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BACKGROUND
Function as a scientific software developer for the RCSB Protein Data Bank (PDB; http://www.pdb.org) at the University of California San Diego (UCSD). Work closely and collaboratively with the PDB software architects, programmers, and scientists, at San Diego Supercomputer Center (SDSC) and the PDB partner sites, to expand the PDB’s functionality and reliability as a premier biological data and information resource.RESPONSIBILITIES
Identify functional requirements and develop or enhance the current analysis tools offered by the PDB to the scientific community. Develop innovative approaches that will satisfy users’ current needs and anticipate their future needs based on progress in the science of structural biology and structural bioinformatics. Act as a domain expert in structural and computational biology to solve scientific problems and answer user requests. Work will be focused on two areas: 1. Develop new scientific query and analysis capabilities for the PDB, 2. expose this functionality on the PDB website.REQUIREMENTS
- Advanced degree in Computational Biology or Chemistry, Bioinformatics, Structural Biology or comparable combination of education and experience with considerable focus in scientific software development.
- Demonstrated experience with structural analysis of macromolecular structures, protein-protein or protein-ligand interactions, sequence analysis, and functional annotation.
- Demonstrated experience in scientific programming in the life sciences using the Java programming language and Object-Oriented Analysis and Design.
- Track record of productivity and delivering well-designed scientific software in an industrial or academic environment.
- Demonstrated experience developing the presentation layer of a dynamic, database-driven web application using HTML, CSS, JavaScript, AJAX, and JSP in a Java EE environment. Experience with Structured Query Language, and RDBMS's such as MySQL.
- Experience in developing molecular graphics applications using Open GL, JOGL, or Java 3D is a plus.
Contact Dr. Peter Rose at pwrose[at]sdsc.edu or Dr. Phil Bourne at bourne[at]sdsc.edu with any questions about this position.LOCALE
University of California, San DiegoHOW TO APPLY
Contact Dr. Peter Rose at pwrose[at]sdsc.edu or Dr. Phil Bourne at bourne[at]sdsc.edu about this position.
http://joblink.ucsd.edu/bulletin/job.html?cat=new&job_id=45537DEADLINE
Open until filled.
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