Positions at CAS-MPG Partner Institute for Computational Biology

Research Group: Population Genomics / Date Listed: 07/11/2011
Principal Investigator: ShuhuaXu, Ph.D. / Website:

Associate Professor

We are looking for a responsible, independent and coordinative Ph.D., with at least 3-year biology-related research experience, to work as Associate Professor in our group. Majors as Computational Biology, Bioinformatics, Genetics or Statistics are welcomed.

The selected candidate musthave necessary knowledge or skills of Statistics, Software and Programming, and have published at least 2 papers as first author or corresponding author in influential scientific journalsin the fields of Computational Biology, Genetics or Molecular Evolution.

The experience of DNA & RNA sequencing, genotyping or gene expression chip data analysis is a plus. And those who are mainly involved in one of the following research fields are also highly appreciated: population admixture (gene communication) and migration history, environment adaptation (natural selection), population structure, linkage disequilibrium, recombination, complex traits/diseases mapping, gene-gene interaction.

We prefer especially those people who are willing to devote at least 2 years in the institute and also have the ability to supervise graduate students.

Researcher Associate or Postdoc

We are currently seeking for a highly motivated Ph.D with at least 3-year biology-related research experience, to work as Researcher Associate or Postdoc in our group. Majors as Computational Biology, Bioinformatics, Genetics or Statistics are welcomed.

The selected candidate musthave necessary knowledge or skills of Statistics, Software and Programming, and have published at least 1 papers as first author or corresponding author in influential scientific journalsin the fields of Computational Biology, Genetics or Molecular Evolution.

The experience of DNA & RNA sequencing, genotyping or gene expression chip data analysis is a plus. And those who are mainly involved in one of the following research fields are also highly appreciated: population admixture (gene communication) and migration history, environment adaptation (natural selection), population structure, linkage disequilibrium, recombination, complex traits/diseases mapping, gene-gene interaction.

We prefer especially those people who are willing to devote at least 2 years in the institute and also have the ability to supervisegraduate students.

Computer Programmer

The position of Computer Programmer is available to those people who are familiar to the common programming languages such as C/C++, Java, Perl, Python, etc.

Competitive candidates must bediligent, patient, responsible and devoted. Having the background knowledge of Statistics and be familiar with platforms such as R, Matlab, etc is a plus.

We prefer especially those people who are willing to devote at least 2 years in the institute.

Interested applicants should send a cover letter, CV, recommendation letters (at least two), and name references to: