Job Description: An opportunity has arisen to join the Computational Systems Genomics Lab, headed by Prof Andrew Teschendorff, at the CAS-MPG Partner Institute for Computational Biology, Shanghai. The Computational Systems Genomics Lab carries out cutting-edge research at the interface between Statistics, Cancer and Genomics, with a special focus on Statistical Cancer Epigenomics, Cancer Systems Biology and Single-Cell Analysis (see http://www.picb.ac.cn/compsysg/). The post is at the staff scientist level and salary is negotiable. This is an excellent opportunity for a recent graduate or postgraduate to perform scientific research, publish high quality papers and to improve your communication skills in English.

Essential Job Requirements:

• An MSc-level degree in a computational/scientific discipline, including Computer Science, Statistics, Bioinformatics, Mathematics, Physics or Engineering.
• Programming experience in R, Bioconductor, Python, Perl or Java.
• Good oral and written English.
• Excellent organizational skills.
• Team Player.

Desirable Job Requirements:

• PhD in a computational/scientific discipline, including Computer Science, Statistics, Bioinformatics, Mathematics, Physics or Engineering.
• Experience in managing linux clusters/servers.

The job is available with immediate effect. Interested applicants should send a brief cover letter and CV (all in English), to:

Prof Andrew Teschendorff

Email: andrew@picb.ac.cn

 or

 Zheng Shijie

Email: zhengshijie@picb.ac.cn