Applicants for postdoc positions in Bioinformatics, Genomics, Computational Biology, Systems Biology and Precision Medicine are invited to join Wang Lab (http://www.cancer-systemsbiology.org) at University of Calgary Cumming School of Medicine, Calgary, Canada.

Wang Lab works on both computational and experimental work. The candidates are expected to involve in big data analysis, machine learning and deep learning, algorithm development in next-gene sequencing, genomic analysis and evolutionary studies. The candidates are expected to interact with a multi-disciplinary team of scientists with background ranging from omics, modeling/drug design, imaging engineering, statistics, and computer science, clinicians to bioinformatics.

The objectives of the studies are to understand biological systems (such as signaling, gene regulation, protein interaction networks, metabolic networks and their dynamics in cancer progression) and develop practical applications through mathematical and statistical analysis, machine learning and deep learning, numerical simulation and integrating large amount of internally and externally experimental datasets including genomic, functional genomic, next-generation sequencing, microarray, next-generation sequencing and proteomic data. The candidate is expected to be able to develop new algorithms to make sense of these data and construct predictive models for precision medicine applications, and predicting phenotype based on genomics.

自2016年起，Wang Lab 开展计算和实验相结合的项目。在研相目包括: (1) Cancer early detection based on genomic prediction; (2) Single-cell genome sequencing for cancer network evolution; (3) Genomics and predictive models of clinical trials for cancer immunotherapy (clinical trails have been conducted by collaborators); (4) Genomics and mouse model studies of cancer immunotherapy; (5) Predictive models for a unique and comprehesive chort of 50,000 individuals who have genome sequencing, information of treatment, outcome, lifestyle and other electronic medical records; (6) Gut microbiome for cancer prevention (corhots and mouse models).  

Qualifications for postdoctoral candidates:

A PhD in bioinformatics, systems biology, computer science, statistics/math, and theoretical physics. Required skills: (1) Strong programming skills in one or more of the following programming languages: Perl, Python, Java, C/C++; (2) Knowledge in probability theory, statistics or statistical pattern recognition. It would be an asset if the candidate has knowledge of and experience with: graph and network theory, next-generation sequencing, microarray and proteomics data analysis, next-generation sequencing data analysis, biological networks, numerical analysis, simulation, control, and information theory, and R programming.

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Interested candidates for postdocs should submit by email, curriculum vitae and research interests (optional) to edwin.wang@ucalgary.ca.