term: Fixed term for 3 years.
Closing date: 13th October 2013
The Wellcome Trust Genome Campus is a world class centre for research and services in bioinformatics and genome biology and is home to both the European Bioinformatics Institute and the Wellcome Trust Sanger Institute.
We are seeking two skilled bioinformaticians to construct a biological database resource to provide rapid access to the increasing number of available genomes from parasitic helminths.
Parasitic helminths (flatworms and roundworms) are responsible for more than a billion human infections globally and have a devastating impact on livestock and agriculture. Building upon the success of the International Wormbase Consortium (www.wormbase.org), a new database resource (Wormbase-Parasite) will be created that enables progress across the parasitic helminth research community. The project will bring together large-scale datasets with analysis and querying tools. The posts will be based within the parasite genomic group (WTSI) and Ensembl Genomes (EBI).
b Bioinformatician at the Wellcome Trust Sanger Institute (WTSI)[/b]. Based within the parasite genomics group, led by Dr Matt Berriman, this post will focus on genome annotation, comparative genomics and data organisation. job description (PDF)
b Bioinformatician at the European Bioinformatics Institute (EBI)[/b]. Based within the Ensembl Genomes team, led by Dr Paul Kersey, this post will be technologically focused and responsible for establishing a new data warehouse. Standard technologies, such as BioMart, the Ensembl Genome browser, and the Drupal content management system will be used. http://www.embl.de/aboutus/jobs/pdf/EBI_00306_Bioinformatician_job_description.pdf
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The two post-holders will work closely together in the development of this exciting new resource and to promote it to the user community through participation in training activities, workshops and conferences. They will also collaborate closely with staff at both institutes working on other aspects of the wider WormBase project.
The Genome Campus is a 55 acre estate south of Cambridge (UK) in the grounds of Hinxton Hall.
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