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Opportunity: Graduate Student Fellowships in Bioinformatics, Comp Bio, Molecular Bio @ University of Hawaii -- Honolulu, HI (US)
Submitted by Youping Deng; posted on Friday, January 20, 2017
RESPONSIBILITIES
Several Ph. D. and Master student fellowship positions in bioinformatics, computational biology and molecular biology are available in the University of Hawaii Cancer Center, Graduate program at the Department of Tropical Medicine, Medical Microbiology and Pharmacology, the University of Hawaii John A. Burns School of Medicine. The students will work on one of the following projects: Integrative analysis of high-throughput "omics" data, including next- (NGS) and third-generation sequencing, genomics, transcriptomics, proteomics, epigenomics, metabolomics and metagenomics data as well as medical record data and identify diagnostic, predictive and prognosis biomarkers for cancer, development of novel methods to process NGS data, and construction of data bases to manage biomedical data. The students who work in the wet lab will mainly discover novel biomarkers utilizing high-throughput "omics methods" such as NGS, proteomics and metabolomics using cancer liquid and tissue samples, validate the findings from bioinformatics application results, and further understand their mechanisms.
REQUIREMENTS
The qualified applicants should hold a Bachelor or Master degree in any biology and (or) computer/statistics related majors. For bioinformatics and computational biology program, students with both biology and computer/statistics related backgrounds are preferred, but not required. For molecular biology program, computer/statistics background is not required.
COMPENSATION
Tuition will be fully waived and competitive stipend will be offered for good students.
HOW TO APPLY
If interested, please send your resume with names of three referees to:
Youping Deng, PhD
Professor
Director of Bioinformatics Core
University of Hawaii John A. Burns School of Medicine
Biosciences Building, Suite 325B
651 Ilalo Street
Honolulu, Hawaii 96813
Email: dengy[at]hawaii.edu
POLICY
The University of Hawaii is an equal opportunity/affirmative action institution and is committed to a policy of nondiscrimination on the basis of race, sex, gender identity and expression, age, religion, color, national origin, ancestry, citizenship, disability, genetic information, marital status, breastfeeding, income assignment for child support, arrest and court record (except as permissible under State law), sexual orientation, domestic or sexual violence victim status, national guard absence, or status as a covered veteran.
Employment is contingent on satisfying employment eligibility verification requirements of the Immigration Reform and Control Act of 1986; reference checks of previous employers; and for certain positions, criminal history record checks.
In accordance with the Jeanne Clery Disclosure of Campus Security Policy and Campus Crime Statistics Act, annual campus crime statistics for the University of Hawaii may be viewed at: http://ope.ed.gov/security/, or a paper copy may be obtained upon request from the respective UH Campus Security or Administrative Services Office.
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