BACKGROUND

Teagasc (The Irish Agriculture and Food Development Authority - http://www.agresearch.teagasc.ie/oakpark/index.htm ) is participating in the international effort to sequence the potato genome.

REQUIREMENTS/RESPONSIBILITIES:
We require a highly motivated person with skills in bioinformatics to work on this project. The work will involve assisting in the development of a minimal tiling path of BACs across potato chromosome IV, assembly and annotation of potato BAC sequences, investigation of the use of next-generation sequencing technologies, the development of an in-house database for managing and accessing sequencing data, assisting in the subsequent exploitation of sequencing data for marker-assisted-selection and comparative genomics. The appointee will be based in the Biotechnology Programme at Oak Park Crops Research Centre in Carlow, where they will join a small team of researchers (already engaged in this area of research), in the laboratory of Dr Dan Milbourne. The sequencing initiative is part of the international Potato Genome Sequencing Consortium (PGSC - http://www.potatogenome.net).

LOCALE

Teagasc, Crops Research Centre, Oak Park, Carlow

COMPENSATION

This is a contract position, which is expected to extend over a 2 year period. The salary range is €36,392 to €49,551 depending on experience.

HOW TO APPLY

Go to the following URL ( http://www.teagasc.ie/careers/20080422a-spec.htm )
to download an application form which can be submitted by email to the following address: contractrecruit[at]teagasc.ie

DEADLINE

Closing Date 20th May 2008