Postdoctoral Fellow / Research Computational Biologist (r05.23)

The Arnaout Laboratory for Immunomics and Informatics uses experiments, mathematics, and machines for immunomics, microbiology, and AI/ML.

We are looking for postdoc-level quantitative people with training in physics, mathematics, computer science, quantitative biology, AI/ML, or related fields for various projects. These include analysis of over 1,000 immunomes, developing new ways to measure AI/ML dataset quality, and fast ways to estimate entropies of large systems.

Responsibilities

Devise, test, and implement computational algorithms for large-scale data
Contribute to the generation of standard protocols and intellectual property

Core Qualifications

PhD degree in physics, mathematics, computational/systems biology, machine learning, artificial intelligence, immunology, bioinformatics, or related field, or equivalent practical experience
Hands-on experience designing and implementing computer algorithms, including supervised and unsupervised machine learning methods like Regression analysis, SVM, deep learning (autoencoders, transformers, geometric deep learning, dynamical systems, model decomposition), etc.
Hands-on expertise with statistical descriptions of complex systems (e.g. energy, entropy, moments, etc. and see under 2 above) and their theoretical underpinnings
Fluency in Unix/Linux environments, Python and ideally other standard bioinformatics tools (e.g. R, Perl, C, bash/csh/zsh, CUDA, OpenGL), ideally including hands-on experience with parallel processing.
Demonstrated expertise in computational analysis of large data sets, ideally biological sequence-based data sets and 3D protein structures
Excellent creativity, decision-making, troubleshooting, and English-language communication skills
Comfort with and excitement about working in a startup-type atmosphere

Preferred Qualifications:

Prior experience with implementing deep learning methods
Prior experience with high-performance computing clusters (SLURM, LSF or PBS schedulers), and AWS
Expertise with using Python libraries like Numpy, Scipy, Pandas, Matplotlib, Seaborn, and Tensorflow
Prior experience with/training in structural biology, immunology, cancer, and/or infectious disease
Experience with web applications/portals (e.g. Shiny Server or Python analogs)

Start date

As soon as possible

How to apply

Please send an email to Dr. Arnaout and include your CV and a brief motivation letter

Position ID:	BIDMC-Arnaout Laboratory-PFC [#24953]
Position Title:	Postdoctoral Fellow, Computational
Position Type:	Postdoctoral
Position Location:	Boston, Massachusetts 02215, United States
Subject Areas:	Immunology / T cells Academic Structural Biology / Computational Biology Systems Biology Bioinformatics / Genomics (more...)
Salary Range:	80000-100000
Appl Deadline:	2023/06/19 11:59PM (posted 2023/06/04)
Position Description:

BIDMC, Arnaout Laboratory