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PROJECT MANAGER

Text Management in the Biological Sciences

At European Bioinformatics Institute, Hinxton, near Cambridge, UK

http://www.embl.org/ExternalInfo/jobs/01136.html

Job Description : The European Bioinformatics Institute is looking for
an enthusiastic Project Manager for text handling in the life
sciences. The candidate would be working with the E-BioSci initiative
for biological text delivery (www.e-biosci.org). Textual data, such
as published papers and their abstracts has a massive untapped
potential for knowledge discovery in the bioinformatics field.

Qualifications and Experience : The successful candidate will have at
least a PhD in a biological science or a Masters (or equivalent) in a
computer science related field. He or she will have experience in
programming in a language such as C, Java, Perl or Python and database
experience, in particular Oracle would be a benefit. He or she will
also have an interest in biological research, in particular molecular
biology and a desire to engage with the problems of managing texual
information with a goal of advancing Life Science research worldwide.

Contract : An initial contract of 3 years' duration will be offered to
the successful candidate. This can be renewed, depending on
circumstances at the time of the review.

Closing Date : 15 April 2002

For more information about the EBI, please refer to:
http://www.embl-heidelberg.de/ and http://www.ebi.ac.uk/

EMBL is an inclusive, equal opportunity employer offering attractive
conditions and benefits appropriate to an international research
organisation.

Please send a complete CV, quoting ref. no. 01/136, to:

The Personnel Section, EMBL, Postfach 10.2209, 69012 Heidelberg,
Germany.
Fax: +49 6221 387555 email: jobs@EMBL-Heidelberg.de

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