BioinformaticsOnline

Background:
Ochanomizu University, a National University Corporation in Japan, is
searching for a post-doctoral research fellow to work with Assistant
Professor Dr. Jesper Jansson on the Program for Researchers to Promote
Creative and Independent Research supported by the Ministry of Education,
Culture, Sports, Science, and Technology.

Number of available positions:
1

Terms of Employment:
The first term is from the appointment day to March 31, 2009.
The contract may be extended on a yearly basis until March 31, 2012,
depending on the research performance.

The Bioinformaticians, who are usually biologists or biochemists with strong programming skills, contribute to the maintenance and development of the databases in the EBI’s Protein and Nucleotide Database Group (PANDA).

The selected candidate will be responsible for the analysis and annotation of sequence data using UNIX-based software tools, the extraction of biological information from scientific literature or databases using high-throughput methods and the development of new analysis and annotation tools. In addition to these activities, the incumbent will contribute to the development of the group’s external services and develop internal and external software specifications.