The Great Lakes Bioenergy Research Center (GLBRC) is housed at the University of Wisconsin with collaborators at Michigan State University along with other academic, private sector, and national laboratories. The GLBRC is one of three Department of Energy centers to conduct fundamental, genomics-based research on microbial and plant systems required to realize the national need for low-cost biofuels.
The Informatics and IT group will be working with the research teams of faculty, staff, and postdocs supporting the research objectives of the GLBRC in scientific and business computing, and computational infrastructure. We will be providing computational solutions in the diverse areas of knowledge management, LIMS, databases and data mining, in particular as related to large scale datasets generated by modern high throughput and massively parallel technologies of genomics and proteomics, as well as data integration for modeling and systems biology.
The successful candidate will work with Center scientists to identify and define the needs for analysis of laboratory experiments and provide optimal computational solutions. Will actively participate in design of biological experiments and use computational tools to develop and perform their analyses by extracting, processing, and analyzing various types of biological large-scale data, such as expression profiling, proteomics, or sequencing. Will provide value-added annotation to public and private data sets for development of in-house data repositories; will prototype scientific databases, analytical applications, and user interfaces; as well as integrate existing computational tools into analytical workflows. Will function as an internal consultant to GLBRC scientists assisting them in custom data analysis, identify research problems, design research methodologies, and prepare results for presentation or publication.
For more information on GLBRC go to:http://www.greatlakesbioenergy.org/
For complete position description go to:http://www.ohr.wisc.edu/pvl/pv_059117.html
To apply send CV and Cover Letter to pvl@glbrc.wisc.edu. Please include PVL Number 59117 on all application materials. Application deadline date is July 17, 2008. Applications will continue to be accepted after this date if qualified applicant has not been identified.
A criminal background check will be conducted on finalist(s).
Unless confidentiality is requested in writing, information regarding applicants and nominees must be released upon request. Finalists cannot be guaranteed confidentiality.
Requirements
Ph.D. in bioinformatics or a life science discipline with five years experience in genomics; expertise in a broad range of commercial and academic analytical tools and algorithms for bioinformatics (including statistics), database operations, and programming skills in major biological scripting languages.
