A postdoctoral fellowship is available at the National Institute on Aging, NIH, for developing computational methods to analyze high-throughput sequencing-based chromatin assays. The successful applicant will work in the laboratory of Dr. Myong-Hee (Mia) Sung, Transcription Systems Dynamics and Biology Unit located in NIH/NIA Baltimore, Maryland.
We are seeking highly motivated recent Ph.D. scientists who are interested in investigating outstanding questions in epigenomics using statistical and computational tools. An ideal candidate will have a Ph.D. degree in mathematics, physics, engineering, or a related quantitative discipline, and has some knowledge of molecular biology or genomics methods. Coding proficiency in one or more programming languages such as C++, Python, R, MATLAB, Perl is required, in addition to familiarity of commonly used computational genomics tools. To apply, please send a cover letter, curriculum vitae, and contact information for 3 references to: sungm@mail.nih.gov. The evaluations of candidates will begin immediately and continue until the position is filled.
Relevant publications:
- Oh KS, Ha J, Baek S, Sung MH: XL-DNase-seq: Improved footprinting of dynamic transcription factors. Epigenetics & Chromatin 2019 12:30 (PMID: 31164146)
- Oh KS, Patel H, Gottschalk RA, Lee WS, Baek S, Fraser IDC, Hager GL, and Sung MH: Anti-inflammatory Chromatinscape Associated with Clinically Relevant Timing of Glucocorticoid Treatment. Immunity 2017, 47(2):298-309 (PMID: 28801231)
- Sung MH et al. Genome-wide footprinting: ready for prime time? Nature Methods 2016 (PMID: 26914206)
- Sung MH et al. DNase footprint signatures are dictated by factor dynamics and DNA sequence. Molecular Cell 2014 (PMID: 25242143)
- Kieffer-Kwon KR et al. Interactome maps of mouse gene regulatory domains reveal basic principles of transcriptional regulation. Cell 2013 (PMID: 24360274)
