Senior Bioinformatician/Bioinformatician (Transcriptomics) - Ref No: AD/BFT/03

LOCALE

Craigavon, Northern Ireleand

DESCRIPTION::
As a Bioinformatician or Senior Bioinformatician you will be responsible for development and improvement of Almac Diagnostic's unique microarray research tools. As well as applying existing techniques, you will conduct product research and utilize findings to develop, test and use new methods in our product development pipeline.

REQUIREMENTS

The successful candidate must have a post graduate qualification in Bioinformatics or a primary degree in computer science with a postgraduate qualification in a biological science and industry or academic experience in the field of bioinformatics. Applicants must have demonstrable experience of working in a Unix / Linux environment, they should also be competent in Perl scripting and have experience of shell scripting. A good working knowledge of sequence analysis based Bioinformatics tools and techniques is necessary as well as experience in functional annotation of biological sequences and good knowledge of online Bioinformatics resources. Experience working with microarrays is desirable but not essential.

COMPENSATION

£TBC

Salary will be commensurate with experience and accomplishments and will include 33.5 days holiday per year (including statutory days), company pension scheme, enhanced sick pay and maternity entitlements, healthcare plan and opportunities for learning and development

HOW TO APPLY

Application Packs can be obtained by applying online or downloading an application pack from http://almac.erecruit.co.ukFor general enquiries:Email: recruit[at]almacgroup.com
or
Telephone: +4428 38332200 Extensions 5806/5856/5815/5811
Fax: 028 38 350729

Application Packs must be returned on or before: 29/06/2007