ABOUT US

The Institute for Genomic Research (TIGR, located in Rockville, MD, is a not-for-profit center dedicated to deciphering and analyzing genomes and is the world leader in microbial genome sequencing. TIGR's research is contributing to the development of vaccines, expanding the understanding of human pathogens, aiding the fight against bio-terrorism and deepening our understanding of the environment. We are currently seeking a Bioinformatics Analyst I/II to join the Bioinformatics team at TIGR.

DESCRIPTION

The Bioinformatics Analyst will support the manual gene annotation and data analysis needs of multiple microbial genome projects.

RESPONSIBILITIES

Responsibilities of the Bioinformatics Analyst include:

Gene structure annotation, including assessing different lines of computational evidence

Gene function annotation, including assigning informative names and classifying gene products by biological function and/or process

Prediction of biochemical pathways based on functional annotation

Data mining and analysis using various internal resources, public databases and publications

Interpretation of complex biological information

REQUIREMENTS:

Bachelors or Masters Degree in the biological sciences

Knowledge of microbiology, biochemistry, molecular biology and/or molecular evolution

Experience using computers to perform DNA and protein sequence analysis

Prevoius experience using Sybase or other relational databases

SQL experience preferred

Experience with the Unix/Linux operating system and programming tools preferred

HOW TO APPLY

TIGR offers an excellent working environment and a competitive benefits package. For more information, please visit our website at http://www.tigr.org and to apply for this position, logon to http://www.tigr.org/career/
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