Postdoctoral Scholar - Huck Institutes-ICDS

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JOB DESCRIPTION AND POSITION REQUIREMENTS:

The Huck Institutes of The Life Sciences (The Huck) and the Institute for Computational and Data Sciences (ICDS) seeks an outstanding scientist to fill a joint Postdoctoral Scholar position that will primarily focus on supporting a new interdisciplinary center, which sits at the intersection of Data Sciences and Molecular and Cellular Sciences. The center will serve as a leader in integrating various publicly accessible data sets, which diverse teams of scientists will synthesize to answer cutting-edge questions.

This is a limited-term appointment funded for one year from the date of hire with an excellent possibility for renewal.

Responsibilities:

• Collaborate with center working groups to develop and implement computational methods for integrating, analyzing, and visualizing complex molecular and cellular biology data.
• Provide technical experience in the wrangling, harmonizing, and standardizing of existing biological datasets, including advanced experience with mass spectrometry data and/or next-generation sequencing data. Implement comprehensive quality control measures to ensure data accuracy and consistency.
• Offer support and guidance on the selection and application of bioinformatics and computational biology tools and pipelines, especially those related to sequence alignment, gene expression analysis, and variant calling, following open and reproducible science best practices. Develop and maintain quality assurance protocols for workflows to guarantee the reliability and reproducibility of results.
• Support the publication of intermediate data products, code, and documentation.
• Stay up-to-date with the latest advancements in bioinformatics, computational biology, and available biological datasets.

Education and Experience: Candidates must have a PhD in Computational Biology, Bioinformatics, Computer Science, Statistics, or a related field, before the start date.

Other qualifications include the following:

• Solid foundation and expertise in Python and/or R for data analysis, scripting, and statistical modeling.
• Mastery using bioinformatics or computational biology software (e.g. BLAST, GATK, Bioconductor).
• Expertise in data wrangling, harmonization, big data analytics, ETL processes, and extracting meaningful insights from complex datasets.
• Experience working with large-scale molecular and cellular datasets/databases (next-generation sequencing) -including genomic, transcriptomic, proteomic, metabolomic and lipidomic, epigenomic, interactomic and structural, glycomic, and single-cell multi-omics data.
• Hands-on experience with the Git version control systems and Data Version Control (DVC).
• Understanding of genetic principles, molecular biology techniques, and genomic databases.
• Experience developing new bioinformatics tools as dictated by research needs.
• Publications in peer-reviewed journals demonstrating contributions to the field.
• Impeccable ethics and integrity with a strong work ethic, strong interpersonal and written skills, and the ability to work well in a team environment.

Work Arrangement: This position has the potential to be a hybrid of remote and on-site work, with a minimum requirement of 3 days per week on-site. This position is not supportive of fully remote work.

Application Materials: Candidates are required to provide the following:

• A current Curriculum Vitae (CV) or Resume
• A cover letter expressing detailing the candidate's interest in the role

Penn State offers competitive benefits for Postdoctoral Scholars, including medical, dental, vision, and retirement plans. Please visit https://hr.psu.edu/current-employee/benefits/post-doc-appts for more detailed information.

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