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Would you like to work on improving our understanding and representation of human genes? Accurate identification and description of the genes in the human genome provides the foundation for high quality analysis of data informing both genome biology and clinical genomics. There are two widely used methods of annotating protein-coding genes: one led by EMBL-EBI (GENCODE) and the other by NCBI (RefSeq). We are recruiting a bioinformatician to provide bioinformatics support for work on the CREST project, which aims to review the GENCODE and RefSeq annotation at clinically relevant loci in order to build a consensus subset of full length transcripts. Tasks for this position will include work to:
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Location: Hinxton Salary: £30,624 + per annum Hours: Full Time Contract Type: Fixed-Term/Contract Placed on: 8th February 2018 Closes: 4th March 2018 Job Ref: EBI_01139 Contract Duration: 3 years Grading: 5 (monthly salary starting at £2,552 after tax). At EMBL-EBI, we help scientists realise the potential of ‘big data’ in biology by enabling them to exploit complex information to make discoveries that benefit mankind. Working for EMBL-EBI gives you an opportunity to apply your skills and energy for the greater good. As part of the European Molecular Biology Laboratory (EMBL), we are a non-profit, intergovernmental organisation funded by 22 member states and two associate member states and proud to be an equal-opportunity employer. We are located on the Wellcome Genome Campus near Cambridge in the UK, and our 600 staff are engineers, technicians, scientists and other professionals from all over the world.[Click Here to Access the Original Job Post]
Would you like to work on improving our understanding and representation of human genes? Accurate identification and description of the genes in the human genome provides the foundation for high quality analysis of data informing both genome biology and clinical genomics. There are two widely used methods of annotating protein-coding genes: one led by EMBL-EBI (GENCODE) and the other by NCBI (RefSeq). We are recruiting a bioinformatician to provide bioinformatics support for work on the CREST project, which aims to review the GENCODE and RefSeq annotation at clinically relevant loci in order to build a consensus subset of full length transcripts. Tasks for this position will include work to:
- optimise and improve our transcript picking pipeline, developing extensions to the algorithm to reduce the exclusion of functionally important transcripts;
- identify and reduce differences between RefSeq and GENCODE transcripts to achieve convergence; develop methods to integrate external datasets to facilitate greater automation of annotation of transcript termini;
- define guidelines and documentation to help interpret the data;
- create a bulk UTR update script to extend or trim transcripts to the specified position;
- develop an iterative comparison of GENCODE and RefSeq annotation; identify cases of agreement and disagreement with the aim of resolving these as much as possible; identify and prioritise cases for manual checking and case-by-case discussion with RefSeq;
- liaise with manual annotators and automated-evidence-based gene annotators, as well as internal and external collaborators.
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Location: Hinxton Salary: £30,624 + per annum Hours: Full Time Contract Type: Fixed-Term/Contract Placed on: 8th February 2018 Closes: 4th March 2018 Job Ref: EBI_01139 Contract Duration: 3 years Grading: 5 (monthly salary starting at £2,552 after tax). At EMBL-EBI, we help scientists realise the potential of ‘big data’ in biology by enabling them to exploit complex information to make discoveries that benefit mankind. Working for EMBL-EBI gives you an opportunity to apply your skills and energy for the greater good. As part of the European Molecular Biology Laboratory (EMBL), we are a non-profit, intergovernmental organisation funded by 22 member states and two associate member states and proud to be an equal-opportunity employer. We are located on the Wellcome Genome Campus near Cambridge in the UK, and our 600 staff are engineers, technicians, scientists and other professionals from all over the world.[Click Here to Access the Original Job Post]