Full-time Research Assistant Professor - Washington University School of Medicine

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overview

Discipline: Biomedicine
Job Type: Faculty Member
Employment Hours: Full-time
Duration: Permanent
Qualification: PhD
Sector: Academia

position description

The Cruchaga Lab, member of the Neurogenomics and Informatics Center (NGI) at Washington University School of Medicine, invites applications for a faculty position at the rank of Research Assistant Professor to develop a project to identify novel genes and pathways in Alzheimer’s Disease utilizing Whole Genome Sequencing.

We are looking for investigators with expertise in Whole Genome data, single variant and gene-based association analyses, colocalization, Mendelian Randomization, and TWAS/Fusion approaches to lead this large effort. The successful candidate will join an already stablished team that include senior and junior scientist as well as Postdocs and PhD students that will also be involved on this project.

duties and responsibilites

  • Responsible for developing end-to-end a project dissecting the genomic etiology of AD and related phenotypes
  • Lead, develop, and troubleshoot specific analyses
  • Multi-task projects and keeping pace in a dynamic research environment
  • Present research advances at a variety of internal and external seminars
  • Lead manuscript writing.
  • Direct, coordinate and supervise laboratory personal
  • Ability to mentor students and research staff

preferred qualifications

  • PhD or MD with 5 years of postdoctoral experience
  • Prominent record of research achievements in Whole Genome, Whole Exome sequencing
  • Demonstrated expertise in BWA-GATK, SKAT-O, plink, QC, IBD, PCA, R, Bash, Python, Perl, Java, SAS, SQL, Docker and omic  data integration
  • Good knowledge of association analysis PRSice, MAGENTA, Mendelian Randomization, Mantra, Colocalization, Quantitative Trait Loci and Unix/Linux
  • Independent in literature search and keeping abreast of new scientific developments
  • Good, communications and writing skills
  • Demonstrable commitment to diversity, equity and inclusion

The Cruchaga Lab provides a unique collaborative scientific environment emphasizing the analysis of functional genomics and high dimensional omics data to understand Alzheimer’s disease and other dementias. The Lab is member of the NGI that includes faculties with expertise in genetics, genomics, multi-omics, machine learning, iPSC, animal models of neurodegenerative diseases and Clinical research. The new faculty member will work in a collegial environment in a well-stablished, well-funded research group, currently 35+ dynamic members, developing bioinformatics tools and analyzing multi omics data to explore the frontiers of Alzheimer’s disease.

basic qualifications

The candidate must hold a PhD or MD in a relevant discipline, at least 3 years of postdoctoral experience, strong publication record in Genomics of Alzheimer’s disease, advanced bioinformatics background and experience multitasking scientific projects.

application instructions

Applicants should submit:

  1. cover letter describing their interest in the position,
  2. curriculum vitae,
  3. one-page description of their single-most important paper highlighting the novelty of the findings (accepted papers only) and
  4. names and contact information of 3 professional references.

Please send the materials in one single PDF to the attention of the Search Committee at cgleason@wustl.edu.

further information

For further information on this position and to apply, visit the website here.