[BBC] Postdoctoral bioinformatics position in Edinburgh

[Francescatto, M.]

The MRC Human Genetics Unit (http://www.hgu.mrc.ac.uk/) has an  
exciting opportunity for a Bioinformatician. This is a permanent  
position in a well-resourced MRC unit, embedded within a new  
University of Edinburgh institute: the MRC Institute of Genetics and  
Molecular Medicine (IGMM; http://www.igmm.ac.uk/). This new  
multi-disciplinary institute unites (~500) scientists across diverse  
fields from chromosome structure to cell and developmental biology,  
from model organism studies to human population and clinical genetics.

The post holder will be expected to interact with members of the  
Bioinformatics staff, the wider computational community and HGU  
scientific staff, initiating and working on diverse collaborative  
projects independently. The IGMM hosts a variety of internationally  
competitive groups working on major problems in human genetics and  
disease with many opportunities for high impact collaborations with  
leading researchers. At the same time we encourage our computational  
biologists to develop their own research interests along IGMM research  
themes.

Applicants should be able to demonstrate programming skills and  
possess published experience in the analysis of genome scale  
biological datasets, particularly high throughput sequencing data. We  
also envisage duties in the installation/maintenance of bioinformatics  
applications and provision of advice/training to users. This post  
would suit a biologist with good programming skills or a computer  
scientist with strong interests in biology/bioinformatics.

Informal enquiries are welcome (Colin.Semple at igmm.ed.ac.uk). More  
details from:  
http://www.jobs.ed.ac.uk/vacancies/index.cfm?fuseaction=vacancies.detail&vacancy_ref=3015669&go=GO