<div dir="ltr"><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-size:12.800000190734863px"><font color="#000000">Hi everyone,</font></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-size:12.800000190734863px"><font color="#000000"><br></font></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-size:12.800000190734863px"><font color="#000000">We have a job opening in our laboratory right now for a neuroinformatics post-doc or highly-trained technician. Please feel free to e-mail me if you have any questions!</font></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-size:12.800000190734863px"><font color="#000000"><br></font></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-size:12.800000190734863px"><font color="#000000">Cheers,</font></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-size:12.800000190734863px"><font color="#000000">Megan Hagenauer</font></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-size:12.800000190734863px"><font color="#000000"> </font></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-size:12.800000190734863px"><font color="#000000"><br></font></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-size:12.800000190734863px"><font color="#000000">***********************************************</font></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-size:12.800000190734863px"><font color="#000000"><br></font></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-size:12.800000190734863px"><font color="#000000">Dr. Huda Akil and Dr. Stan Watson’s laboratory at the Molecular and Behavioral Neuroscience Institute at the University of Michigan has an opening for either a postdoctoral researcher or highly-trained research technician to specialize in high-throughput biomedical data analysis. </font></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-size:12.800000190734863px"><font color="#000000"> <span style="font-family:'times new roman'"></span></font></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-size:12.800000190734863px"><font color="#000000"><br></font></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-size:12.800000190734863px"><font color="#000000">Responsibilities:<span style="font-family:'times new roman'"></span></font></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-size:12.800000190734863px"><font color="#000000"> <span style="font-family:'times new roman'"></span></font></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-size:12.800000190734863px"><font color="#000000">Work with a multi-disciplinary neuroscience research team to analyze and interpret different types of high-throughput biomedical data (<i>e.g.,</i> microarray and sequencing data) from human and animal studies of neuropsychiatric illness (depression, bipolar disorder) and emotional behavior.</font></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-size:12.800000190734863px"><span style="font-family:'times new roman'"><font color="#000000"> </font></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-size:12.800000190734863px"><font color="#000000">Critically evaluate the experimental design of pre-existing and proposed research projects and develop and implement appropriate data analysis pipelines. </font></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-size:12.800000190734863px"><font color="#000000"> </font></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-size:12.800000190734863px"><font color="#000000">Develop statistical strategies for integrating results and drawing conclusions across different experiments, platforms, and species.</font></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-size:12.800000190734863px"><font color="#000000"> </font></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-size:12.800000190734863px"><font color="#000000">Document methodology for reproducible research, organize and translate results for collaborators, present results at seminars and conferences, and participate in the preparation of publications (either as a primary author or co-author).</font></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-size:12.800000190734863px"><font color="#000000"> </font></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-size:12.800000190734863px"><font color="#000000">Provide statistical guidance to other laboratory members and researchers in the institute as needed. </font></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-size:12.800000190734863px"><font color="#000000"><br></font></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-size:12.800000190734863px"><font color="#000000"> <span style="font-family:'times new roman'"></span></font></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-size:12.800000190734863px"><font color="#000000">Required qualifications:</font></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-size:12.800000190734863px"><span style="font-family:symbol"><font color="#000000"><br></font></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-size:12.800000190734863px"><font color="#000000"><span style="font-family:symbol">·<span style="line-height:normal;font-family:'times new roman'"> </span></span>PhD or Master’s degree in Statistics, Biostatistics, Bioinformatics, Epidemiology, Neuroscience, Biology, Genetics, or other related discipline with experience in high-dimensional data analysis.</font></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-size:12.800000190734863px"><span style="font-family:symbol"><font color="#000000"><br></font></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-size:12.800000190734863px"><font color="#000000"><span style="font-family:symbol">·<span style="line-height:normal;font-family:'times new roman'"> </span></span>Self-motivated individual with excellent critical thinking skills, the ability to work independently, demonstrated creative problem solving ability, and a willingness to dive headfirst into new material.</font></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-size:12.800000190734863px"><span style="font-family:symbol"><font color="#000000"><br></font></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-size:12.800000190734863px"><font color="#000000"><span style="font-family:symbol">·<span style="line-height:normal;font-family:'times new roman'"> </span></span>Experience with higher level statistics, especially those typically applied to more naturalistic data and high-dimensional datasets (such as multivariate regression and multi-level modeling, principal components analysis, clustering algorithms, surrogate variable analysis, machine learning, multiple comparisons corrections, permutation-based testing, Bayesian inference, or meta-analysis)</font></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-size:12.800000190734863px"><span style="font-family:symbol"><font color="#000000"><br></font></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-size:12.800000190734863px"><font color="#000000"><span style="font-family:symbol">·<span style="line-height:normal;font-family:'times new roman'"> </span></span>Proficiency in a programming language (such as R, Python, Matlab, C++).</font></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-size:12.800000190734863px"><span style="font-family:symbol"><font color="#000000"><br></font></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-size:12.800000190734863px"><font color="#000000"><span style="font-family:symbol">·<span style="line-height:normal;font-family:'times new roman'"> </span></span>A team-oriented mind-set and excellent oral and written English communication skills for effective collaboration with team members.</font></p><p class="gmail-m_3851940282165495387gmail-m_-3202356032926785587gmail-m_3752397697137063036gmail-m_-5450028823516131131gmail-m_3762077764085711056gmail-m_7242180100452675977gmail-m_-2438334917920027495gmail-m_4026858223436309345gmail-MsoListParagraphCxSpFirst" style="font-size:12.800000190734863px;margin-left:65.25pt"><font color="#000000"> <br></font></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-size:12.800000190734863px"><font color="#000000">Desired qualifications:</font></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-size:12.800000190734863px"><span style="font-family:symbol"><font color="#000000"><br></font></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-size:12.800000190734863px"><font color="#000000"><span style="font-family:symbol">·</span><span style="font-family:'times new roman'"> </span>Finished coursework or training in biology, neurobiology, psychology, or medicine.</font></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-size:12.800000190734863px"><span style="font-family:symbol"><font color="#000000"><br></font></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-size:12.800000190734863px"><font color="#000000"><span style="font-family:symbol">·</span><span style="font-family:'times new roman'"> </span>Experience in data integration, database construction, or web, desktop or mobile application development using common programming languages</font></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-size:12.800000190734863px"><font color="#000000"> <span style="font-family:'times new roman'"></span></font></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-size:12.800000190734863px"><font color="#000000">Family-friendly policies and atmosphere. This position includes full University of Michigan employee healthcare benefits. Applicants will be required to go through interviews and tests. If international, the successful candidate will be required to provide additional documents needed for academic H1-B visa application, which may take around 9 months but is not subject to industrial H1-B quota.</font></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-size:12.800000190734863px"><font color="#000000"><br></font></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-size:12.800000190734863px"><font color="#000000"><br></font></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-size:12.800000190734863px"><font color="#000000">How to apply: </font></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-size:12.800000190734863px"><font color="#000000"><br></font></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-size:12.800000190734863px"><font color="#000000">Please send your cover letter and resume to <u><a href="mailto:wakillabinformatics@umich.edu" target="_blank">wakillabinformatics@umich.e<wbr>du</a></u>.</font></p><div class="gmail-yj6qo gmail-ajU" style="margin:2px 0px 0px;font-size:12.800000190734863px"></div><div><br></div>-- <br><div class="gmail_signature"><div dir="ltr"><div>Megan Hastings Hagenauer, Ph.D.<div><br></div><div>Research Investigator in the Molecular, Behavioral Neuroscience Institute</div><div>Instructor in the Department of Psychology</div><div>University of Michigan-Ann Arbor</div><div><br></div><div><br></div></div></div></div>
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