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芝加哥大学肺部疾病遗传学研究博士后岗位

来源:丁香园
日期:2008-10-16
Institution

University of Chicago

Position

Postdoctoral Position in Genetics of Pulmonary Diseases

Location

Chicago, IL

Date Posted

October 13th 2008

Date Expires

December 12th 2008

Tags

postdoc, genetics, chicago, il, and usa

Description

Dr. Joe G. N. Garcia of the Department of Medicine at the University ofChicago is looking for a postdoctoral fellow to join amulti-disciplinary team conducting world-leading research into themolecular and genetic causes of acute lung injury and other complexpulmonary conditions. The successful candidate will apply genotyping andstatistical/bioinformatics methods to a wide variety of studiesexamining genetic polymorphism data, including candidate gene andgenome-wide association studies.

The candidate must have a Ph.D. degree, at least two years ofpost-doctoral training in Genetic Epidemiology and related fields (e.g.Population Genetics), and demonstrated experience in bench work relatedto DNA sequencing/SNP genotyping.

The candidate must have practical experience in the analysis of humanpolymorphism data, including disease mapping studies byassociation/linkage, haplotype analysis, population genetics, andadmixture analysis. The candidate must have proficiency with statisticalsoftware packages (R, SPSS, SAS, and/or Matlab).

Self-motivation, strong initiative, excellent organizational skills, andability to handle several projects simultaneously, demonstrated abilityfor independent critical thinking, and ability to work in acollaborative environment are required. Strong oral and writtencommunication skills are essential.

Contact

Interested candidates should provide a CV to Shwu-Fan Ma, PhD, atsma@medicine.bsd.uchicago.edu. (Dr. Ma leads the genomics core of Dr.Garcia’s lab.)
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