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Monday, November 11, 2013

Postdoctoral Fellowship Available at NCBI


National Center for Biotechnology Information (NCBI)
National Library of Medicine (NLM)
National Institutes of Health (NIH)

A postdoctoral research position is available in the research group headed by Dr. Zhiyong Lu at the National Center for Biotechnology Information (NCBI).  Dr. Lu's laboratory is mainly interested in developing and applying computational approaches to natural language text in biomedicine, as well as large-scale omics data. His recent research in biomedical text analysis has focused on various problems in biocuration (e.g. BioCreative challenge series), computational drug discovery (e.g. PSB sessions on Drug Repurposing), and online access to literature and consumer health information. The successful applicant will build and apply new methods to such research problems and also have the opportunity to contribute to the improvement of information access for users of NCBI resources.

Qualifications: Applicants must have training with a strong emphasis on computation and familiarity with statistical methods in data and text mining and/or machine learning. A PhD degree or equivalent in bioinformatics, computer science, computational linguists or a closely related field is required. Strong programming and data analysis skills are essential. Applicants need not be US citizens or Permanent Residents.

Appointments are initially for two years, with the option of extension based on performance.

To apply: please submit your curriculum vitae and the names of three referees to Dr. Lu at Zhiyong.Lu@nih.gov<mailto:Zhiyong.Lu@nih.gov>. The position is open until filled.

Selection for this position will be based solely on merit, with no discrimination for non-merit reasons such as race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, national origin, politics, marital status, physical or mental handicap, age, or membership or non-membership in an employee organization. Applications will be reviewed upon receipt and selected candidates will be contacted for an interview.

NIH is an Equal Opportunity Employer


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LU, Zhiyong PhD
Earl Stadtman Investigator
NCBI/NLM/NIH
RM1003A, Bldg 38A
8600 Rockville Pike
Bethesda, 20894
Phone: 301-594-7089
Email: zhiyong.lu@nih.gov<mailto:zhiyong.lu@nih.gov>
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/CBBresearch/Lu/


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