FELLOWSHIP OPPORTUNITY
Position: Post-Doctoral Position in Butterfly Evolutionary Developmental Biology
Entity: University of Puerto Rico – Río Piedras Campus
Location: San Juan, PR
Term: Full-time
Salary: $50K – $65K/year
Deadline: April 30, 2025
Description:
This is a unique opportunity to join a large team & international network of scientists to work on a multi-year project that embraces the most important questions in development & evolution utilizing state of the art technologies. We are seeking highly motivated Post-Doctoral Fellows to join our research team focusing on developmental evolutionary questions. We are recruiting 4 post-doctoral fellows. We use butterflies as a study system and omics, computational biology & AI as tools to determine fundamental molecular rules in the making of life.
Duties:
-Design & conduct experiments related to development & evolutionary questions in butterflies.
-Analyze complex omics datasets.
-Maintain big data repositories.
-Develop computational pipelines.
-Develop & apply bioinformatics tools for data analysis.
-Prepare manuscripts for publication in peer-reviewed journals.
-Present research findings at conferences & seminars.
-Mentor graduate & undergraduate students.
-Assist in grant writing & project management.
Qualifications:
-Ph.D. in Genetics, Developmental Biology, Genomics, Bioinformatics, Computational Science or a related field.
-Strong background in computational science & molecular biology techniques.
-Proficiency in bioinformatics & data analysis (e.g., R, Python, Unix/Linux).
-Experience with next-generation sequencing data analysis.
-Excellent written & verbal communication skills.
-Ability to work independently & as part of a collaborative team.
-Publication record in peer-reviewed journals.
For more info:
https://lnkd.in/eYSHb5GU
