[Next-Generation Sequencing Book]
  • [Photo] Computercraft Corporation • March 28, 2006

    BACKGROUND

    The National Center for Biotechnology Information (NCBI) is storing and providing the public portal for several whole genome association studies (http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/WGA/), such as the groundbreaking Genetic Association Information Network (GAIN; http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/WGA/programs/GAIN/), and the Framingham Genetic Research Study (http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/WGA/studies/Framingham/). These studies aim to discover associations between genetic variants and risk for disease.

    Computercraft seeks computational biologists with a background in human clinical or animal model phenotype data to work with NCBI scientists to curate clinical phenotype data and its association with large-scale genomic data.

    RESPONSIBILITIES

    Responsibilities will include data reformatting, data quality control, management of a relational database, data curation, integration of study metadata, and communication with external investigators. This is an opportunity to be involved in the development of a new resource with the potential to revolutionize human genetic disease research.

    REQUIREMENTS

    • Ph.D. or M.S. or sufficient experience in a biomedical field
    • Programming expertise in Perl or Python
    • Relational database experience (SQL)
    • Linux/UNIX experience
    • Ability to work with a team in a production environment and communicate well with NCBI biologists and programmers as well as external scientists
    • Strong interest in contributing to the development of public database resources

    PREFERENCES/PREFERENCES

    • Human genetics
    • Clinical data
    • Biostatistics
    • Epidemiology
    • Shell scripting
    • C++
    • XML/XSLT/XForms
    • HTML/CGI
    • Experience with NCBI resources such as dbSNP

    TERMS

    For consideration please submit cover letter, resume/CV, salary history, salary requirements, and U.S. employment eligibility.

    HOW TO APPLY

    Email: hr[at]computercraft-usa.com
    Fax: 703.288.4679
    Mail: Computercraft, Attn: HR, 8300 Greensboro Drive, Suite 720, McLean VA 22102

    We offer an excellent salary and benefits package, 40-hour week.

    Computercraft is an Equal Opportunity Employer.

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