Post doctoral positions at Yale University and Harvard Medical School

1. Postdoctoral Associate - Yale University - Human Genetics

Employer          Yale University/VA Connecticut Healthcare System

Location            New Haven, Connecticut (US)

Salary                Postdocs will be paid according to NIH stipend levels for trainees and fellows.

Closing date     Apr 27, 2022

Discipline

Life Sciences, Bioinformatics, Genetics, Genomics, Neuroscience, Health Sciences, Psychiatry/Psychology

Position Type

Full Time

Job Type

Postdoc, Postdoc Fellowship

Organization Type

Academia

Postdoctoral fellowship

For a highly motivated graduate student to join a productive and collaborative research environment at the Yale Psychiatry Division of Human Genetics. The successful candidate will work with Dr. Daniel Levey on projects funded by the Brain & Behavior Research Foundation, the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs, and Yale University, investigating the genetics of depression and anxiety disorders and related psychiatric traits in the VA Million Veteran Program dataset (one of the world’s largest and most informative biobanks) and the Psychiatric Genomics Consortium (the largest experiment in the history of biological psychiatry). Additional opportunities will include the analysis of a growing sample in the deeply phenotyped Yale-Penn cohort with available genetics, RNAseq, and epigenetic data. Collaborations with other investigators within the division will be strongly encouraged. 

Requirements 

Applicants must have or be about to be awarded a Ph.D. and/or M.D. The ideal candidate will have a strong background in human genetics or transcriptomics, including knowledge of genome-wide methods or RNAseq, including GWAS and downstream in-silico analyses and comfort with bioinformatics. The candidate should also be able to work cooperatively with peers at Yale and with many other collaborators nationally and internationally, and bring research to publication. The start date is flexible. 

How to apply

Please send your application (including CV and contact information for three references) by email to Dr. Levey at daniel.levey@yale.edu with Postdoctoral Associate in the title or apply directly through the link below. For More details please visit the official site. 

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2. Postdoctoral Position Harvard Medical School/Brigham and Women’s Hospital

Employer         Brigham and Women's Hospital/Harvard Medical School

Location           Boston, Massachusetts (US)

Salary               Salary will be according to NIH guidelines

Closing date     May 3, 2022

Discipline

Life Sciences, Biochemistry, Bioinformatics, Molecular Biology

Position Type

Full Time

Job Type

Postdoc, Postdoc Fellowship

Organization Type

Academia

Postdoctoral fellowship

The Kaye Laboratory at Brigham and Women's Hospital/Harvard Medical School has a postdoctoral position available.  The laboratory investigates the cancer virus Kaposi’s sarcoma herpesvirus (KSHV or human herpesvirus 8) using a combination of approaches in molecular biology, biochemistry, cell biology, genome wide screens, and bioinformatics.  Projects available including in viral persistence, epigenetics, DNA damage response, genome wide screens.  

Requirements 

A strong background in molecular biology or biochemistry is preferred. Experience with bioinformatics is helpful.

For further information please visit our lab website:  https://kayelab.bwh.harvard.edu

How to Apply

Please email curriculum vitae and names of three references (with contact information for references) to kkaye@bwh.harvard.edu or directly follow the link below to apply

Salary will be according to NIH guidelines.

Brigham and Women’s Hospital, Harvard Medical School are Equal Opportunity Employers. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, sex, color, religion, national origin, sexual orientation, protected veteran status, or on the basis of disability. For More Detail please visit the official link

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