Jefferson Health
Post Doc
Philadelphia, PA · Full-time · Posted Aug 28, 2026
- Education
- Ph.D. in Computational Biology, Bioinformatics, Computational Sciences, or a related discipline.
About the job
Support research on co-translational RNA decay and RNA dysregulation in neurodegenerative diseases by developing bioinformatics pipelines and managing and analyzing sequencing data.
What you'll do
- Develop and implement bioinformatics tools and pipelines.
- Process, manage, and analyze next-generation sequencing data, including RNA-Seq and Ribo-Seq.
- Support ongoing research projects and collaborate with a multidisciplinary team.
What they ask for
- Ph.D. in Computational Biology, Bioinformatics, Computational Sciences, or a related discipline.
- Proficiency in R and Python and in Linux/Unix environments using command-line bioinformatics tools.
- Experience analyzing and interpreting NGS data, including RNA-Seq and Ribo-Seq.
- Knowledge of statistical methods and their applications to biological datasets.
Nice to have
- Familiarity with Illumina and Oxford Nanopore Technologies platforms.
- Experience with resources and tools including ENCODE, UCSC Genome Browser, Ensembl, Bioconductor, and NCBI databases.
Tools
R, Python, Linux/Unix, Illumina, Oxford Nanopore Technologies, ENCODE, UCSC Genome Browser, Ensembl
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