Positions in Molecular Information Theory

With: 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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At various times I have positions available. They will be announced on my main home page.

• Postdoc positions open from time to time.
• Technician positions open from time to time.
• Student Intern Program (SIP) This program is available to students in high school in Frederick county and specific other local counties.
• Graduate students: Unfortunately, NIH does not have a graduage student program. However, the NIH-University Partnership Programs may provide a way for a graduate-level student from an outside university to work in my lab on one of the patent pending nanotechnology projects: molecular computing, molecular rotation engine or High Speed Parallel Molecular Nucleic Acid Sequencing. The Biophysics program at the University of Maryland, College Park may be appropriate for this. The bottom line is that you have to be accepted into a university program and then work in my lab. Graduate students have worked at NCI by this mechanism.
  • NIH-Oxford-Cambridge collaborations can support a graduate student if a collaboration exists between my lab and a lab at Oxford or Cambridge.
  • Fulbright Scholar Program
• Collaborations: I have many collaborations already, so if you are interested please tell me what you want to do and what resources you have. I have no way to provide you with funds.
• Volunteers: If you have your own resources or means of support, then it is possible to volunteer. NIH requires that you have an income of at least $25,000/year. The approval process takes about 2-3 months for a US Citizen and 6 months for non-US Citizen. Official information is at:
  • Technical Advisory No. 9: Foreign Guest Researcher & Special Volunteer Programs ay NIH (This is the relevant document, but the information is several pages in.)
  • Technical Advisory No. 9 (Continued): Foreign Guest Researcher & Special Volunteer Programs ay NIH. IV. IC GENERAL INFORMATION FOR SPONSORS OF GUEST RESEARCHERS AND SPECIAL VOLUNTEERS

I look for people who are enthusiastic, energetic and self-driven go-getters.

When contacting me, please indicate which of our papers you have read.

Note: So that I am able to read and and permanently store your CV and other documents:

1. Please make initial contact by email.
2. Please send all materials as plain ASCII text.
   
   • Set your mailer and test it to avoid sending specialized character sets.
   • Word processor documents will not be accepted (here's why). People who send me WordY or WordIMperfekt documents will be immediately rejected forever on the basis that you must be able to read and follow directions to work in my lab.
3. Do not use lines longer than 80 characters.
4. Avoid attachments.
5. You may point to the URL of an html or PDF CV on the web.

Please note carefully : official applications go through the governmnent system. Anything you send me helps me to make a decision, but is not part of the official application.

Thanks for your interest in my lab.

Tom Schneider

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This site contains information for incoming and prospective fellows, and anyone who might like to know more about training at NCI. Sorry, this link is currently only for people at NIH.

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If you are interested in my work, you may also be interested in:

• Other people at LECB http://www.ccrnp.ncifcrf.gov/
• National Center for Biotechnology Information, David Lipman, lipman@ncbi.nlm.nih.gov, http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/
• Peter K. Rogan,

  Peter K. Rogan, Ph.D.
  Department of Biochemistry, MSB 389
  Schulich School of Medicine and Dentistry
  University of Western Ontario
  London, Ontario N6A 5C1 Canada
  progan@uwo.ca
  O: (519) 661-4255
  www.cytognomix.org
  

• Michael Zuker, zukerm@rpi.edu, http://www.rpi.edu/~zukerm/
• NIH Summer Internship Program
• StarCatcher: employment opportunities at NIH.

The National Cancer Institute is an Equal Employment Opportunity and Affirmative Action employer that values and fosters diversity throughout the entire organization. NIH provides reasonable accommodations to applicants with disabilities. If you served on active duty in the United States Military and were separated under honorable conditions, you may be eligible for veterans' preference. Special selection priority consideration will be given to candidates eligible under the CTAP and ICTAP placement programs. Further details on these topics are on the official web pages of careerhere.nih.gov.

Schneider Lab
origin: 2002 Feb 25
updated: 2008 Apr 07