One to two postdoctoral research associate positions are available immediately for energetic individuals with a firm background training in molecular biology or biochemistry and a prior PhD research work on Arabidopsis, C. elegans or other related model species. Special preferences are given to candidates who have performed RNA interference (RNAi) experiments on these model species. The annual salary will be no less than $40K and commensurate with candidate qualification. These positions are expected to last four years until August 2013, subject to the continuous funding support from National Science Foundation (NSF).

The successful candidates will be given the resource and guidance to conduct research on RNAi transfection technologies. The candidates will devise more controllable, economical and efficient RNAi delivery procedures for various model species, and to design and perform experiments involving RNAi transfections, microarray hybridizations and qRT-PCRs to validate the newly developed RNAi transfection procedures. The new postdocs will be members of our new NSF sponsored project team to develop optimal siRNA design software based on whole genome thermodynamic analysis. This project will use the novel RNAi transfection procedures to validate the designed siRNAs in vivo.

For these postdoc positions, applicants must hold a Ph.D. degree in related fields with the preferred expertise as stated above. Use of computers in solving biological research problems will be an essential part of the project. Nevertheless, prior experience in bioinformatics is helpful but not essential - we will train the new postdocs on the job for using computational biology techniques. To apply, please send a letter of intent stating your future research interest and also a curriculum vitae documenting your past experience to Dr. Chou's email address below. Upon request from us, applicants may be asked to solicit three reference letters to be sent directly to the same email address below.

Our laboratory conducts interdisciplinary research, taking advantage of expertises from both computational and biological sciences, We are a member of the Iowa State bioinformatics research community and are affiliated with the Laurence H. Baker Center for Bioinformatics and Biological Statistics, the Center for Plant Genomes, the Center for Integrated Animal Genomics and the Plant Sciences Institute. We are also affiliated with the Bioinformatics and Computational Biology Interdepartmental Graduate Major and the Bioinformatics and Computational Biology Undergraduate Major at Iowa State University.

Dr. Hui-Hsien Chou
Complex Computation Lab
Department of Genetics, Development and Cell Biology
Department of Computer Science
Iowa State University
Ames, IA 50011-3223

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