| UC Merced | ||||
| USA-CA-Merced | ||||
| Senior Research Associate in Computational Biology and Evolutionary Genomics | ||||
| A full-time bioinformatics research associate / systems administrator position is available to support a small network of innovative and interdisciplinary computational biology and genomics laboratories. The individual Senior Research Associate (SRA) will be responsible for creative, supervised design, development, and integration of bioinformatics databases and software --- both alone and in collaboration with computational biologists. The SRA will be given opportunities to participate directly in research and be published. Additional responsibilities will include administration and maintenance of a Mac OS X/UNIX-based workgroup, web server, and high performance computing cluster with a user-load of about 8 users or less. For more information on our groups please see http://qsb.ucmerced.edu/faculty/dardell/lab/ (Ardell Lab) http://granada.ucmerced.edu/~cfrank/Home.html (Frank Lab) The position is available immediately. Initial appointment will be one year, with possible renewal on a year-to-year basis. Renewal of appointment is contingent on performance and availability of funds. | ||||
| A bachelors degree in Computer Science or related fields, Masters preferred, and a minimum of two years of professional experience in systems administration or computational research support including Perl, Apache, MySQL and administration of Mac OS X or UNIX-based systems and/or networks. Experience with MPI, XGrid, and SGE is highly desirable. Other technologies of interest: PHP, CSS, Wordpress, CGI, and Python. An interest in database and algorithm design and open source software engineering is essential. Prior experience in bioinformatics is highly desirable, but not required. Training in bioinformatics will be provided as necessary. Demonstrated ability to maintain accurate database files and library and script documentation. | ||||
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| Position Type: Other | ||||
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| Start Date: 2009-01-01 | ||||
| Duration: Full Time | ||||
| Status: open | ||||
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