Postdoctoral position open
Microbial phylogenomics
We are seeking a postdoctoral scholar to head up a new grant from the National Science Foundation to construct a phylogeomic encyclopedia of microbial protein families. This resource is intended to serve as a virtual collaboratory for the scientific community.
The ideal candidate will have the following characteristics:
- A strong background in computational biology (PhD in CS, Biology or related field)
- Experience with comparative genomics approaches
- Expertise in various bioinformatics tools and resources (clustering homologs, multiple sequence alignment, phylogenetic tree construction, protein structure prediction, expression data analysis)
- Programming experience (Perl, Python, C, C++, Java, etc.)
- Excellent writing skills and a record of high-impact publications
Interested applicants can send their CV along with contact information for three references to Kimmen Sjolander (kimmen "at" berkeley.edu).