{"id":59,"date":"2026-06-15T09:55:38","date_gmt":"2026-06-15T09:55:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.embl.org\/groups\/chen\/?page_id=59"},"modified":"2026-06-16T07:12:32","modified_gmt":"2026-06-16T07:12:32","slug":"open-positions","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.embl.org\/groups\/chen\/open-positions\/","title":{"rendered":"Open positions"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div class=\"vf-grid | vf-grid__col-3\"><div class=\"vf-grid__col--span-2\"><!--[vf\/content]-->\n<div class=\"vf-content\">\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Joining the lab<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">We welcome students and postdoctoral researchers interested in genetics, genomics, neuroscience, evolution, and computational biology. Our group is also currently recruiting a research technician. For all questions, please <a href=\"https:\/\/www.embl.org\/people\/person\/jennifer-chen\/\">contact Jenny Chen<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Applicants for Postdoctoral Positions<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Successful candidates will be expected to develop independent research ideas and take a strong leading role on his\/her projects. We encourage applications from candidates with either computational or experimental backgrounds. To apply, please <a href=\"https:\/\/www.embl.org\/people\/person\/jennifer-chen\/\">email Jenny Chen<\/a> with your CV and a brief motivation letter describing your research interests.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Applicants for PhD or Bachelor\/Master Positions<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Students will have the opportunity to develop novel computational genomics methods, analyze single-cell transcriptomic and multi-omic datasets, perform high-throughput sequencing experiments, and\/or design and conduct mouse behavioral assays.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>PhD applicants:<\/strong>\u00a0Please apply through the\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.embl.org\/about\/info\/embl-international-phd-programme\/application\/\">EMBL International PhD Programme<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Bachelor \/Master students:<\/strong>\u00a0Please have a look at the pages for\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.embl.org\/about\/info\/scientific-visitor-programme\/\">Visitors<\/a> and\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.embl.org\/about\/info\/undergraduates\/\">Undergraduates<\/a>  and\u00a0send\u00a0your CV and a brief motivation letter to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.embl.org\/people\/person\/jennifer-chen\/\">Jenny Chen<\/a> directly.<\/p>\n\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<div><!--[vf\/content]-->\n<div class=\"vf-content\">\n\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"template-title-left-aligned.php","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"embl_taxonomy":[],"class_list":["post-59","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"acf":[],"embl_taxonomy_terms":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.embl.org\/groups\/chen\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/59","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.embl.org\/groups\/chen\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.embl.org\/groups\/chen\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.embl.org\/groups\/chen\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.embl.org\/groups\/chen\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=59"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/www.embl.org\/groups\/chen\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/59\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":66,"href":"https:\/\/www.embl.org\/groups\/chen\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/59\/revisions\/66"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.embl.org\/groups\/chen\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=59"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"embl_taxonomy","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.embl.org\/groups\/chen\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/embl_taxonomy?post=59"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}