Open job positions at Xenbase

We have 2 open positions, to join the Xenbase curation team at Cincinnati Children’s Hospital. 

Please forward to any one you know who might be interested!

Many thanks

Xenbase curation team and PIs, Aaron Zorn and Peter Vize.  

Biocuration Analyst 

This position involves diverse scientific curation tasks, including curation of published research for gene expression, phenotypes and disease models, experiments, reagents and gene function/GO curation, ontology development, and metadata curation of transcriptomic and epigenetic high-throughput .datasets

Qualifications & Experience

• BSc+ 2 years’ experience, MSc or PhD degree in biomedical research and/or biocuration
• Experience with genomics, developmental or cell biology research, particularly Xenopus, or other vertebrate models.
• Experience working with ontologies, biocuration and/or biological knowledgebases.

Full job details: https://community.alliancegenome.org/t/biocuration-analyst-position-at-xenbase/6898

Genome Analyst

This position involves management and “wrangling” of genomic data, genome annotation, gene nomenclature, orthology and genomic synteny analysis, preparing data export files.

Qualifications & Experience

• MSc or PhD degree in bioinformatics and genomics.
• Experience working with genomic data, programming language such Python, and working with standard bioinformatic tools, analyses, and file formats (Genome Browsers, JBrowse, BLAST, BLAT, multi-sequence alignments, GFF, GTF, etc).

Full job details: https://community.alliancegenome.org/t/genomic-analyst-position-at-xenbase/6899 

How to Apply:

Please submit your application by May 31st, 2023, to aaron.zorn@cchmc.org

Include the following information:

·         A cover letter, including a statement of interest/purpose

·         CV/Resume.

·         Copy of your degree(s).

·         List 3 references/referees whom we may contact (please include their postal address, email, and phone number).