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School: |
Medicine
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Department: |
Medicine
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Division: |
Hematology/Oncology
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Center / Institute: |
UPMC Hillman Cancer Center |
Classification: |
Postdoctoral Associate |
Funding source: |
NIH Grant |
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Start Date: |
11/1/2023 |
Overall Summary: |
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Duties or Responsibilities:
- Conduct postdoctoral research to systematically understand the biology of adult and pediatric cancers, to identify diagnostic and prognostic biomarkers, and to improve cancer therapy. Potential research topics include deep learning applications to 1) spatial single cell profiles, 2) literature data using large language models (LLMs), and 3) multi-modal genomics and pharmacogenomics data.
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Qualifications or Expectations:
- Highly motivated scientists who have recently earned a Ph.D. degree in bioinformatics, computational biology, electrical/computer/biomedical engineering, computer science, or a related field.
- Strong experience in computational modeling of biological systems, large-scale cancer multi-omic datasets (TCGA, HTAN, TARGET, CCLE, etc.), high-throughput drug and genetic screens (DepMap, PRISM, GDSC, etc.), and common bioinformatics resources (NCBI, UCSC, Ensembl, etc.) is essential.
- Experience in deep learning, machine learning, single-cell and spatial omics, natural language processing, large language models, and/or image processing is strongly desired.
- Must be proficient with Linux and multiple bioinformatics programming languages, such as Python, R, MATLAB, and Perl.
- Must possess excellent written and verbal English communication skills.
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Opportunities Available:
- The PI has successful experience in acquiring the prestigious NIH/NCI K99/R00 Pathway to Independence Award and postdoctoral fellowships, as well as mentoring F99/K00 predoc to postdoc transition award application.
- Candidates will receive dedicated mentorship on career development planning, career development awards, and postdoctoral fellowships such as the Hillman Postdoctoral Fellowships for Innovative Cancer Research (https://hillmanresearch.upmc.edu/research/hillman-fellows/postdoctoral/).
- Our lab members have cross-disciplinary experience spanning across engineering, informatics, biology, and medicine.
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Website: |
https://cfopitt.taleo.net/careersection/pitt_faculty_external_pd/jobdetail.ftl?job=22005468 |
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