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Computational Biology Jobs

The Brenner Group at Berkeley has multiple openings. Positions are available at all levels, including:

Computational genomics of genetic disease, postdoctoral fellow [duties & qualifications]
Critical Assessment of Genome Interpretation (CAGI) project lead scientist [apply here] or postdoctoral fellow
CAGI developer [duties & qualifications]
Prediction of protein function using evolutionary principles and statistical machine learning, postdoctoral fellow [duties & qualifications]
Rotation graduate students (see below for more information)
Undergraduate workstudy administrative assistant [apply here]
Research Laboratory Office Supervisor / Project Coordinator: We expect to have an opening soon. Please email jobs@compbio.berkeley.edu if interested.

Application Submission Information:

To apply for a postdoctoral or undergraduate position, please email us at jobs@compbio.berkeley.edu with:

a cover letter in the form of a two to four page statement of interests describing what you would like to work on here

your CV

a transcript

have three references send letters of reference to the attention of Dr. Brenner

For additional information about any position, please email your question to jobs@compbio.berkeley.edu
Or, you may mail your materials or questions to:

Brenner Laboratory Jobs
111P Koshland Hall # 3102
University of California
Berkeley, CA 94720-3102

The University of California is an Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action Employer.

Graduate students

We currently have openings for students with strength in both molecular biology and computer science. More details about our research may be found on our home page at http://compbio.berkeley.edu.

The standard admission procedure at UC Berkeley is to apply to the University first, where your application will be reviewed by the admissions committee. (Note that Dr. Brenner is not on any admission committees this year and has no control over your admission.) Upon acceptance, you would then approach a professor about studying in their lab. Incoming students typically rotate through three labs before choosing the one in which they will do their doctoral research.

Because of the interdisciplinary nature of our research, Dr. Brenner has appointments in several departments and programs. You may apply to the one that is most suitable for your background and interests. Information on admissions procedures for these programs can be found at the following addresses:

Computational Biology http://qb3.berkeley.edu/ccb/research-education/phd-in-computational-biology/
Molecular & Cell Biology http://mcb.berkeley.edu/grad/
Bioengineering http://bioegrad.berkeley.edu/
Biophysics http://biophysics.berkeley.edu/
Microbial Biology http://pmb.berkeley.edu/ggm
Plant Biology http://pmb.berkeley.edu/graduate-programs
Comparative Biochemistry http://compbiochem.berkeley.edu/
Infectious Diseases and Immunity http://microbe.berkeley.edu/idgroup/
UCSF Biological and Medical Informatics http://bmi.ucsf.edu/

Most of the above Berkeley graduate programs offer the option of joining the Designated Emphasis Program in Computational Biology and Genomics (see http://qb3.berkeley.edu/ccb/research-education/decgb/).

If you have specific questions, Dr. Brenner would be happy to discuss both research activities in our group and these graduate programs.