Postdoctoral Scholar - Research Associate

Los Angeles, CA - Health Sciences Campus, US💼 Full-time💰 $70,000–$70,000🗓 2026-08-13 → 2026-09-26

Core

Analyze in-house sequencing datasets and integrate multi-dimensional large-scale omics datasets (dry lab) to support cancer research.

Role type

Postdoctoral Research Associate (Computational Biology/Bioinformatics)

Builds

Computational infrastructure, web-based data analysis tools, and scientific manuscripts.

Domain

Cancer Biology / Genomics / Bioinformatics

Deliverable

production ML models | product features | research

Required skills

Scientific computing, algorithms, machine learning, statistics, R, Python, Unix/Linux environment

Preferred skills

Perl, Java, large omics data analysis, 3D epigenomics, long read sequencing

Technologies

R, Python, Unix/Linux, open-source software

Responsibilities

Install and maintain open-source software; build computational infrastructure; write scripts for next-generation sequencing analysis; develop web-based applications; prepare presentations and publish manuscripts; teach lab members

Seniority

Postdoctoral Scholar (0-1 year experience)

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