National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences
POSTDOCTORAL RESEARCH POSITION

BIOINFORMATICS
Biostatistics Branch, National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences, NIH, Research Triangle Park, NC 27709

Applicants are invited to apply for a postdoctoral position in Computational Biology/Bioinformatics with Dr. Leping Li’s group in the Biostatistics Branch, the National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences, NIH. The group is interested in developing methods for identifying transcription factor binding sites in DNA sequences. Successful candidates must have a Ph.D in Bioinformatics, Biostatistics/Statistics, or related areas and have expertise in one of the following areas: 1) motif finding using word counting/enumeration or Gibbs sampling/EM algorithm, 2) data mining. Programming skills in C, C++, R, SPLUS, MatLab or Perl are required. Knowledge of basic biology is a plus. A successful candidate will have flexible start date beginning immediately or later in the year. Initial appointment will be for two years. Please submit a cover letter indicating areas of expertise, a brief statement of research interests and curriculum vitae to: Leping Li at li3@niehs.nih.gov.

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