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Opportunity: Nestlé Research Center - Bioinformatician Genome Sequence Analysis--Lausanne, Switzerland
Submitted by Cedric Schurter; posted on Wednesday, September 05, 2007

Nestlé Research Center (NRC) located near Lausanne, Switzerland is one of the leading research laboratories in food and nutritional sciences. With 700 members of staff from 50 nations, NRC has a strong position in the international scientific community supported further by 217 outside scientific contracts and 240 scientific publications in 2006 (learn more about the NRC on http://www.research.nestle.com).

NRC has an excellent reputation in food and nutrition research that has benefited consumers for over a century. By bringing together its knowledge in Nutrition and Health, Food Science, Food/Consumer Interaction, Food Quality and Safety, Nestlé opens the way to develop Good Food and Good Life: to offer tasty foods that procure health as well as pleasure for our consumers.

In this global and multicultural environment, Nestlé, a food, nutrition, health and wellness company aims to work with the best scientists in the world.

To support its research strategy, the BioAnalytical Science Department at the NRC is seeking a

Bioinformatician Genome Sequence Analysis
(2 years contract)

This person will contribute to project and technology portfolios in the context of nutrition and health and assist in the area of microbial genome sequencing and functional annotation. Additional support will be provided in the areas of eukaryotic genome analysis and functional annotation.

Main responsibilities and challenges

• Quality control and genome sequence data from external partners
• Genome sequence analysis, especially focused on regulatory element motifs, gene prediction and annotation, and comparative genomics
• Primer design to distinguish between closely related bacterial strains
• Direct communication to scientists
• Create written report, oral presentations and publications

Education and experience required

• University degree in Biology and Bioinformatics including PhD.
• Experience in sequence analysis (genome assembly, annotation and visualization)
• Ability to do simple programming tasks (automation of analyses, integration of results from common bioinformatics tools): C++, Perl, shell scripting
• Excellent communication skills in English (written and verbal)
• Good team player, sense of responsibility and autonomy at work

How to Apply:
If you fit the profile and you are interested by this position, please post your complete application online (incl. cover-letter, resume and names of references) at http://www.careers.nestle.com, requision ID number: 831.

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