BACKGROUND

NatureWorks LLC is a stand-alone company wholly owned by Cargill. Dedicated to meeting the world’s needs today without compromising the earth’s ability to meet the needs of tomorrow, NatureWorks LLC is the first company to offer a family of commercially available greenhouse-gas-neutral polymers derived from 100 percent annually renewable resources with cost and performance that compete with petroleum-based packaging materials and fibers. The company applies its unique technology to the processing of natural plant sugars to create a proprietary polylactide polymer, which is marketed under the NatureWorks® PLA and Ingeo® fibers brand names. For more information about NatureWorks and its brands, please visit http://www.natureworksllc.com

RESPONSIBILITIES

The Bioinformatics Scientist will work closely with the department’s bench scientists in the analysis of genomic and functional genomic information. This person will work with proprietary and open source bioinformatics software and databases to implement and customize products already used by NatureWorks as well as to identify new resources of use to the company. Finally, they will be expected to work toward integrating available biological resources.

REQUIREMENTS

· Masters with a major in Molecular or Cell Biology, Microbiology, Bioinformatics, or related biological field
· 3+ years bioinformatics experience, preferably with some experience in an industrial setting
· 4+ years post graduate research experience, preferably working with bacteria, yeast or fungi.
· A minimum of 2 years experience using Perl (experience using Perl DBI and BioPerl preferred), SQL (mysql preferred), and working in a Linux/UNIX environment.
· Demonstrated ability to work well in a team comprised of scientists with varied expertise

PREFERENCES

· Ph.D. with a major in Molecular or Cell Biology, Microbiology, Bioinformatics or related biologicial field
· Demonstrated skills in one or more of the following areas: gene annotation, sequence analysis, microarray analysis, comparative genomics.
· Database query, integration, and management
· Pipeline development
· Linux administration
· Demonstrated ability to move into areas of limited previous experience and master them rapidly.

TERMS

Full-time

LOCALE

Minneapolis, MN

HOW TO APPLY

To be considered, you must submit your resume at http://www.cargill.com/careers. Refer to job # MIN02427