[Employment] Research Curator, Europhenome Project

[John Hancock]

EUMODIC Research Curator
EUMODIC - EU funded project
Bioinformatics Group
MRC Mammalian Genetics Unit
Oxfordshire

Starting salary £19,238 - £30,589 per annum depending on experience

The Research Curator 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.

In return, we can 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 2007-070/MGU EUMODIC Research Curator.

Closing date for applications:  16 March 2007

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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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