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| Category: Laboratory_Research | Date Posted: 05/10/2010, ID: 550
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Computer Science/Bioinformatics Co-op |
Contact/Scientist: Dr. Theodore Perkins
Program: Regenerative Medicine
| Computer Science/Bioinformatics Co-op - Sep-Dec 2010
Regenerative medicine is an emerging health research field focused on repairing and replacing damaged cells and tissues. Modern biological data gathering and analysis techniques require extensive computational support.
The student will work as a System Administrator at the Ottawa Hospital Research Institute, Regenerative Medicine Program, within a team of bioinformatics specialists (http://www.ottawagenomecenter.ca/research/bioinformatics/)led by Dr. Theodore Perkins (http://www.ohri.ca/profiles/perkins.asp), a leading scientist in this aspect of health research.
Responsibilities of the student hired for this position will include:
* Support of a multi-site web server and associated applications
* Support of assorted computational clusters and associated software
* Legacy database migration and interface development
* Analysis of experimental data
Students applying for positions must have strong Unix system administration experience, with RedHat and Ubuntu skills perferred. Experience with PHP, Perl, R, MySQL and gridengine are preferred.
Biology knowledge and bionformatics skills and experiences would be useful but are not essential.
Qualified candidates should send a letter of introduction, resumé, email address and contact information for up to three references to:
William Read
Senior Project Manager, Sprott Centre for Stem Cell Research Ottawa Hospital Research Institute
501 Smyth Rd, Ottawa Ontario K1H 8L6
Email: wread@ohri.ca
We thank all applicants for their interest and advise that only short-listed candidates will be contacted.
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