Postdoctoral Fellow
3 months ago
Hamilton, Waikato, New Zealand
New Zealand Government
Full time
College of SciencesHamiltonSchool of Agriculture and Environment, Massey University
(Two year fixed-term contract)
The Postdoctoral Fellow will be based at the AL Rae Centre for Genetics and Breeding in Hamilton.
A PhD in genetics, genomics, bioinformatics, or closely related discipline is essential.
To be successful in this role you will have experience in bioinformatic analysis using command-line tools - ideally including mapping and variant calling of whole genome or other types of sequence data.
You will also need experience in the majority of the following areas:- Writing scripts and programming language(s)
- File processing, manipulation, and filtering of highthroughput genotype data
- Statistical genetics approaches such as genomewide association studies, heritability estimation, genomic prediction etc.
- Collating results and generating text, figures, and tables to a standard suitable for publication
- An understanding of molecular genetics approaches and mammalian physiology
