Dear list, Here is a job advertisement posted on behalf of Owen Solberg and Prescott Woodruff. If you are interested, please contact Prescott.woodruff at ucsf.edu. Post-Doctoral Position in Applied Bioinformatics University of California, San Francisco The Woodruff Laboratory of the UCSF Airway Clinical Research Center is a rapidly growing laboratory that combines human studies of Asthma and Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD) with genome-wide gene expression microarray analyses. To take optimal advantage of a large existing tissue bank and ongoing clinical studies, we are pleased to announce an opening for a Post-Doctoral Position in Applied Bioinformatics. Desirable experience: Computational biology with strong background in genomics and systems biology. Position: The position is funded by a grant from the NIH/NHLBI (R01 HL- 095372, Molecular Phenotyping of Asthma). The project has applied genomic analyses to airway samples from patients with asthma to distinguish Th2-driven and non-Th2-driven sub-phenotypes of asthma that have distinct clinical, pathological and treatment-related characteristics. Ongoing analyses are aimed at identifying gene expression markers in lung tissue samples of inflammation and remodeling in these two sub-groups of asthma and identifying whole blood gene expression markers of these clinical phenotypes. Additional studies have been initiated using miRNA arrays and applying similar approaches to study COPD and Interstitial Lung Diseases. The successful candidate will integrate into an interdisciplinary team and take charge of: * Modelling and analyzing comprehensive gene expression and regulatory networks using human samples * Integrating gene expression, miRNA expression and sequence variation data * Designing qPCR validation experiments * Integrating publicly available datasets with "in-house" data Qualifications: Applicants should hold a PhD in a biological field, bioinformatics, computational biology, applied mathematics, or an equivalent subject. Motivated and broadly interested individuals willing to operate in a multidisciplinary environment on challenging scientific projects are encouraged to apply. Salary: Commensurate with qualifications and experience. Starting date: March 2010. Contract will be initially for one year and is renewable yearly up to 4 years maximum. Work site: UCSF Medical Center campus, 513 Parnassus Ave, San Francisco CA 94143 Contact: For further information, please contact Dr. Prescott Woodruff (Prescott.woodruff at ucsf.edu). To apply, please send a full CV, a statement of interest and names of two references by e-mail. Website: http://woodrufflab.ucsf.edu Printable PDF file for this announcement is available at: http://woodrufflab.ucsf.edu/jobs.html UCSF is an equal opportunity employer.