Job ID:
Job date: 2018-06-11
End Date: 2018-08-10
Company : University of Wisconsin Country : United States Role : Other
Job date: 2018-06-11
End Date: 2018-08-10
Company : University of Wisconsin Country : United States Role : Other
Job Description:
Manage all aspects of multiple on-going, multi-disciplinary projects including the coordination of study design and implementation, sample collection, documentation, reporting, and communication. Teaching courses on bioinformatics for biologists. Opportunities for publishing scientific papers and participating in grant proposals for development of techniques and analysis related (Percentage of time spent on each facet of the position.) a)Development of project-specific bioinformatics (computational and database) tools in conjunction with Faculty, Students, and Academic Staff. (10%) b)Training and technical support for bioinformatics software including potentially teaching seminars or workshops. (10%) c)Analysis of genomic and sequence data generated by customers in the Center. (60%) d)Oversight of computational and informatics resources including software and hardware. Liaise with staff at the UWM computing cluster facility. (10%) e)Preparation of manuscripts, reports, web-based public databases, and funding proposals. (10%) Minimum Qualifications:
Additional Info:
Position Type Teaching Academic Staff Appointment Type Fixed Renewable FLSA Status Exempt Percent 100 Posting Type Staff Introduction (Description of School/College/Dept/Program) The School of Freshwater Sciences (SFS) at UWM is the only graduate school in the nation dedicated solely to the study of freshwater issues. Its interdisciplinary research and education programs link science with action, and are integrated across four major areas: freshwater system dynamics; human and ecosystem health; freshwater technology; and freshwater economics, policy, and management. It is the school’s goal to be recognized world-wide as the source of expert knowledge on water issues and a catalyst for great ideas that change how people think about and manage water resources. The School of Freshwater Sciences is housed at UWM’s Harbor Campus at 600 E. Greenfield Avenue, Milwaukee, Wisconsin.[Click Here to Access the Original Job Post]
Manage all aspects of multiple on-going, multi-disciplinary projects including the coordination of study design and implementation, sample collection, documentation, reporting, and communication. Teaching courses on bioinformatics for biologists. Opportunities for publishing scientific papers and participating in grant proposals for development of techniques and analysis related (Percentage of time spent on each facet of the position.) a)Development of project-specific bioinformatics (computational and database) tools in conjunction with Faculty, Students, and Academic Staff. (10%) b)Training and technical support for bioinformatics software including potentially teaching seminars or workshops. (10%) c)Analysis of genomic and sequence data generated by customers in the Center. (60%) d)Oversight of computational and informatics resources including software and hardware. Liaise with staff at the UWM computing cluster facility. (10%) e)Preparation of manuscripts, reports, web-based public databases, and funding proposals. (10%) Minimum Qualifications:
- Minimum of M.S. degree in bioinformatics, molecular biology or related field. T
- wo years experience in analyzing genomic data including de novo assemblies, multiple sequence alignment (preferably with high-throughput sequencing data), management of large datasets, and experience with gene and protein prediction, neural network analysis, and RNA-Seq
- Experience in programming with Perl, BioPerl or other programming related to sequence analysis, statistical packages (such as R or MATLAB).
- Familiarity with UNIX environments and computing clusters.
- Excellent knowledge of English language.
- Written and verbal communication skills.
- Demonstrated evidence of teamwork collaboration.
- Ph.D. degree in bioinformatics, molecular biology or related field.
- Prior experience developing scientific software and informatics tools.
- Experience with analysis of next-generation sequence data for large genomes as well as microbial community analysis
Requeriments :
Skills :
- genomic
- Lunix/Unix
- Next Generation Sequencing
- Programing Skills
- Programming in Matlab
- Programming in PERL
- Programming in R
- RNA-seq
- Teaching
Areas :
Additional Info:
Position Type Teaching Academic Staff Appointment Type Fixed Renewable FLSA Status Exempt Percent 100 Posting Type Staff Introduction (Description of School/College/Dept/Program) The School of Freshwater Sciences (SFS) at UWM is the only graduate school in the nation dedicated solely to the study of freshwater issues. Its interdisciplinary research and education programs link science with action, and are integrated across four major areas: freshwater system dynamics; human and ecosystem health; freshwater technology; and freshwater economics, policy, and management. It is the school’s goal to be recognized world-wide as the source of expert knowledge on water issues and a catalyst for great ideas that change how people think about and manage water resources. The School of Freshwater Sciences is housed at UWM’s Harbor Campus at 600 E. Greenfield Avenue, Milwaukee, Wisconsin.[Click Here to Access the Original Job Post]