postdoctoral Fellow in Biomedical Informatics (Farhat Lab)

Harvard Medical School, Department of Biomedical Informatics

The Farhat Lab is seeking a highly motivated 'dry lab' postdoctoral research fellow to pursue innovative studies in infectious disease genomics and its translation to the clinic. The research aims to enhance our understanding of the biology of M. tuberculosis infections and identify molecular markers for diagnosis and surveillance. This position provides outstanding opportunities for continued scientific development and for contributing to pioneering research.

The fellow will apply and develop production-ready code to process and analyze mycobacterial molecular and phenotype data, disseminate it to other laboratories for diagnostic use, and manage large-scale data. The fellow will join a team of computational and experimental postdoctoral fellows, graduate and undergraduate students, and a software and web engineer.

Apply and develop code to process and analyze mycobacterial molecular and phenotype data; produce production-ready code for dissemination to other labs and diagnostic use; manage large-scale data.

Collaborate with computational and experimental postdoctoral fellows, graduate students, undergraduate students, and engineering staff to advance research goals.

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

This position is salaried and benefits eligible. Postdoctoral fellow salary, which is determined by years post-PhD, and benefits information can be found at (Use the "Apply for this Job" box below)..

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• Curriculum Vitae
• Cover Letter
• Statement of Research
• Reference Note (names and contact information for three references)

Heather Viana
10 Shattuck St
Boston, MA 02115
Email: vard.edu