Technician Position in
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Dr. Thomas D. Schneider National Institutes of Health National Cancer Institute at Frederick Laboratory of Experimental and Computational Biology Frederick, MD, USA |
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The position is for a lab technician to run a molecular biology laboratory. This involves:
We are a lab of enthusiastic, energetic, and self-driven go-getters. For further information about what we do please explore this web site, especially the on-line papers. Papers on T7 promoters are listed there. The relevant papers are:
@article{Schneider1986, author = "T. D. Schneider and G. D. Stormo and L. Gold and A. Ehrenfeucht", title = "Information content of binding sites on nucleotide sequences", journal = "J. Mol. Biol.", volume = "188", pages = "415-431", year = "1986"} @article{Schneider1989, author = "T. D. Schneider and G. D. Stormo", title = "Excess Information at Bacteriophage {T7} Genomic Promoters Detected by a Random Cloning Technique", year = "1989", journal = "Nucl. Acids Res.", volume = "17", pages = "659-674"} @article{Herman.Schneider1992, author = "N. D. Herman and T. D. Schneider", title = "High Information Conservation Implies that at Least Three Proteins Bind Independently to {F} Plasmid {{\em incD\/}} Repeats", journal = "J. Bact.", volume = "174", pages = "3558-3560", year = "1992"}
Unfortunately only the first of these is online, though they are part of the package we can send you.
It is also useful to read the Primer on Information theory.
Details about the position can be found at the Office of Personnel Management website http://www.opm.gov. It has information such as:
The position is for a GS-401 Biologist. The salary level depends on the individual. The advertisement is at the GS-09/11 level. Info. regarding the GS-401 series can be obtained at the same site with this link: http://www.opm.gov/qualifications/SEC-IV/A/GS-PROF.HTM
Announcement. The position is announced officially at careerhere.nih.gov. The direct link is Announcement Number: NCI-02-1104. Applications are now being accepted there. Please go to that page to complete an official application.
The Knowledge Skills and Abilities (KSAs) are:
This program within the Laboratory of Experimental and Computational Biology (LECB) aims to create and test a foundation of theory for molecular biology and then to use this platform to understand biology, create novel medical applications and to engineer and construct molecular machines. The program includes bacteriology, molecular biology, biochemistry, genetics, microbiology and molecular genetics. The position requires the fusion of molecular biology with computer science and information theory. It involves theoretical, experimental and programming methods. Incumbent participates in the construction of mathematical theories to explain biological phenomena and the experimental testing of those theories. Incumbent participates in the extension and application of the Shannon information theory methods to molecular biological phenomena (theory of molecular machines, molecular information theory), and use of these and other methods for construction of molecular scale machinery (nanotechnology). In his/her day-to-day work assists in the evaluation and interpretation of the findings of this research as a basis for further investigation, and for communication of the completed work by presentation at national and international meetings and for publication in recognized scientific journals. See http://www.ccrnp.ncifcrf.gov/~toms/technician.html
After reviewing these materials if you have questions you can contact toms@ncifcrf.gov. I appreciate knowing which papers you have read and how you would approach running the lab.
Note: If you decide to send me your CV:
Thanks for your interest in my lab.
Tom Schneider
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Schneider Lab
origin: 2001 August 15
updated: 2003 Jan 6