Posdoctoral Fellowship in Phylogenomics

CSIRO

An exciting opportunity to participate in the Cotton Bollworm Genome Project has arisen at CSIRO Entomology, Canberra, ACT, Australia.

CSIRO is Australia’s leading research organization with over 6,500 staff located across the country. Its aim is to deliver great science and innovative solutions for industry, society and the environment by igniting the creative spirit of its staff. Much of the Life Sciences-oriented research carried out at CSIRO involves using bioinformatics tools to study genomic data, and as these tools become more sophisticated, so do the scientific questions that are being addressed.

The appointee will be an early career scientist with (i) good knowledge in genome bioinformatics, phylogenetics and related areas of statistics and computing science; (ii) excellent communication, personal, and inter-personal skills; and (iii) a documented record of publishing papers in international, peer-reviewed journals. Familiarity with bioinformatics tools used in genome-wide comparisons of genomic and proteomic data as well as scripting or programming is also desirable. You will be responsible for assembling and comparing data from a wide range of species. In examining these data, there is an opportunity to use CSIRO’s excellent high-performance IT resources. Having analysed your data, you will have the opportunity to relate your discoveries to species-specific life-history traits from the insects compared (e.g., diet, insecticide resistance, etc.). You will be expected to be strongly self-motivated and able to work collaboratively as well as independently on a variety of projects; hence, being able to multitask is highly desirable.

For further details, please go to https://recruitment.csiro.au/asp/job_details.asp?RefNo=2009%2F434

Closing data: 5 July 2009.