Postdoctoral opportunity with the Sarkaria Institute of Insect Physiology and Toxicology

January 19th, 2011

A postdoctoral position is available immediately to investigate the impacts of the resident gut microbiota on the nutrition of Drosophila. The successful candidate will establish the effect of perturbating the gut symbiosis on Drosophila gene regulatory networks, by analysis of next-generation transcriptome data, expression microarrays and qRT-PCR experiments. The ideal candidate will have a strong quantitative background, including substantial programming experience of expression microarrays and/or next-gen sequences. Candidates who combine this expertise with relevant experimental skills are preferred, but bioinformaticians with a track-record and commitment to team-working with experimental colleagues are also strongly encouraged to apply.

This position contributes to a team of investigators using integrated computational and empirical approaches to tackle current problems in Drosophila nutritional genomics, across the groups of Angela Douglas (http://www.angeladouglaslab.com/), Dr Brian Lazzaro (http://entomology-lamp.cit.cornell.edu/lazzaro/index.html) and Dr Andy Clark (http://mbg.cornell.edu/cals/mbg/ research/clark-lab).

Informal inquiries about this position are welcome. Interested applicants should send a PDF with CV and contact information for three references to Angela at aes326@cornell.edu.