What are the responsibilities and job description for the Postdoctoral Researcher position at Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai?
Postdoctoral Fellow in Spatial Biology
Description: A highly motivated postdoctoral fellow is recruited to conduct computational biology research in the field of spatial biology at the Department of Genetics and Genomic Sciences at Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai (ISMMS). The postdoc will join a leading spatial biology lab directed by Dr. Guo-Cheng Yuan. Previous work from this lab has produced widely recognized tools for spatial transcriptomics analysis, such as Giotto, HMRF, and spatialDWLS, and contributed to systems-level understanding of the gene regulatory mechanisms in development and multiple diseases. The postdoc will play a critical role in developing innovative machine learning/AI tools for analyzing, harmonizing, and integrating spatial multi-omic datasets, and in studying the role of tissue microenvironment and cell-cell communications in human diseases such as cancer and Alzheimer’s disease. ISMMS is an international leader in medical and scientific training, biomedical research, and patient care. At ISMMS, world-class data scientists and clinicians work closely together toward precision medicine. The postdoctoral fellow will have the opportunity to collaborate with diverse experts at ISMMS and beyond in both basic ans clinical research.
Qualifications: The candidate should hold a PhD degree in a quantitative field. He/she should have strong analytical, machine learning, and programming skills, prior experience in analyzing genomic data (broadly defined), and demonstrated productivity through first-author peer-reviewed publications (including preprints). Experimentally trained candidates with a solid cancer or neurobiology background and sufficient data science/programming skills are also encouraged to apply. Knowledge in spatial transcriptomics is desirable but not required. The candidate is expected to work well both independently and collaboratively.
To apply, please send a cover letter, CV, and the contact information of at least two references by email to Dr. Guo-Cheng Yuan ( guo-cheng.yuan@mssm.edu ).
