[Employment] Bioinformatician/Computational Biologist, Europhenome Project

[John Hancock]

MRC Mammalian Genetics Unit
Bioinformatician/Computational Biologist
EUMODIC

Oxfordshire

EUMODIC - EU funded project
Starting salary £19,238 - £30,589 per annum depending on experience

The Bioinformatician/Computational Biologist will work within the  
Bioinformatics Group, on the EU funded project EUMODIC. They will be  
responsible for managing and curating the EuroPhenome database, a  
database of mouse phenotype data. In addition they will be involved  
in the development and integration of phenotype ontologies with this  
database, alongside integration with related datasets such as Ensembl.

Applicants should hold a first degree (or higher) in Biological  
Sciences, Computer Science or Bioinformatics and/or have appropriate  
experience with mouse phenotype data and/or ontology development. The  
candidate should be proficient in at least one programming language,  
preferably Java. A strong background in management of large datasets  
and data integration, and experience of ontology editors such as  
Protégé or OBO-Edit, would be an advantage.

We offer a competitive salary, 30 days holiday and a generous pension  
scheme.

See the EUMODIC group website www.eumodic.eu for more information on  
the project and http://www.mgu.har.mrc.ac.uk/ for more information on  
the Unit's research. Please contact John Hancock  
(j.hancock from har.mrc.ac.uk) or Ann-Marie Mallon  
(a.mallon from har.mrc.ac.uk) with any questions.

This post is fixed term for 3 years with possible extension to the  
project until 31 January 2011.

For an application form please email  
oxford.recruitment from ssc.mrc.ac.uk, quoting reference number 2007-478/ 
MGU EUMODIC Bioinformatician/Computational Biologist

Closing date for applications: 3 September 2007

The MRC is an Equal Opportunities Employer

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Dr John M. Hancock
Head of Bioinformatics,
MRC Mammalian Genetics Unit,
Harwell, Oxfordshire OX11 0RD, U.K.

E-mail: J.Hancock from har.mrc.ac.uk
Telephone: +44 (0)1235 84 1014
Fax: +44 (0) 1235 84 1210
WWW: http://informatics.har.mrc.ac.uk/
Personal Page: http://informatics.har.mrc.ac.uk/jmhwww/

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