Miga Lab: Junior Specialist
Position overview
Position title: Miga Lab: Junior SpecialistApplication Window
Open date: July 6, 2023
Most recent review date: Tuesday, Aug 8, 2023 at 11:59pm (Pacific Time)
Applications received after this date will be reviewed by the search committee if the position has not yet been filled.
Final date: Friday, Jul 5, 2024 at 11:59pm (Pacific Time)
Applications will continue to be accepted until this date, but those received after the review date will only be considered if the position has not yet been filled.
Position description
Karen Miga in the Department of Biomolecular Engineering at the University of California, Santa Cruz (UCSC) invites applications for a research specialist. The hiring unit, within the Biomolecular Engineering Department at UCSC focuses on research and education at the intersection of biology, computer science, and engineering, to drive advances in areas such as genomics, synthetic biology, bioinformatics, and biomolecular modeling. Under the direction of Assistant Professor Dr. Miga, the research specialist will contribute towards developing new methods of repeat annotation and evolutionary studies across cohorts of high quality genome assemblies.
An ideal candidate would have general knowledge in molecular biology and genomics, and be familiar with basic bioinformatic methods and formats (i.e.,Python, Linux/Bash, R, AnVIL/Terra, Git, Docker, Pandas, Biopython).
Special consideration will be provided to candidates with any of the following areas of expertise:
- Knowledge of genomics studies involving satellite DNA.
- Use of common tools of repetitive DNA analysis (RepeatMasker, TRF, ULTRA,RepeatModeler, etc.)
- Expert use of alpha satellite annotation programs and pipelines (HumAS-HMMER,PERCON, CentromereArchitect, HORmon, etc.)
Miga Lab: https://migalab.com/
Biomolecular Engineering Department: https://engineering.ucsc.edu/departments/biomolecular-engineering/
Qualifications
- Baccalaureate degree (or an equivalent foreign degree) in biology, bio-engineering, biotechnology, bioinformatics, and/or quantitative sciences (e.g. statistics, mathematics, or computational sciences).
- A minimum of two years of experience in bioinformatics.
- Experience in repeat annotation programs and pipelines (e.g., HumAS-HMMER,PERCON, CentromereArchitect, and HORmon).
Application Requirements
Curriculum Vitae - Your most recently updated C.V.
Cover Letter - Letter of application that briefly summarizes your qualifications, interest in the position.
- 3 letters of reference required
Applications must include confidential letters of recommendation*. Note that your references, or dossier service, will submit their confidential letters directly to the UC Recruit System.
*All letters will be treated as confidential per University of California policy and California state law. For any reference letter provided via a third party (i.e., dossier service, career center), direct the author to UCSC’s confidentiality statement at http://apo.ucsc.edu/confstm.htm.
Help contact: lcrowder@ucsc.edu
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