Our research group at UNC Charlotte Dept. of Bioinformatics is seeking a PhD student. The incumbent will participate in development of bioinformatics web servers, resources and applications. He/she will also work on big data integration and analysis. One focus is the Pathview project. Pathview is an open-source package that maps, integrates and renders a large variety of biological data onto pathways, and produces interpretable graphs with publication quality. Pathview was quickly adopted and widely used by thousands of scientists worldwide. With a major NSF grant recently awarded, Pathview will be fully developed as a systematic solution for pathway based analytics and visualization. For more information about the research in our group:
https://pathview.uncc.edu/
https://bioconductor.org/packages/pathview/
https://bioconductor.org/packages/gage/

Technical skills:

• Unix/Linux shell
• Python or Java
• LAMP based web + database development is a plus
• R/Bioconductor is a plus, understanding molecular biology is a plus

Other qualifications:

• Excellent communication and problem-solving skills, attention to detail
• Self-motivated and disciplined, time and project management skills
• Enjoy programming, data analysis and scientific research
• Proven programming/development experience

Education:

Bachelor or Master in bioinformatics, computer science, statistics or related fields.

Assistantship package:

Graduate assistant stipend, tuition, medical insurance and benefits

Start Date:
As soon as possible, may also start in 2018

Application:

Please send a CV, a cover letter and the names of 2-3 references to: weijun.luo[AT]uncc.edu