[Jobposts] (job) Scientific programmer

[L. Mayhugh]

Hello all,

The lab I work in has an opening for a scientific programmer. This is at
the University of Washington, Seattle, Washington, USA. I don't know what
the work visa details are for the US and I doubt that telecommuting will
be accepted. Relocation is negotiable, last I heard.

This job is in the Structural Genomics of Pathogenic Protozoa Center at
the UW. We're studying the protozoa that cause malaria, sleeping sickness
and a couple of lesser known diseases. Malaria alone kills approx. 2
million people a year. However little research is being done by the big
pharmacuetical companies due to these diseases being primarily in poorer
countries, hence with little profit potential. So the NIH (National
Institutes of Health) is funding research to study protein structures
with the intent to be able to design drugs to cure or give immunity to
these diseases.

So on to the job description - this position hasn't yet made it through
the Personnel Office's processing but will be up on the UW's web site in a
few days. Check: http://uwjobs.admin.washington.edu/uwjobs/browse/ and it
should be under the Computer and Information Technology category. The job
title hasn't been set yet, so far it looks like they may make it
Applications Specialist. The draft of University of Washington posting:

General Duties/Description: Install, maintain and provide user support for
crystallographic application programs used by researchers and staff of the
SGPP structural genomics
center (see http://depts.washington.edu/sgpp/). Work with researchers to
design, develop, implement, document, and distribute new programs relevant
to high-throughput structure
determination and to the analysis of protein structures.

Duties include:
Develop and implement new application modules within existing interactive
graphics frameworks for scientific visualization
Implement new application code for protein crystallography, subject to
background and skills in mathematics and numerical computation.
Assist with development of web-based interface through which
crystallographers will interact with Laboratory Information Management
System (LIMS) adopted by the SGPP project.
Keep software licenses and installed versions up to date
Coordinate in-house software development with that of other Structural
Genomics centers.

Requirements: Bachelor's or higher degree in computer science, information
science, or scientific field related to crystallography AND four years of
scientific programming
experience in a unix/linux environment. Strong programming skills in Perl
and either Fortran or C. Previous experience with Python and/or Tk
scripting. Good communication and
documentation skills. Equivalent education or experience may substitute
for stated requirements.

Desirable: Graduate degree in information or physical science;  experience
in computational biology, bioinformatics databases, or ideally in
crystallographic computing;
experience with Perl web-scripting;  advanced skills in additional
programming or scripting languages; experience or interest in linux system
management.

Salary: Commensurate with qualifications and experience


There's also an ad running in Science magazine:

Scientific Programmers -
Experienced programmers with knowledge of, X-ray crystallography, bio
informatics, or other relevant research fields are needed to support
the SGPP project. Responsibilities will include working with
researchers to design, develop, document, and distribute new programs
relevant to high-throughput crystallography and the analysis and
visualization of protein structure.


This lab is a very good one to work in. I'm the systems manager for the
group this postion will be with so feel free to ask me any questions you
might have. You can send your resume to me if you like and I'll pass it on
to my boss who's doing the hiring. That will get it under consideration
faster than waiting for the posting to make it up on the UW jobs page.

Forwards are welcome should you know someone else who is qualified for
this and is interested.

Thanks,

Linda Mayhugh