-------- Original Message -------- Subject: job ad, please distribute in your group Date: Fri, 24 Jan 2014 12:48:49 -0600 From: Susan Brown <sjbrown@ksu.edu> To: Monica Poelchau <mpoelchau@gmail.com>, Stephen Richards <stephenr@BCM.edu>, Jay Evans <Jay.Evans@ARS.USDA.GOV>, Michael Pfrender <Michael.Pfrender.1@nd.edu>, Daniel Lawson <lawson@ebi.ac.uk>, "Daniel A. Hahn" <dahahn@ufl.edu>, Chris Elsik <elsikc@missouri.edu>, Stephane Rombauts <stephane.rombauts@psb.vib-ugent.be> Postdoctoral research associate: Bioinformatics USDA-ARS in Manhattan, Kansas Description: We are looking for a bioinformatician to work with two large sequence databases. The first project involves population genetics and phylogeography of disease vector mosquito species. The mosquitoes were collected throughout their known geographic distribution and sequenced using a barcoding approach to identify SNPs throughout the genome. As a team member, the incumbent will use bioinformatic techniques to construct a full genome mosquito SNP database, which can be used for phylogenetic, population genetic, and associating mutations to characteristics that impact animal health. The second project involves transcriptomes of biting midges (Culicoides) and gene regulation based on various feeding states. The incumbent will work on /Culicoides/ projects including a /de novo/ transcriptome assembly which will need annotation when the /Culcoides/genome is sequenced. Therefore, methods and skills needed for both projects will include bioinformatics analysis, landscape genetics, and gene expression studies including high-throughput sequencing analysis. The Arthropod-Borne Animal Disease Research Unit is seeking an independent researcher who is a good writer and wants to publish. More information can be found here: https://www.usajobs.gov/GetJob/ViewDetails/357973800 The position is open until a candidate is found. Start date is negotiable. Please follow the instructions at the USAjobs link for application instructions or contact Lee Cohnstaedt (Lee.Cohnstaedt@ars.usda.gov <mailto:Lee.Cohnstaedt@ars.usda.gov>). _______________________________________________________________ -- ================================================================== Stephane Rombauts Principal Scientific staff Bioinformatics & Systems Biology Division Tel:+32 (0)9 331 38 21 fax:+32 (0)9 3313809 VIB Department of Plant Systems Biology, Ghent University Technologiepark 927, 9052 Gent, BELGIUM strom@psb.vib-ugent.be http://bioinformatics.psb.ugent.be/ ==================================================================