BACKGROUND

A two-year bioinformatics programmer post is available to continue the development of TOPALi, a Java-based program for the analysis of molecular sequence data that launches web services via a sophisticated frontend (see http://www.bioss.sari.ac.uk/knowledge/topali/).

RESPONSIBILITIES

We envisage that the post would suit either a computer programmer with little or no experience of Biology/Bioinformatics, or a quantitative biologist (e.g. population genetics, molecular evolution) with significant programming experience. The post can develop in a number of ways depending on the skills of the postholder.

REQUIREMENTS

Object-oriented programming skills (Java preferably) in one or more of the following areas are required: GUI/rich client desktop applications, Networking and web services (eg Axis), Cluster computing and parallel programming, XML (schemas/DTDs.

PREFERENCES

Sequence analysis knowledge in the following areas would be useful but is not essential: Molecular evolution (e.g. Phylogenetic analysis, Positive selection detection), Statistical analysis of molecular sequences.

LOCALE

The post will be based in the BioSS group (http://www.bioss.ac.uk) at the Scottish Crop Research Institute in Dundee (http://www.scri.ac.uk), and involves collaboration with Jalview developers (http://www.jalview.org/)at University of Dundee in the VAMSAS project (http://www.vamsas.ac.uk).

COMPENSATION

Starting salary will be in the range 23,000 UK pounds to 26,000 UK pounds depending on experience and qualifications.

HOW TO APPLY

Applications, in the form of a CV (including names of 3 referees) to: Administrative Officer, BioSS, The King's Buildings (JCMB), Mayfield Road, Edinburgh, EH9 3JZ, U.K. (betty[at]bioss.ac.uk).

DEADLINE

Closing date is Friday 4th August 2006.