Postdoctoral Associate (Job Number 1318)

The Huttenhower lab in the Biostatistics Department of the Harvard School of Public
Health and Broad Institute is seeking to fill a Bioinformatics Postdoctoral research
position. This position is part of the CCFA Microbiome Initiative, which in its next
phase is focused on translating systems biological findings in the gut microbiome during
disease into actionable preclinical pharmaceutical targets.

The successful candidate will be appointed through the Broad Institute and will be
responsible for analysis of primary microbiome samples (16S rRNA gene sequencing,
shotgun metagenomics, and metatranscriptomics) and meta-analysis of studies from
throughout the CCFA Microbiome Initiative in order to prioritize candidate microbes and
microbial biomolecules for experimental characterization. He or she will work closely
with Drs. Ramnik Xavier and Dirk Gevers as part of the CCFA consortium.

The Huttenhower lab is broadly engaged in methods development for and multiple
collaborative studies of the roles of the human microbiome in health and disease, with
a focus on computational methods to characterize biomolecular functions within these
microbial communities and their interactions with host immunity and genetics. The group
works closely with the Broad Institute, the Dana-Farber Cancer Institute, and the broader
Boston biomedical and life sciences communities, resulting in a rich environment for
quantitative, computational, and laboratory collaborations.