Openings

The philosophy of our lab is that computational biology is critical not only to the processing and manipulation of data, but to the scientific discovery process itself. Our lab empowers computational biologists to make discoveries by providing access to novel data and computational infrastructure, resources to conduct new measurements, and partnerships with experimental colleagues with like-minded interests.

As of June 2018, we currently have post-doctoral openings in:

* Analysis of molecular evolutionary and ecological processes in tumors treated with immunotherapy and/or chemotherapy.

* Data mining approaches at the intersection of genomics and image analysis.

Both of these positions involve close collaborations with experimental groups studying clinical tissues and conducting new experiments in xenografts and organoids. Thus candidates will have novel opportunities at the intersection of experimental design and data interpretation.

At the post-doctoral level, the ideal candidate will have Ph.D. experience in computational biology, molecular evolution, cancer genomics, or a similar discipline. Outstanding applicants new to computational biology will also be considered, as the lab has an extensive record of training candidates who originally studied in other fields, including physics, applied math, computer science, and molecular biology. Strong computing (programming, large scale data analysis, statistical inference, etc), publication, and communication skills are essential. At the graduate student level, a variety of backgrounds can fit, but enthusiasm and aptitude for computational biology are what define the lab.

The Jackson Laboratory for Genomic Medicine (JAX-GM) is part of The Jackson Laboratory, a non-profit research institute with a mission to discover precise genomic solutions for disease and empower the global biomedical community in the shared quest to improve human health. The JAX-GM campus is in Farmington, CT adjacent to the University of Connecticut Medical School. JAX-GM resides in a state-of-the-art facility constructed in 2014, where we maintain cutting edge resources in sequencing, single cell biology, computational biology, imaging, genetic engineering, and xenografting, among other technologies. JAX-GM currently has 28 faculty members with major focuses in cancer genomics, computational biology, immunology, microbiome, human genetics, and genome technology development. The Chuang lab collaborates regularly with many labs at JAX-GM and at our sister institute, The Jackson Laboratory for Mammalian Genetics (Bar Harbor, ME) which has been a world leader in mouse genetics for the past century. JAX-GM is in the greater Hartford region, a lively metropolitan area of over one million people that is a two hour drive from both Boston and New York City.

Interested applicants should send a CV and a research statement to Jeffrey Chuang at jeff.chuang@jax.org. Reference letters will be requested subsequently.

Our lab is always open to new students and postdocs excited to work on computational biology problems here at the Jackson Laboratory for Genomic Medicine.