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  • [Photo] Jorge L. Cardenas • November 7, 2003

    POSITION

    Bioinformatics Research Scientist

    DESCRIPTION

    The Protein Information Resource (PIR) is seeking a Bioinformatics Research Scientist at the levels of Post-doctoral Research Associate, Research Instructor, OR Research Assistant Professor. The successful candidate will participate in the development of UniProt, a central resource of protein sequence and function that unifies PIR, Swiss-Prot and TrEMBL databases. PIR is a public resource of protein informatics, providing functionally annotated and value-added protein databases as well as bioinformatics tools to support genomic and proteomic research and knowledge discovery.

    RESPONSIBILITIES

    • Developing a Rule-based system for the annotation of functional features (active sites, functional sites, etc) in UniProt database using protein family and structure information
    • Curating protein families, multiple sequence alignments, and functional rules involving both literature-based and computational approaches
    • Assisting the development of a web environment for Rule curation

    REQUIREMENTS

    • Ph.D. degree in biochemistry, molecular biology, biophysics, or related disciplines
    • General knowledge and experience in computational biology/bioinformatics
    • In-depth knowledge and experience in protein structure and sequence analysis, and in protein databases
    • Experience in computer programming in the web/unix environment
    • Ability to work independently with a good publication record
    • Detail-oriented with excellent analytical skills
    • Team player with good communication skills

    HOW TO APPLY

    Please submit your cover letter and CV via e-mail to jlc57[at]georgetown.edu, addressed to:

    Dr. Cathy H. Wu, Director and Professor
    Protein Information Resource
    Biochemistry and Molecular Biology
    Georgetown University Medical Center
    Washington, D.C. 20057-1414

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