Scientific Programmer – Biotech

September 14, 2011

 

Scientific Programmer – Biotech Software Development

Design and Implementation of Analysis Pipelines, tools and curation interfaces. The Scientific Programmer will implement the pipelines, tools and scripts that will be crucial to the genome analysis team generating high quality annotation. This will require development of novel tools/pipelines in addition to integrating existing tools such as annotation editors like Artemis, Apollo, Manatee into an annotation workflow. The scientific programmer will design custom scripts for quality checking and project specific analysis tasks. The jobholder will provide technical knowledge to the computer biologists and work closely with them on the design of novel curation interfaces.

Familiar with data structures, object-oriented programming, software design and computer hardware organisation
Experience with relational databases and database management systems (DBMS) such as Oracle or MySQL
Familiarity with strategies and statistical methods to analyse large datasets. The jobholder will have experience with statistical packages such as R
Experience with Unix.
Understanding of the notions underlying bioinformatics algorithms such as alignments, assemblies and genome annotation.
Experience with low-level programming languages e.g. C/C++, Fortran.

MSc degree in Computer Science, Bioinformatics or similar
Background in scientific programming
PhD or equivalent experience
Experience in statistical analysis
Experience with next generation sequencing technologies
Salary £25-35K
Cambridge / Norwich


Filed Under: Biotech Health Bioscience, Featured Vacancy, Software & DSP, Vacancies

Senior Protein Scientists

September 14, 2011

My client based in Cambridge are a fast growing SME who are currently looking to continue expanding their Laboratory. My client are based in central Cambridge, they have fantastic facilities and offer very generous packages to attract the right calibre of candidate.

My client are currently looking to recruit for three Senior Protein Scientist roles. As a broad overview my client would be very interested in candidates with experience of Protein and Antibody techniques also experience with the following techniques would be very useful:

ELISA
GEL ELECTROPHORESIS
WESTERN BLOTTING
LOW PRESSURE CHROMATOGRAPHY
DIALYSIS
PROTEIN ASSAYS

For each of the roles my client is recruiting for they require different specialist skill sets, if you have experience in a few of these areas and would like a move into a company that is really going places then I’d like to hear from you.

The salary for these positions ranges from 25 – 40k per annum.

Location: Cambridge

Filed Under: Biotech Health Bioscience

Bio Scientific Officer

September 14, 2011
Job Description:
Job Title: Scientific Officer
Location: East of England- Cambridgeshire

The role will involve the validation and application of various molecular biology and enzyme based assays to a selection of clinical trials associated with the CRI. The Facility operates to GCP(L) and therefore experience of working in a regulated environment will be advantageous.

About you

You will be an enthusiastic individual with a proven background in a variety of biological techniques and biomarker assays with the ability to work well both in a team and independently. As the work will involve a variety of projects you will also need to have good communication skills.

The successful applicant will have the opportunity to join the established Core Facility and play a key role in contributing to the facility’s achievements

Location: Cambridge, Cambridgeshire
Salary: £30,000 p.a. inclusive of location allowance
Filed Under: Biotech Health Bioscience