THE U.S. DEPARTMENT OF
AGRICULTURE IS AN EQUAL
OPPORTUNITY EMPLOYER.

ANNOUNCEMENT NO:    RA-07-016H

POSITION:   Research Bioinformaticist/Computational Biologist

LOCATION: Ames, IA

DESCRIPTION OF DUTIES:  The position is located in the Corn Insects and Crop Genetics Research Unit on the Iowa State University Campus in Ames, IA.  The incumbent will work in the new Crop Genomics and Informatics Laboratory (CGIL), a collaborative effort of ARS and Iowa State University scientists.  As a member of a team of biologists, bioinformaticists, and computational biologists, the incumbent will integrate meta-analysis modules into the multi-crop plant expression database, PLEXdb [http://plexdb.org/].  The incumbent will create an informatic pipeline to (1) Establish sets of metagenes within the grass and legume families, e.g., barley-wheat-rice-maize or soybean-alfalfa as well as between-family metagene sets, such as Arabidopsis-maize and Arabidopsis-soybean; (2) Build a PLEXdb-compatible MySQL relational database to interrogate the metagene sets; and (3) Design and implement algorithms that will enable visualization and analysis of metagene data to discern biologically relevant co-expression patterns.

QUALIFICATION REQUIREMENTS: Recent Ph.D. in Bioinformatics/Computational Biology or a closely related field is required.  Knowledge of Genetics/Cell Biology/ Pathology/Biochemistry is desirable. 

INFORMATION ON SALARY AND APPLICATION PROCEDURES FOR POSTDOCTORAL POSITIONS is available at:  http://www.afm.ars.usda.gov/divisions/hrd/hrdhomepage/vacancy/pd962.html
INFORMATION ON EMPLOYEE BENEFITS is available at: http://www.usajobs.opm.gov/ei61.asp
FOR SPECIFIC INFORMATION ON THE DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES OF THIS POSITION OR TO SUBMIT AN APPLICATION, CONTACT:

Dr. Roger Wise
USDA-ARS
Department of Plant Pathology
411 Bessey Hall
Iowa State University, Ames, IA 
50011-1020  USA
Phone: 515-294-9756
Fax:  515-294-9420
E-mail: rpwise@iastate.edu
http://wiselab.org/
http://plexdb.org/
http://barleygenome.org/