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Postdoctoral Fellow - Human Genetics, Bhangale Lab

South San FranciscoFull-time$110k2026-06-18 → 2026-11-11
Based in United States

Core

Develop and apply novel statistical and computational methods to analyze large-scale human genomic data for rare coding variant association in neurodegenerative diseases like Parkinson's and ALS.

Role type

Postdoctoral Fellow (Computational Human Genetics)

Builds

Calibrated variant effect models and biological validation of computational findings

Domain

Human Genetics / Neurodegenerative Disease / Bioinformatics

Deliverable

production ML models

Required skills

Rare-variant association testing, Protein structure analysis, Machine learning-based variant interpretation, Large-scale genomic data analysis (WES/WGS), R or Python

Preferred skills

Statistical genetics, Bioinformatics, Cross-functional team leadership

Technologies

R, Python, Whole-exome sequencing, Whole-genome sequencing

Responsibilities

Lead computational analysis of large-scale sequencing data, Develop methods integrating protein structural information, Collaborate with experimental neuroscience teams, Publish scientific or methodological papers

Seniority

Postdoctoral Fellow, Early Career Researcher