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School: |
Medicine
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Department: |
Medicine
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Division: |
Hematology/Oncology
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Center / Institute: |
UPMC Hillman Cancer Center |
Classification: |
Postdoctoral Associate |
Funding source: |
Other Grant (Hillman Cancer Center and NIH funds) |
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Start Date: |
1/1/2023 |
Overall Summary: |
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Qualifications or Expectations:
- Candidates must have recently earned a Ph.D. degree in bioinformatics, computational biology, biomedical/electrical engineering, computer science, or a related field.
- Strong experience in computational modeling of biological systems, large-scale cancer multi-omic datasets (TCGA, TARGET, CCLE, etc.), high-throughput drug and genetic screens (DepMap, GDSC, etc.), and common bioinformatics resources (NCBI, UCSC, Ensembl, etc.) is essential.
- Experience in deep learning, machine learning, single-cell and spatial omics, and image processing is highly desirable.
- Candidates must be proficient with Linux and multiple bioinformatics programming languages, such as R, Python, MATLAB, and Perl.
- Candidates must possess excellent written and verbal English communication skills.
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Opportunities Available:
- The PI has successful experience in acquiring the prestigious NIH/NCI K99/R00 Pathway to Independence Award and postdoctoral fellowships, as well as mentoring the F99/K00 predoc to postdoc transition award application.
- Candidates will receive dedicated mentorship on career development planning, career development awards, and postdoctoral fellowships such as the Hillman Postdoctoral Fellowships for Innovative Cancer Research (https://hillmanresearch.upmc.edu/research/hillman-fellows/postdoctoral/).
- The Chiu Lab is actively funded by NIH/NCI and intramural funds. The salary is commensurate with experience and based on current NIH guidelines.
- The University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine is ranked #5 in NIH funding. Pittsburgh has been consistently voted as one of the top livable cities in the US.
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Website: |
https://www.chiu-lab.org/ |
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