Tuesday, April 17, 2012

2012 Diploma or Masters Studentship in Bioinformatics at EMBL, Germany


Eligibility:
The successful candidate will have a practical knowledge of Python, SQL, must be able to work on linux servers and not be reluctant to server administration. Knowledge of R and Bioconductor is a strong plus. Knowledge of other languages like PHP, Java, Perl and javascript are more than welcome. The candidate will work together with software developers and bioinformaticians of the Genome Biology unit. Skills like organisation, commitment and rigour are essential.Fluency in English is required.
Scholarship Open for International Students: No
Scholarship Description: Next generation sequencing (NGS) is the key technology to analyse the transcriptome, determine DNA-binding protein maps, interrogate sequence variants and sequence the genome of new organisms or individuals. The Genome Biology Computational Support aims at providing the whole Genome Biology unit with support in term of NGS data storage and analysis. We use emBASE, a local branch of the open source BASE platform, to store and annotate both microarray and NGS data. Data analysis is performed on a high performance cluster and managed using a local Galaxy instance.
How to Apply: Online
Scholarship Application Deadline: 06 May 2012

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