August 5, 2016 PhD, POSTDOC, TECHNICIAN

 August 5, 2016
PhD, POSTDOC, TECHNICIAN & BIOINFORMATICIAN POSITIONS
IN MICROBIAL EVOLUTIONARY GENOMICS
Jesse Shapiro’s lab at Université de Montréal (UdeM) is looking for motivated and
talented scientists to join our team, starting in autumn 2016.
About the lab. We are a diverse and international group of evolutionary biologists, ecologists,
microbiologists and computational biologists, working on natural systems ranging from human gutassociated bacteria to bloom-forming freshwater cyanobacteria, using a combination of wet-lab and drylab approaches, rooted in population genomics, and located in the wonderful city of Montreal.
For more information about the lab: www.shapirolab.ca
About the positions. We are looking for several people to work on two major projects:
1. A toolkit for genome-wide association studies (GWAS) in bacteria.
Two positions available, each for a period of 2 years:
• Computational Postdoc to benchmark and develop GWAS methods for bacteria.
• Bioinformatician to develop open-source, user-friendly tools.
2. Diagnosing and predicting toxic cyanobacterial blooms from ‘omic data.
Four positions available, each for a period of 4 years:
• PhD student to perform mesocosm experiments and analyze genomic and metagenomic timeseries data from bloom-impacted lakes.
• Computational postdoc to identify biomarkers and develop predictive models.
• Bioinformatician to store, organize, assemble and analyze ~2000 metagenomes,
metatranscriptomes and whole-genome sequences.
• Lab technician to coordinate sampling, do basic microbiology, molecular biology and
sequencing.
PhD candidates should have a MSc or significant research experience, and an excellent academic
record.
Postdoc candidates must have completed their PhD recently (maximum of 2 years ago) with expertise
in computational biology, population genetics and/or genomics, as evidenced by first-author publications.
A strong computational or quantitative background is essential.
Bioinformaticians shoud have an MSc or PhD with a significant amount of experience coding and
working with bioinformatics software and computer clusters.
Lab technicians should have an MSc and a significant amount of experience in molecular biology
Applying. To apply, please email a single PDF document containing: (1) a brief letter of research
interests, (2) your CV, and (3) contact information for three references to: [email protected].
B. Jesse Shapiro Canada Research Chair in Microbial Evolutionary Genomics Assistant Professor Université de Montréal Department of Biological Sciences C.P. 6128, Succursale Centre-­‐ville, Montreal, QC H3C 3J7, Canada email: [email protected] web: www.shapirolab.ca