Postdoc Associate in Bioinformatics [Juniata College]
For a joint position, The Biology Departments at Juniata College, a highly
ranked, national liberal arts college of 1,500 students located in the
scenic Allegheny Mountains of central Pennsylvania, and nearby (34 miles)
Pennsylvania State University seek individuals interested in a career
involving both research and teaching to fill a post-doctoral position
in the area of Bioinformatics. Teaching experience and experience
in performing relevant wet lab and computational analyses associated
with RNAseq are preferred. Experience with Linux and Perl or Python
are also preferred, as well as experience using compute clusters and
Amazon EC2 computing. The Biology Department at Juniata has developed an
innovative curriculum with support from NSF and HHMI, a strong tradition
of undergraduate research and a rich history of sending students on to
graduate studies and productive careers. Further information about the
department can be found at http://departments.juniata.edu/biology.
Successful candidates will teach one introductory or upper level
undergraduate course per semester, and instruct in an HHMI funded
faculty development workshop that includes RNAseq. Candidates will
support a new national initiative, headquartered on the Juniata campus,
to incorporate massively-parallel sequencing technologies into the
undergraduate curriculum and research (www.gcat-seek.org). Concurrently,
25% of time will be spent on functional genomics research in the lab of
Prof. Jim Marden at Penn State, a leading institution for bioinformatics
research. The position will be initially funded for one year, with the
expectation of renewal for a second year depending on performance.
Applicants with an earned Ph.D. (required) and post-doctoral and teaching
experience (preferred) should submit 1) a brief statement of teaching
experience, philosophy, and interests; 2) a succinct two-page summary of
research interests; 3) a curriculum vitae; 4) undergraduate and graduate
academic transcripts; and 5) three letters of recommendation.
All materials should be addressed to Gail Leiby Ulrich, Director of
Human Resources, Juniata College, 1700 Moore Street, Box B, Huntingdon
PA 16652. It is the policy of both Juniata College and Penn State to
conduct background checks. Review of applications will begin April 7
and continue until the position is filled.
Juniata College and Penn State will take positive steps to enhance the
ethnic and gender diversity on their campuses. We commit ourselves
to this policy not only because of legal obligations, but because it
believes that such practices are basic to human dignity. AA/EOE