postdoc on Bayesian computation for statistical genomics

[An opportunity to work with Richard Everitt in Reading, UK, in a postdoc position starting this summer]

It is now possible to retrieve the complete DNA sequence of a bacterial strain relatively quickly and cheaply, and population genetics has been revolutionised in the past ten years through the availability of these data. To gain a deep understanding of sequence data, model-based statistical techniques are required. However, current approaches for performing inference in these models do not scale to whole genome sequence data. The BBSRC project “Understanding recombination through tractable statistical analysis of whole genome sequences” aims to address this issue. A position as Post-Doctoral Research Assistant is available on this project, supervised by Dr Richard Everitt in the Statistics group at the Department of Mathematics & Statistics at the University of Reading.

The deadline for applications is March 31, 2016 (details).