Post-doc position, Virginia Tech, Blacksburg, USA

A post-doctorate position in Computational Biology is immediately available at Virginia Polytechnic Institute (Virginia Tech), Department of Computer Science. The projects can be any or a combination of work on evolutionary/comparative genomics, phylogenetics, data mining of disease association studies, network biology, and algorithm and software development for large-scale sequence analysis. Excellent opportunities for collaborative research exist within the department’s Bioinformatics group and other academic departments and the Virginia Bioinformatics Institute (VBI) at Virginia Tech. The start date is flexible. Applicants should submit a curriculum vitae and a brief summary of current research and future research interests. Applicants should also arrange for three letters of recommendation to be sent to Dr. Liqing Zhang (lqzhang@vt.edu). The candidates should have a PhD in either (1) molecular evolution, (2) population genetics, (3) algorithms or data mining with bioinformatics experience, or a related field, and a strong computational background.