Scientific/Managerial & International Recruitment
Visiting Scientist - Computational Genomics (two positions)
ICRISAT seeks applications from Indian nationals Visiting Scientist-Computational Genomics (2 positions), to be part of a team of Centre of Excellence in Genomics (CEG), (www.icrisat.org/ceg) to work on legume genomics projects. The positions will be based at ICRISAT’s Headquarters in Patancheru, Hyderabad, India.
ICRISAT is a non-profit, non-political organization that conducts agricultural research for development in Asia and sub-Saharan Africa with a wide array of partners throughout the world. Covering 6.5 million square kilometers of land in 55 countries, the semi-arid tropics is home to over 2 billion people, with 650 million of these are the poorest of the poor. ICRISAT and its partners help empower those living in the semi-arid tropics, especially smallholder farmers, to overcome poverty, hunger, malnutrition and a degraded environment through more efficient and profitable agriculture. ICRISAT is headquartered in Greater Hyderabad, Andhra Pradesh, India and belongs to the Consortium of Centers supported by the Consultative Group on International Agricultural Research (CGIAR).
The Job: Responsibilities for these positions include:
- Analyzing and handling large-scale next generation sequencing DNA and RNA data
- Data mining and development of pipelines and troubleshooting
- Genome diversity analysis such as SNPs, Indels, Structural Variations, population structure
- Genome wide association study (GWAS) related analysis- LD analysis, hapmap and trait mapping
- Expression analysis based on RNA-Seq data, annotation, gene ontology and metabolic pathway analysis
- Epigenome analysis, small RNA identification
- Gene family analysis, sequence level protein analysis, orthology/paralogy and molecular modelling
- Establish visualization tools like genome browsers
- Compiling and analysis of results, writing reports and research papers
The Person: Ph.D. or MSc/MTech/PGDCA with two years research experience in Biotechnology, Computational biology, Agricultural/ Plant Biotechnology, Genetics, Molecular Biology or related discipline. Good knowledge of programming/scripting in at least two of following languages: Perl, C, C++, R, Shell Scripting and Python is plus. Candidate must be comfortable working on Linux platform. Fluency in spoken and written English is essential.
The candidate should have demonstrated experience in bioinformatics skills related to: (i) genomics such as alignment of sequence data, variant calling based on whole genome resequencing and genotyping-by-sequencing (GBS) data, differential gene expression, syntenic relationship and evolutionary studies and (ii) development of biological databases and integration of different –omics data. Preference will be given to candidate with good publication record and people having experience of working in inter-disciplinary team in multicultural and multinational environment.
The Reward: The position is initially for a one-year period, and may be extended depending on requirement, funding availability and performance of the incumbent. An attractive all inclusive consolidated remuneration will be paid in Indian Rupees with appropriate medical and accidental insurance coverage.
How to apply: Please apply latest by 20 July 2014. The application should include the name of the position applied for, a letter of motivation, a full Curriculum Vita (CV), and the names and contact information of three references that are knowledgeable of the candidate’s professional qualifications and work experience. Technical details and more information about these positions can be obtained from R.K.VARSHNEY@CGIAR.ORG. All applications will be acknowledged, however only short listed candidates will be contacted.
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