[EMBOSS] Research opportunities in systems biology at Mt. Sinai School of Medicine

[Gaurav Pandey]

Please forward this announcement to potential applicants if it is not
directly applicable to you. Apologies for cross-posting.



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The Institute for Genomics and Multi-scale Biology (multiscale.mssm.edu) at
the Mount Sinai School of Medicine (www.mssm.edu) in New York City is
seeking applications from enthusiastic and capable researchers for
positions at Ph.D., postdoc and staff level. The Institute is the hub of
genomics research at Mount Sinai, collaborating with13 other
disease-oriented and core-technology-based institutes, and aims to
translate genomics-based science into actionable medical knowledge. The
Institute's faculty members have expertise in a wide range of areas such as
machine learning, biostatistics, genetics, genomics, sequencing technology,
data science, and high-performance computing (HPC).



We wish to recruit capable and motivated graduate students, post-doctoral
associates, and research staff members. Please look at the detailed
announcement at the end of this email providing information on specific
requirements for these positions. PhD and MD/PhD applicants should consult
the requirements of the Graduate School at Mount Sinai (
http://www.mssm.edu/education/graduate-school) for application and
potential admission. Others should send their requisite application
material (see below) to multiscale.biology at mssm.edu. For more information,
visit the Institute's website (multiscale.mssm.edu) and/or email
multiscale.biology at mssm.edu.



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The Multiscale Institute is actively recruiting graduate students,
post-doctoral scholars and technical staff interested in working on
challenging and important problems in computational systems biology,
especially with a focus on translating this work to the medical domain.

Prospective Students

If you are a prospective MD (
http://www.mssm.edu/education/medical-education/programs/md-program), Ph.D.
or MD/Ph.D. (http://www.mssm.edu/education/graduate-school) student, the
Multiscale Institute provides a cutting-edge research environment, strong
mentorship and comprehensive training in computational biology. Please
check out the various degree programs within the Mount Sinai School of
Medicine, and for Ph.D. students, the Genetics and Genomics Training Area
(http://www.mssm.edu/education/graduate-school/degrees-and-programs/phd-program/multidisciplinary-training-areas/genetics-and-genomic-sciences)<file://localhost/about/blank>in
particular, for more information. Alternatively, contact us directly
at
multiscale.biology at mssm.edu for information.

The Multiscale Institute faculty members have backgrounds in Computer
Science, Engineering, Statistics, Mathematics, Physics, Genetics, Molecular
Biology, and related disciplines, and are looking for students from all of
those fields. The essential requirement is an interest in and capability of
thinking about real-world problems in quantitative terms. Additional
desired (but not essential) characteristics will be (1) a background in
biology, acquired through courses and/or research work and/or (2)
experience with data-intensive real-world problems (from any domain) and/or
(3) experience with programming.

If you are not yet applying to graduate school, we recommend you to check
out SURP (
http://www.mssm.edu/education/graduate-school/degrees-and-programs/summer-undergraduate-research-program),
the Summer Undergraduate Research Program at Mount Sinai.

Prospective Post-doctoral Scholars

At the Multiscale Institute, you will have a chance to work with world
class scientists and engineers tackling important and highly visible
problems in computational biology, with an emphasis on translating such
work into the medical domain. Some example targets of the Institute are
identifying actionable biomarkers and therapeutics for complex human
diseases.

Candidates should have a recent PhD and/or MD degree in a science,
technology, engineering or medical field, and discipline and high
motivation to pursue independent research in computational biology.
Applicants are expected to have a solid background in programming and
computational techniques, with a working knowledge of molecular biology and
genetics being highly desirable. To apply, send a CV, a research statement
and contact information for three referees to the
multiscale.biology at mssm.edu. More information about postdoctoral training
at Mt. Sinai can be found at the Office of Postdoctoral Affairs (
http://www.mssm.edu/education/postdoctoral-training).

Technical Staff

We are looking for engineers and scientists to help Institute researchers
extract clinical insight from petabyte-scale data sets. The ideal candidate
will be comfortable in an academic environment, and will bring energy and
creativity to the Institute’s work. In particular, the applicant is
expected to have substantial experience working with big data and its
associated infrastructure, including data retrieval from a variety of
data-stores, statistics with R/C++/Java etc., and visualization for the web
and print. A biology background is desired, but not required; we are
primarily looking for people with strong data analysis and software
engineering skills. To apply, send your resume to
multiscale.biology at mssm.edu



-- 
Gaurav Pandey, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor
Department of Genetics and Genomic Sciences
Mount Sinai School of Medicine, New York City
http://www.mssm.edu/profiles/gaurav-pandey