Postdoctoral Scholar - Computational-Biology Hershey, PA
Hershey, Dauphin County, Pennsylvania, 17033, USA
Listed on 2026-01-02
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Postdoctoral Scholar - Computational-Biology job at Penn State College of Medicine. Hershey, PA.
Job Number: REQ_
Approval of remote and hybrid work is not guaranteed regardless of work location. For additional information on remote work at Penn State, see Notice to Out of State Applicants.
This is a term position; length of the term will be discussed during the interview process. Continuation past the term length discussed will be based on university need, performance, and/or availability of funding.
POSITION SPECIFICSThe Uzun Lab at the Penn State College of Medicine, Department of Pediatrics, Hershey, PA, is seeking a postdoctoral scholar in Bioinformatics/Computational Biology. Our lab's research interests are focused on Systems Biology, Epigenetic Gene Regulation, Single-Cell Genomics and Cancer Biology. Responsibilities for this position include data analysis, method development, scholarly activities and other related tasks.
Responsibilities:1) Biomedical data analysis (40%): Statistical analysis of biomedical data by using existing methods and developing custom code scripts.
2) Bioinformatics method development (40%): Developing Bioinformatics frameworks using computational and statistical approaches for the problems that are not addressed adequately in the Biomedical domain.
3) Scholarly activities (10%): Generating academic outputs, such as presentations, grants, and manuscripts.
4) Related tasks (10%): Other related tasks assigned by the principal investigator.
Eligibility:Prospective candidates holding a PhD degree in Computer Science, Math, Statistics (in hand at time of hire) or a related field are eligible to apply. Life sciences (Biology, Genetics, Biochemistry, etc.) PhDs with computational experience are also eligible for this position. PhD candidates who submitted their doctoral thesis can also apply.
Experience in single-cell genomics data processing is an advantage for this role, especially if it is demonstrated through publication records.
Application process:The candidates are required to submit their electronic applications via PSU Career Portal. The following documents are required for the application to be processed:
Must contain a brief description of background, career goals and how they are related with this position.
Must contain at least contact information, education, experience, publication list and skills.
Must contain information for at least 3 references. For each reference, the following information is to be provided:
Name, title, institute, department, email address, phone number, relationship with the candidate (advisor, co-advisor, collaborator, etc.). Should include the PhD advisor as the first reference. If that’s not possible, a short explanation must be provided stating the reason (retirement, inaccessibility, etc.) for the exclusion, in this document.
Unofficial electronic copies of undergraduate (bachelor's), master's degree (if applicable) and PhD education transcripts (or grade reports). If the transcripts are in any language other than English, their translations are needed.
Electronic copies of undergraduate (Bachelor's), master's degree (if applicable) and PhD diplomas. If the diplomas are in any language other than English, their translations are also required. If a PhD diploma is not awarded yet, an alternative document indicating the status of the thesis (preferably from the university) and expected graduation time (year, month), must be included.
All the documents must be combined into a single PDF file and named as "" before uploading to the PSU Career Portal, under the "Resume/CV/Cover Letter/Additional Documents" heading in the "Experience" step. If the…
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