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Subject: Postdoctoral Fellowship Opportunity with USDA ARS
Date: Fri, 13 Nov 2020 11:22:42 -0600
Position Description:
Are you interested in developing and standardizing pipelines for
metagenomic analyses of complex microbial communities? Are you interested
in disseminating workflows to different research labs to standardize and
streamline microbiome analyses? Do you like working with multidisciplinary
groups to understand how an animal’s microbiome can impact phenotype?
USDA-ARS has a training opportunity through ORISE to gain experience with
development of software pipelines for metagenome analysis and pipeline
implementation on HPC clusters. In addition, the trainee will lead analysis
of analysis of swine intestinal metagenome data to further understanding of
microbiome function. Find more information on the position and how to apply
here ( https://www.zintellect.com/...-2021-0003 )
and/or contact the position mentors Dr. Derek Bickhart
(derek.bickhartusda.gov) or Dr. Crystal Loving (crystal.lovingusda.gov).
Application deadline: 9/30/2021 3:00:00 PM
ARS Office/Lab and Location: A postdoctoral research opportunity is
available with the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA), Agricultural
Research Service (ARS), National Animal Disease Center located in Ames,
Iowa.
Qualifications: The qualified candidate should have received a doctoral
degree in a relevant field.
Preferred skills:
• Some experience in Unix. Experience in programming languages (C/C++,
Python, Java) preferred.
• Strong communication skills and writing ability
• Basic interest in agriculture research and development of approaches for
data analysis of diverse sample types
Research Microbiologist
US Dairy Forage Research Center
Madison, WI USA
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