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Postdoc: Statistical population genetics, University of Washington
Two-year postdoctoral position in Statistical Genetics available.
Department of Statistics, University of Washington, Seattle, WA.
Department of Statistics, University of Washington, Seattle, WA.
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A 100% postdoctoral Research Associate position is available starting from October 1, 2009. This position is under the supervision of Dr. Elizabeth Thompson (www.stat.washington.edu/~thompson), and is funded by NIGMS through ARRA. Salary and benefits will be in accordance with NIH and University of Washington salary scales and policies.
Subject to satisfactory performance and availability of funding, this is a two-year position to work on a specific project funded under ARRA.
This exciting project involves development of statistical and computational methods to infer coancestry of genome segments among individuals selected from populations. Studies include feasibility and performance analyses, using real haplotypic data imposed on simulated population pedigrees.
Requirements:
Ph. D. in Computational Biology or Genomics, Population
Genetics, Statistics, Biostatistics, or a related field.
Demonstrated programming skills, including use of the
Standard C language and UNIX/Linux operating systems.
Some knowledge/experience in complex stochastic systems and/or
statistical population genetics.
Enquiries BY PLAIN TEXT E-MAIL ONLY PLEASE, should be sent to Professor
Elizabeth Thompson, (eathomp@u.washington.edu). Please do NOT send
email attachments as WORD documents, HTML etc. If you wish to provide
supporting information, please send a reference to a web page
or PDF attachments only. If applying, please provide email addresses
of 3 referees.
The University of Washington is building a culturally diverse faculty and
strongly encourages applications from women and minority candidates. AA/EOE.
Subject to satisfactory performance and availability of funding, this is a two-year position to work on a specific project funded under ARRA.
This exciting project involves development of statistical and computational methods to infer coancestry of genome segments among individuals selected from populations. Studies include feasibility and performance analyses, using real haplotypic data imposed on simulated population pedigrees.
Requirements:
Ph. D. in Computational Biology or Genomics, Population
Genetics, Statistics, Biostatistics, or a related field.
Demonstrated programming skills, including use of the
Standard C language and UNIX/Linux operating systems.
Some knowledge/experience in complex stochastic systems and/or
statistical population genetics.
Enquiries BY PLAIN TEXT E-MAIL ONLY PLEASE, should be sent to Professor
Elizabeth Thompson, (eathomp@u.washington.edu). Please do NOT send
email attachments as WORD documents, HTML etc. If you wish to provide
supporting information, please send a reference to a web page
or PDF attachments only. If applying, please provide email addresses
of 3 referees.
The University of Washington is building a culturally diverse faculty and
strongly encourages applications from women and minority candidates. AA/EOE.