Applications are invited from those with excellent bioinformatics training and communication

skills to work in the laboratory of Prof. Peter Park at Harvard Medical School.  The long-term

goal of the laboratory is to understand epigenetic regulation through computational analysis of

genomic data.  In addition to methodological work, we are involved in large consortium

projects and a number of other exciting collaborations with experimentalists. For more

information about the lab, please see http://compbio.med.harvard.edu

Multiple positions are available immediately to work on these projects:

1) Development of computational methods for next-generation sequencing data,

especially for DNA copy number analysis and DNA-protein interactions.

2) Analysis of chromatin marks and copy number variation in stem cells

3) Analysis of chromatin marks in Drosophila and integrative analysis with other data

types and organisms, as part of the model organism ENCODE project

(http://www.modencode.org)

4) Integrative analysis of multiple data types in cancer genomics, as part of the Cancer

Genome Atlas project (http://www.cancergenome.nih.gov)

5) Reconstruction of regulatory networks in developmental biology

(http://www.syscode.org)

 For each project, the successful candidate will have an opportunity to work on new data sets

generated on next-generation sequencing platforms.  The Harvard Medical area is one of the

most exciting places in the world for biomedical research and there is ample opportunity for

collaborative work with biologists.

An ideal candidate will have a Ph.D. in a quantitative field and have substantial experience in

bioinformatics.  Excellent programming skills are essential and experience with R is a plus.  A

strong command of molecular biology is a big plus but those with an outstanding record in a

quantitative field will be considered.  Exceptional researchers in bioinformatics with interests

not specifically mentioned above are encouraged to apply.

Please send your CV, a statement of research interests, pdfs of your three best papers, and a

list of three references to peter_park@harvard.edu with '[POSTDOC]' and your name in the

subject line.  Graduate student positions are also available for students already enrolled in a

graduate program at Harvard, MIT, or Boston University.