BACKGROUND INFO:
For current status of this position, see:
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/CBBresearch/Aravind/advertisement.html

We are interested in recruiting a person as a postdoctoral fellow (see requirements below) to join our group at the National Center for Biotechnology Information, National Institutes of Health, USA.

This position is available for a 2 year initial period, and a maximum of 5 years. Minimum salary would be US $36,000, but will scale with credentials and experience to the range of US $50,000.

International candidates are also encouraged to apply.

REQUIREMENTS:
We are considering people with two different kinds of research capabilities:

1) A person recruited in this capacity will be employed primarily in a technical support capacity for the group, but is encouraged to have his/her research projects.

• Good communication skills in English (both written and speaking).
• Computational skills: Excellent programming skills, with PERL being the main language. The candidate would be involved in writing perl modules, preparing web interface, and generating graphics. Java programming is not a must.
• Bioinformatics skills:

Sequence analysis: Should have a knowledge of basic packages, BLAST suite of programs. Good knowledge of phylip, molphy and phylogenetic programs. Good knowledge of sequence alignment programs such as tcoffee, muscle, etc. Basic knowledge of algorithmic theory of sequence analysis.
Structure visualization and manipulation: Knowledge of swisspdb, pymol, rasmol, etc. Ability to parse and calculate various structure parameters from PDB files.
Knowledge base: Working knowledge of Molecular Biology, Biochemistry and Structural Biology. Intermediate level statistics. Understanding of the algorithmic theory of sequence and structure analysis.

Plus points: Expression data analysis (microarray data analysis). Systems administration skills. Hardware skills.

• Educational qualification: PhD International candidates are also encouraged to apply. Ideally the candidate should be within 4 years of completion of degree.

2) A person recruited in this capacity will be employed primarily in a research capacity

• Good communication skills in English (both written and speaking).
• Candidates will be assessed for originality and creativity. Should be self motivated and have a strong drive for research.
• Desired qualifications

a. General Requirements: Excellent knowledge of all aspects of Biology which include a ready grasp of the evolutionary theory, its ramifications and applications, natural history of living organisms
Interest and abilities relating to any of the following topics--protein structure and function, and evolution of proteins, biological networks and gene expression analysis will be highly appreciated.

b. Necessary technical requirements:
Sequence analysis: Should have a knowledge of basic packages, BLAST suite of programs. Good knowledge of phylip, molphy and phylogenetic programs. Good knowledge of sequence alignment programs such as t_coffee, muscle, etc. Basic knowledge of algorithmic theory of sequence analysis.
Structure visualization and manipulation: Knowledge of swisspdb, pymol, rasmol, structure of PDB files.

Knowledge base: Intermediate level statistics. Basic understanding of the algorithmic theory of sequence and structure analysis. Ready knowledge of PERL programming.

• Basic educational qualification: PhD International candidates are also encouraged to apply. Note the candidate should be ideally within 4 years of completion of either degree.

Job Information
Position Type: Post-Doctoral Research Fellowships
Reference (Job ID number): AraJ
Start Date: ASAP
Duration: Full Time
Status: open
Contact Information
National Institutes of Health
National Center for Biotechnology Information (NCBI)
L. Aravind
aravind.group[at]gmail.com
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/CBBresearch/Aravind/advertisement.html

DEADLINE:
Until position is filled

HOW TO APPLY:
Interested candidates should email a CV and a brief research interest to:

L Aravind, PhD
Principal Investigator,
Computational Biology Branch

E-Mail: aravind.group[at]gmail.com
Webapge: http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/CBBresearch/Aravind/
Publications: http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/query.fcgi?db=PubMed&cmd=Search&term=aravind+L&doptcmdl=DocSum