Scottish Crop Research Institute

The Bioinformatics group at SCRI has the following position available:

This post, each up to 4 years in duration will form a team jointly managed with Biomathematics and Statistics Scotland (BioSS) that will collaborate with the Universities of Dundee, Edinburgh and Glasgow to develop the Scottish Bioinformatics Research Network (SBRN).

BIOINFORMATICS SPECIALIST (Ref CB/2) Salary 22,351 - 25,767 plus benefits

The main role of this post is to develop and provide bioinformatics support and development to the SEERAD funded institutes in areas complementary to the existing provision within both BioSS and the institutes. It is anticipated that the main requirement will be for bioinformatics support and development in one or more of the following areas: Proteomics/Protein structure, Metabolomics and Genomics/Genotyping. The successful candidate will be expected to possess an appropriate combination of knowledge and skills in both the relevant biological domains and in RDMSs, programming and scripting.

Scottish Crop Research Institute

The Bioinformatics group at SCRI has the following position available:

This post, each up to 4 years in duration will form a team jointly managed with Biomathematics and Statistics Scotland (BioSS) that will collaborate with the Universities of Dundee, Edinburgh and Glasgow to develop the Scottish Bioinformatics Research Network (SBRN).

BIOINFORMATICS SYSTEMS & WEBSERVICES DEVELOPER (Ref CB/1) Salary 26,780 - 31,186 plus benefits

This post will support the development and integration of bioinformatics systems and webservices across SEERAD funded institutes in collaboration with the university partners. The successful candidate will require knowledge, understanding and experience of computing systems, webservices and GRID technologies, ideally in a bioinformatics context. Experience in programming in Java and in Perl and/or Python as well as in XML technologies will be required. The post will involve liaison with comparable work at other Scottish universities and research institutes

Further information from: Dr David Marshall (David.Marshall@scri.ac.uk) The closing date for applications is Friday 18th Nov 2005. Covering letters & CVs, including at least 2 referees should be sent to the

Human Resources Office, Scottish Crop Research Institute, Invergowrie, Dundee DD2 5DA, Scotland, UK

The Institute is an equal opportunities employer and is grant-aided by the Scottish Executive Environment & Rural Affairs Department (SEERAD)