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From: Huaijun Zhou <hzhouucdavis.edu>
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Subject: postdoctoral fellowship opportunity
Date: Thu, 10 Sep 2020 09:24:09 -0500
Department of Animal Science, University of California, Davis has an
exciting postdoctoral fellowship opportunity to participate in research
directed at understanding genetic architecture of complex traits by
identifying causative variations associated with feed efficiency, growth
rate and/or disease resistance in poultry. The selected candidate will
utilize newly annotated functional regulatory elements in poultry genome to
focus on tissue-specific cis-regulatory elements that regulate genes and
networks associated with above complex traits. The candidate will use
well-characterized genetic lines that differ in their phenotype on the
respective complex traits in chickens to identify and functionally validate
potential causative variants, specifically targeting on regulatory regions,
using CRISPRi and CRISPRa. These efforts will ultimately provide needed
information that can be used to precision genomic selection for significant
improvements for poultry breeders. This project will leverage the varied
epigenomic assays (ChIP-seq, ATAC-seq, Hi-C) and integrative omic data
analysis pipeline our group has developed, and computational capabilities
at the group, as well as new or existing collaborations with scientists at
the department, the Genome Center at UC Davis, and external groups.
Specific Responsibilities:
- Design and lead animal experiments and in-vitro work
- Conduct and/or develop varied sequence-based assays such as scRNA-seq,
ChIP-seq, ATAC-seq, and Hi-C and/or other high-throughput technologies
such as CRISPRi and CRISPRa.
- Integrate omic data analysis
- Work with other peer scientists and external collaborators on functional
genomics analysis in poultry
- Analyze and summarize data and present findings at internal lab meetings
and scientific conferences.
- Publish in peer-reviewed journals and contribute to scientific research
papers and reports.
Qualifications
- Ph.D. in animal biology, genetics, genomics, microbiology, immunology,
computational biology or a related field.
- Solid understanding of animal genetics, biology, physiology and/or disease
of poultry.
- Experience with microscopy, histology and/or cell fractionation a plus.
- Experience in epigenomics and computational data analysis a plus
- Experience with molecular biology techniques, such as DNA/RNA extraction,
cell culture, and analysis methods.
- Strong interest in genomic and functional genomic questions and in the use
of computational strategies to derive biological insights from sequence
data.
- Demonstrated scientific productivity through publications in relevant
peer-reviewed journals.
- Excellent oral and written communication skills.
This is a one year postdoctoral fellowship appointment with the possibility
of renewal based upon satisfactory job performance. Salary for Postdoctoral
positions depends on years of experience post- degree. Interested
candidates please email your application (including cover letter and
curriculum vitae with contact information of three references) or inquiries
to: Dr. Huaijun Zhou at hzhouucdavis.edu.
UC Davis provides a welcoming environment with many mentoring and career
development opportunities. Especially, we provide a supportive environment
for transition into faculty and non-faculty careers.
The University of California is an Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action
Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for
employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual
orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, age or protected
veteran status. For the complete University of California nondiscrimination
and affirmative action policy see:
http://policy.ucop.edu/.../NondiscrimAffirmAct.
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Huaijun Zhou, Professor
National Poultry Genome Coordinator, USDA
Chair, Immunology Graduate Group
Director of Feed the Future Innovation Lab for Genomics to Improve Poultry
https://gip.ucdavis.edu/
2247 Meyer Hall, One Shields Ave
Davis, CA 95616
Tel: 530-574-6723
http://animalscience.ucdavis.edu/faculty/Zhou/
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