Postdoc Position Available
We are searching for a highly motivated postdoctoral researcher to join our group. The focus of the position will be on using a combination of theoretical and experimental approaches to study questions in human history, evolution and disease gene mapping.
The successful candidate will have exceeedingly strong statistical / mathematical / computational skills. While a background in population genetics, bioinformatics or experimental biology is advantageous, it is not necessary. Our lab has the resources to not only analyze public data sets, but also to directly test new methodological ideas.
Three possible projects are:
(i) Searching for genes causing human diseases with whole genome scans in populations with mixed ancestry such as African Americans, Latinos and South Asians.
(ii) Studying the evolutionary history of human populations using genetic data.
(iii) Using patterns of genetic variation to study the process of speciation.The position is available for up to three years beginning from now until September of 2008.
Description of additional projects in our lab, as well as papers we have recently published, is provided here.The position will be jointly supervised by Drs. David Reich and Nick Patterson, and will involve work at both the Department of Genetics Harvard Medical School and the Broad Institute of Harvard and MIT. Please write to reich@genetics.med.harvard.edu if you are interested in this position.