Microbial Genomics Postdoctoral Fellow
Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory · Posted Nov 11, 2026
- Berkeley, California, United States
- Hybrid
- Full-time
- $6K–$7K per month
- 0–3 years
Develop and implement community standards for genome sequences and metadata from single-cell microeukaryotes, microbial symbioses, and co-cultures.
Compensation
The salary range for this position is $6,048 - $6,743 monthly / $72,576 - $80,916 annually and is expected to start at $6,048 monthly / $72,576 annually or above.
Responsibilities
- Develop community genome and metadata standards
- Collaborate with Genomic Standards Consortium and stakeholders
- Conduct targeted genome quality and metadata assessments
- Create controlled vocabularies, templates, checklists, and guidelines
- Identify reporting gaps and improve validation
Requirements
- Ph.D. in Computational Biology, Bioinformatics, Microbiology, Molecular Biology, or related discipline
- Nice to have: single-cell genomics
- Nice to have: microbial eukaryotes
- Nice to have: co-cultures
- Nice to have: symbioses