Research / Data Scientist (Postdoc)

vor 12 Stunden


Zurich, Schweiz Jacobs Center for Productive Youth Development Vollzeit

Jacobs Center for Productive Youth Development_
**Research / Data Scientist (Postdoc)**
**100 % **:The Jacobs Center for Productive Youth Development is a scientific center at the University of Zurich focused on youth development. The Center is a joint venture between the University of Zurich and the Jacobs Foundation. We are dedicated to interdisciplinary, developmental research that will ultimately improve the lives of young people. Our researchers come from the fields of economics, psychology, and sociology. We also collaborate with scientists from additional disciplines in our efforts to best understand the first decades of life.

The position is part of the research project
**"Socioeconomic status and the regulation of the genome"** funded by the Swiss National Science Foundation. The main goal of this project is to explore the links between social factors and gene expression (mRNA abundance levels) as well as the mechanisms that might explain these associations. This position will focus on data collected in the United States (as part of Add Health) and is part of an international team that includes scientists from diverse backgrounds. Add Health includes ~4750 people across 5 waves of data spanning ~30 years.

**Your responsibilities**:
**Requirements**:

- Strong drive to learn and master new concepts, tools and techniques
- Strong programming skills in R
- Experience in statistical modelling of large longitudinal data
- Experience with Bayesian statistics
- Understanding of biological principles and working knowledge of common bioinformatic pipelines in analyzing DNA and RNA-Seq Data
- Assisting other lab members with statistical problems

**What we offer**:
**Research environment**:
We offer work in an interdisciplinary, international, and collegial environment located at Jacobs Center for Productive Youth Development, the University of Zurich. This is a 100 % position. In addition, some travel funds are available to attend national and international conferences or workshops.

**Place of work**: Andreasstrasse 15, Zürich, Switzerland

**Start of employment**:
**Application**:
Applications should include:
(i) a cover letter that relates the applicants' experience and interests to the project,

(ii) a comprehensive CV,

(iii) the names and contact information of at least two references, and

(iv) an R code sample (URL or attachment)

Please send the documents in
**one PDF file** to Prof. Mike Shanahan.



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