Bioinformatics jobs/internships

Job.  Date posted: 9/2/2008
Henry M. Jackson Foundation
Bioinformatics Cell
Frederick, MD, USA

Job Opening: Software Developer

This Software Developer position is located at the U.S. Army Medical Research and Materiel Command (MRMC) Bioinformatics Cell (BIC), Ft. Detrick, MD. Applicants should have a Bachelors or Masters degree in computer science, engineering, or a related discipline and an interest in pursuing the development of software tools that directly support the mission of the MRMC life scientists. In particular, the Software Developer supports biomedical research by transitioning proof of concept software prototypes to production quality systems for research applications. This position requires substantial experience developing Web enabled client/server systems with a database backend. A strong knowledge of servelets, CGI, HTML, JavaScript, SQL, XML, Java applets, and GNU tools is desirable. Must know C and possess good knowledge of OO, MySQL/Oracle, and Python/Ruby/LISP. Operating system knowledge should include Unix variants (BSD’s, GNU/Linux) and Windows OS. The Software Developer will also help maintain the BIC’s IT infrastructure. Experience with installing and maintaining UNIX/LINUX based server machines, and a working knowledge of Local Area Networks, MS Exchange based mail servers, DNS servers and CISCO firewalls is a plus.

Please submit resume to:Jaques Reifman, Ph.D.
Senior Research Scientist
U.S. Army Medical Research and Material Command
Email: jaques.reifman at us.army.mil
Phone: 301-619-7915
www.bioanalysis.org

Research assistantship.  Date posted: 9/2/2008
We are seeking an undergrad research assistant with an interest in
biological computing and experience with mySQL, PHP, and perl to help
build a bioinformatics analysis pipeline for our lab. More
specifically, we would like to modify our current pipeline to
accommodate the new 454 sequencing technology.    Prior experience
with bioinformatics is not necessary, but preference will be given to
applicants with a demonstrated interest in biological problems.  The
work start as a goal-oriented project, but has the potential to lead
to independent research.

Preference will be given to students who are able to up to 10 hours/
week at least through the Fall semester.  Please email a resume, a
short statement of interest, and list of programming skills to both of
the following people:

Ruth Timme, retimme at umd.edu (postdoc)
Dr. Charles Delwiche, delwiche at umd.edu (PI)