Summary
Postdoctoral Position in Metagenomics Study: The Genome Science Group (B-6) in the Bioscience Division is seeking highly motivated postdoctoral researchers to work on our Bioinformatics team to develop and perform specialized analyses on metagenomes from soil. The incumbent will become a member of our multidisciplinary team of ecologists, molecular biologists, and computational biologists. We are using metagenomic approaches to determine the effects of over ten yrs elevated CO2 on six terrestrial ecosystems, specifically in large manipulated FACE and OTC field sites. The incumbent's specific responsibilities include, but are not limited to, implementing algorithms for clustering, alignment, annotation, and gene prediction from metagenomic sequence data, optimizing sequence assembly algorithms and protocols for short reads, and developing models to characterize soil microorganism dynamics in response to climate change parameters. The successful candidate will work closely with external collaborators, as well as scientists in the Bioscience Division and at the Joint Genome Institute. The successful applicant will be exposed to a wide variety of bioinformatics technologies in a state of the art facility to perform large-scale comparative genome studies.
Required Skills
Successful candidates need to possess some prior experience with gene discovery and analysis of genomic sequences, comparative genome analysis and experience in tools, methods, and databases for biological sequence analysis.
Desired Skills
Demonstrated computer skills (programming in Perl, SQL, familiarity with UNIX, Web)
Education
Ph.D. in Bioinformatics/Computational Biology or a related field with strong programming skills completed within the last 5 years or soon to be completed is required.
Notes To Applicants
Please e-mail names of references to Gary Xie at xie@lanl.gov . For more information about the research program contact Cheryl Kuske at kuske@lanl.gov.
Pre-Employment Drug Test
The Laboratory requires successful applicants to complete a pre-employment drug test and maintains a substance abuse policy that includes random drug testing.
Government Conflict of Interest
To ensure that you and LANL avoid any potential conflicts of interest, all current/former Government Officials must read and respond, if applicable, to the LANL Applicant Disclosure Form.
Contact
For specific questions about the status of this job, call (505)665-6406
Candidates may be considered for a Director's Fellowship and outstanding candidates
may be considered for the prestigious J. Robert Oppenheimer, Richard P. Feynman
or Frederick Reines Fellowships.
For general information refer to the
Postdoctoral Program page.
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letter outlining current research interests.
