[Employment] Scientific Programmer, Europhenome Project

[John Hancock]

EUMODIC Scientific Programmer
Bioinformatics Group
MRC Mammalian Genetics Unit
Oxfordshire, U.K.

Scientific Programmer

 From £19,238 pa

The MRC Mammalian Genetics Unit one of the participants in the EU  
Eumodic project (www.eumodic.org). The project aims to carry out  
comprehensive first-line phenotyping of a large number of gene  
knockout lines in four major phenotyping centres across Europe and  
bring together this data in a central database, EuroPhenome.

We are seeking a software engineer to lead the software development  
of the EuroPhenome database, including refinement of its data capture  
functions and adding new functionality to its user interface for data  
annotation. In addition, you will be involved in the research and  
development of data mining and knowledge extraction interfaces to  
EuroPhenome alongside subsequent integration with phenotype  
ontologies. You will also assist in the development and maintenance  
of associated websites.

We are looking for someone with a strong background in database  
integration, ideally the use of XML for phenotype data exchange  
combined with knowledge of the storage and representation of  
phenotype data.

You will be based in the MGU Bioinformatics Group and will interact  
with related groups across Europe. There will be opportunities to  
attend project meetings in Europe (maximum of 3 per year). We can  
offer a competitive salary, 30 days holiday and a generous pension  
scheme.

This post is funded until 31 January 2011.

For further information on the post please contact Dr John Hancock  
(j.hancock from har.mrc.ac.uk) or Dr Ann-Marie Mallon  
(a.mallon from har.mrc.ac.uk).

For an application form please email oxford.recruitment from ssc.mrc.ac.uk  
or contact 01793 301156 quoting reference number 2007-318/MGU  
Scientific Programmer.

Closing date for applications: 15 June 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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