Bioinformatician at Swiss Institute of Bioinformatics and Lausanne University

CONTEXT:
Thanks to the recent leap in sequencing throughput provided by
technologies that include 454,
Illumina and Solid, de novo whole genome sequencing has become
accessible for non-model
organisms. However, much potential remains to improve current assembly
approaches.

Vital-IT of the Swiss Institute of Bioinformatics and the Keller Lab
at University of Lausanne have an
immediate opening for a highly motivated bioinformatician to work on
genome sequencing, assembly
and annotation. The successful candidate will furthermore maintain web
pages, databases and
computational pipelines, and be encouraged to participate in teaching
activities of the SIB.
The position is half time in the Vital-IT group of the Swiss Institute
of Bioinformatics in Lausanne, and
half time in the group of Prof. L. Keller of the University of Lausanne.

The position is one year renewable, beginning October 2009. Salary
from 60 to 80 kCHF/year
(approx. 40 to 53 k€/year), depending on experience and qualifications.

MAIN RESPONSIBILITIES:
- assemble and annotate genomic sequences from ants using custom
scripts and existing
software
- expand the ant genomic database Fourmidable using tools from the
GMOD collection
(http://gmod.org/)
- develop assembly and comparative genomics analysis pipelines

SECONDARY RESPONSIBILITIES:
- participate in other assembly projects
- participate in teaching activities
- write documentation and reports

REQUIREMENTS:
- Masters or PhD in bioinformatics, computer science, biology,
biochemistry or equivalent
- experience with Perl, Python, R, Ruby or C/C++
- experience working in a UNIX/Linux environment
- notions of web page design (HTML/JavaScript, PHP/MySQL)
- good English and French speaking and writing skills. German is a plus

ADDITIONAL PREFERENCES:
- knowledge of entomology is a plus
- experience with next generation sequencing or other high-throughput
biology is desirable

SHOULD ONLY APPLY:
- citizens of the European Union, Switzerland, USA, Canada, Japan, or
people with a currently
valid Swiss work permit

We offer excellent bioinformatics infrastructure and a stimulating
research environment. In addition to
powerful computer hardware, the SIB branches of Lausanne, Basel, Bern,
Zürich, and Geneva
maintain a large collection of molecular biology databases and
software packages. Our team consists
of about 300 collaborators with expertise and ongoing research
projects in diverse fields, from
database development to molecular sequence analysis to biological
system modeling.

The goal of the Keller lab is to understand the principles governing
the evolution of animal societies
and the ecological and evolutionary consequences of social life. To
study these questions we
combine disciplines of animal behavior, ecology, evolutionary genetics
and genomics.

For more information, please consult our web pages at:
http://www.isb-sib.ch
http://www.vital-it.ch
http://www.unil.ch/dee/page6763.html
http://fourmidable.unil.ch

We encourage candidates to send applications as soon as possible to
the address given below. The
application should include a cover letter, curriculum vitae including
research interests and plans, as
well as the names and email addresses of at least three referees.

Applications will be considered until September 15th, 2009 and should
be sent to:

Dr. Ioannis Xenarios
Director Swiss-Prot/Vital-IT group
Swiss Institute of Bioinformatics
Quartier Sorge - Batiment Genopode
CH-1015 Lausanne
Tel: +41-21 692 40 31 Fax: +41-21 692 40 65
Email: Ioannis.Xenarios@isb-sib.ch
Web: http://www.vital-it.ch