Plant Sciences Group of Wageningen University (WU) and Plant Research International (PRI).

Job description

Job description:
The function of many genes is still unknown and there is a great need forcomputational approaches to assist in unraveling the function of unknown genes.Classical gene annotation works mainly through evolutionary association(homology-based function prediction). But there is also diverse experimental,but indirect, information coming available, for example, on associations inexpression with other transcripts, with specific biochemical, cellular,physiological or developmental processes, or on the genomic neighborhood andshared regulatory signals. The aim of the project is to develop and test aprincipled, namely Bayesian, approach to combine these sources of information.
The candidate will develop a probabilistic framework for gene functionprediction, use Bayesian computational methods to implement this framework andapply the resulting tool to fungal and plant genomes.

Requirements

Required education/skills: UniversityGraduate
Profile:
You have a university degree in a bioscience with a strong focus on appliedstatistics or bioinformatics, or a university degree in computer science,mathematics, physics or chemometrics with affinity to biological problems.

Job type(s):
- Teaching & Research

Organization

Plant Sciences Group of Wageningen University(WU) and Plant Research International (PRI). Biometris

Biometris is the integration of thebusiness unit Biometry of Plant Research International and the departments ofApplied Mathematics and Applied Statistics of Wageningen University. Biometrisis a group of about 35 statisticians and mathematicians.
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Conditions of employment

Estimated maximum salary per month: eur2000 - 2500

Maximum salary amount in Euro's a month 2394
Employment basis: Temporary for specified period
Duration of the contract: 1 year
Maximum hours per week: 38

Additional conditions of employment:
with possible extension to four year

Additional Information

Additional information about the vacancycan be obtained from:

prof. dr. C.J.F. ter Braak
Telephone number: 0317-476929

dr. M.C.A.M. Bink
Telephone number: 0317-477306

Application

You can apply for this job before 01-10-2005 by sending your application to:

Plant Sciences Group, Department Personal& Organisation
HR-advisor A.M. van Vliet
P.O. Box 16
6700 AA Wageningen
The Netherlands
E-mail address: anne-marie.vanvliet@wur.nl

When applying for this job always mentionthe vacancynumber AT: DPW 05-25.

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