The Institute off Biosciences and Technology (IBT) at Texas A&M University Health Science Center, http://ibt.tamhsc.edu/, is an internationally recognized leader in biomedical and health science research located at the Texas Medical Center (TMC) in Houston, TX, with existing strengths in Epigenetics, Cancer/Stem Cell Biology, Infectious Disease, and Environmental Health.
There is a vacancy for an enthusiastic bioinformatics PhD candidate studying cancer epigenetics including methylation, Hydroxymethylation, noncoding RNA, histone modification and etc in cancer. He or she will develop bioinformatic algorithms to analyze multiple types of high-throughput sequencing data, like ChIP-Seq, RNA-Seq and Bisulfite-Seq data. This exciting work will be guided by multidisciplinary collaborations with top scientists in stem cell, cancer biology, and microbiology research at TAMU and TMC.
The applicant will have a Bachelor or Master degree in Science or Engeneering. For more details on how to apply, please refer to http://ibt.tamhsc.edu/education/admission.html or email Dr. Deqiang Sun at [email protected]
Deadline of application is 12/15/2015.
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