Postdoctoral Position in Computational Immunology

Vanderbilt
Vanderbilt Vaccine Center
United States TN Nashville
www.vumc.org/ig-lab/

Description

The Georgiev Laboratory at the Vanderbilt Vaccine Center (medschool.vanderbilt.edu/ig-lab/) is opening an NIH-funded postdoctoral position in the area of computational immunology, with a focus on the development of computational algorithms for analysis of immune responses against viruses of biomedical importance.


Qualifications

*Ph.D. in bioinformatics, computational biology, or a closely related field
*Proficiency in script writing in Perl/Python, Matlab, Mathematica, and/or R
*Proficiency in at least one of the following programming languages: Java, C, C++
*Prior experience in several of the following computational areas:
- Computational immunology
- Antibody epitope prediction
- Statistical methods for Big data
- Phylogenetic analysis
- Machine learning
- Computational geometry
- Structural bioinformatics
- Structure-based antibody engineering
*Strong oral and written communication skills
*Clear sense of organization, purpose, and accountability
*Benchwork experience is a plus


Start date

As soon as possible

How to Apply

Interested applicants should send a current CV to Ivelin Georgiev, ivelin.georgiev@vanderbilt.edu .