Postdoctoral Research Associate-Computational Biology
Texas A&M UniversityBryan, TX
Posted March 30, 2026
Full Time
About the Company
Texas A&M University champions education, research, and service to develop leaders and benefit society.
Job Description
The Postdoctoral Research Associate will conduct lab experiments, analyze and communicate data, aid in grant writing, supervise undergraduate students, and perform routine lab duties. The position is grant funded and may be contingent upon future funding.
Requirements
- Appropriate PhD in a related field
- Training in statistics, and programming experience in a UNIX/Linux environment
- Experience in analysis of genomic data including RNA-seq, ATAC-seq, and ChIP-seq
- Experience in working with high-performance computing environment
- Proficiency in programming languages such as R, Python, Matlab
- Familiarity with software development best practices
- Familiarity with inferential statistics and machine learning
- Expertise in computational biology
Benefits
- Medical, prescription drug, dental, vision, life and AD&D
- Flexible spending accounts
- Long-term disability insurance
- 12-15 days of annual paid holidays
- Up to eight hours of paid sick leave and at least eight hours of paid vacation each month
- Automatic enrollment in the Teacher Retirement System of Texas
- Health and Wellness: Free exercise programs and release time
- Professional Development: Free LinkedIn Learning training and limited financial support to attend conferences
- Educational release time and tuition assistance for completing a degree while a Texas A&M employee
