Postdoctoral Fellow

Australian National University

The Computational Genomics Group in the John Curtin School of Medical Research, Australian National University have made pioneering contributions to our understanding of genetic diversity within and between mammal species in areas including: the genomic distribution of linkage disequilibrium, human molecular adaptation, the influence of sex on mutation rates, the relationship between epigenetic state and genetic variation, and the radiation of mammals. These contributions have been accompanied by significant methodology developments in the form of both novel statistical models and open source software for analyses of genomic diversity. Our recent advances in models of context-dependent substitution, for instance, represent a significant advance in robust estimation of the mode of natural selection.

We are seeking outstanding applicants for a postdoctoral fellowship. The individual will work on the development and application of improved models of sequence divergence, joining a highly productive collaboration between Associate Professor Gavin Huttley and Dr Von Bing Yap (National University of Singapore). The work will build on the PyCogent open source software toolkit for statistical modelling of molecular evolution developed in the Huttley lab.

Application deadline: 13 October 2011
http://jobs.anu.edu.au/PositionDetail.aspx?p=2266

For more details, please contact Gavin Huttley (Gavin.Huttley@anu.edu.au).