Responsibilities:
The Department of Pathology and Genomic Medicine at the Thomas Jefferson University offers a research position in systems biology of regenerative medicine. The position will be at the level of a Research Associate or a Postdoctoral Fellow depending on applicant’s qualifications and the duration of research experience after receiving a doctoral degree. Research Associate position requires five years of work experience after the completion of PhD.
The successful applicant will participate in a multidisciplinary project supported by the National Institutes of Health to study the molecular and cellular mechanisms driving liver regeneration in chronic liver disease and liver transplantation. The postdoctoral fellow will work in an interdisciplinary team to analyze bulk and single cell transcriptomics, spatial transcriptomics and multiplex protein expression, metabolomics, and proteomics data to unravel the multiscale processes governing end stage liver disease, liver regeneration and transplantation.
The position offers excellent scientific opportunities for cross training in leading edge quantitative and data analytical methods in a highly stimulating and diverse environment. The internationally collaborative research team includes faculty, staff, and students from many disciplinary backgrounds, including pathology, cell and molecular biology, engineering, bioinformatics, and computer science. The position is available immediately.
Qualifications:
The ideal candidate should have a Ph.D. in computational biology, bioinformatics, computer science, or a related field, with significant research experience in application of bioinformatics tools and methods for biological data analysis. Experience in R/BioConductor, Python, or related state of the art tools for analysis of large omics data sets is required. Experience in using artificial intelligence methods for large scale data analysis is a plus, but not required. Candidates with a proven track record of working on systems biology research projects are preferred. This position requires a significant amount of teamwork and excellent interpersonal, oral, and written communication skills.
NOTE: Applicants with less than 5 years of experience post PHD may be considered for a postdoc fellow position.
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Jefferson includes Thomas Jefferson University and Jefferson Health, a dynamic university and health system with broad reach across the Delaware Valley. Jefferson is the second largest employer in Philadelphia and the largest health system in Philadelphia based on total licensed beds.
Through the merger of Thomas Jefferson University and Philadelphia University in 2017, our University includes ten colleges and four schools. We are an NCAA Division II university and an R2 national doctoral university offering undergraduate and graduate-level programs that provide students with a forward-thinking education in architecture, business, design, engineering, fashion and textiles, health, medicine and social science.
Jefferson Health, the clinical arm of Thomas Jefferson University, has grown from a three-hospital academic health center in 2015, to an 18-hospital health system through mergers and combinations that include hospitals at Abington Health, Aria Health, Kennedy Health, Magee Rehabilitation and Einstein Healthcare Network. We have over 50 outpatient and urgent care centers; ten Magnet®-designated hospitals (recognized by the ANCC for nursing excellence); the NCI-designated Sidney Kimmel Cancer Center (one of only 70 in the country and one of only two in the region); and one of the largest faculty-based telehealth networks in the country. In 2021, Jefferson Health became the sole owner of HealthPartners Plan, a not-for-profit health maintenance organization in Southeastern Pennsylvania. We are the first health system regionally to create an aligned payer-provider partnership.
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