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Friday, July 4, 2008

8 Postdoc positions

I don't want to spam anything, but since this is my own web page, I guess I can advertise as much as I'd like. I was just passed an email from a colleague at the Plant Science department at UBC, where they're currently looking for eight post doc positions: mainly people who have or are interested in gaining Illumina sequence processing experience.

I figured this is noteworthy for several reasons:
  1. There is a growing demand for next-gen trained bioinformaticians, which looks good for the future career prospects of anyone in the Next-gen Sequencing/Genomics field (though this is hardly a surprise),
  2. Genomics is beginning to expand out of the narrow {yeast | human | C.elegans | etc} model organism fields into areas such as plant science, where it will have a huge impact. (going mainstream is always a good thing for a field of science, in my humble opinion.)
  3. Some of the positions will put bioinformaticians into key positions where they become the cornerstone of research projects, which is a far cry from the "bioinformaticians as a service" role that's been popular in many research settings.

Anyhow, I can highly recommend at least one of these positions, having worked with the professor before, so if anyone is interested in the email, I'd be happy to forward along the advertisements.

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4 Comments:

Blogger venu said...

HI anthony,
I am Venu, from Center for Plant Molecular Biology,Osmania University, Hyderabad,India. I am about submit my thesis and looking for a potdoc position. If you could help me out to find a position, you are highly appriciated. Please send me your mail ID, I will send my C.V and cover letter to you.My mail ID is nuvenu@gmail.com

Thanks and regards
venu

July 5, 2008 4:53:00 PM PDT  
Blogger Anthony said...

Hi Venu,

I will forward the postings to you to your email address. Good luck with your application.

If you are serious about me working to find you a job, we'll have to discuss my fees. (=

Anthony

July 6, 2008 9:23:00 AM PDT  
Anonymous Frank said...

Hey Anthony

Would you be able to send me details of the positions too - sounds interested. My email is kerplunk@scientist.com

Thanks

July 25, 2008 2:19:00 AM PDT  
Blogger Anthony said...

Hi Frank,

It's been sent. Let me know if they don't arrive at your end.

July 25, 2008 9:17:00 AM PDT  

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