Research Associate Position at ICRISAT, Hyderabad, India
Designation/Position- Research Associate Position at ICRISAT
ICRISAT, Hyderabad, India invites application for Research Associate Position at ICRISAT from eligible and interested candidates
About- ICRISAT is a non-profit, non-political organization that conducts agricultural research for development in Asia and sub-Saharan Africa with a wide array of partners throughout the world. ICRISAT and its partners help empower those living in the semi-arid tropics, especially smallholder farmers, to overcome poverty, hunger, malnutrition and a degraded environment through more effective and profitable agriculture.
Research/Job Area- Bioinformatics or any related field
Project Title- Bio-Informatics and Data Science
Location- ICRISAT, Hyderabad, India
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Eligibility/Qualification–
- Applicants should have a Ph.D. in bioinformatics or any related field, complemented by at least 1-year experience in NGS and programming
- Working experience in analyzing large datasets (raw sequencing data, gene expression, germline, and somatic mutational events, copy number variants, methylation, etc.);
- A skilled programmer in an object-oriented language. Experience in programming (Python advantage) is desirable. Along with Knowledge of software development best practices, eg, modular design, source code version control, unit test, continuous integration, etc.
- Experience with bioinformatics resources, databases, tools, and common standard formats.
- Experience using existing scientific workflow systems, such as WDL / Snakemake, etc is an asset.
Essentials:
- Strong team-working skills with previous experience of completing collaborative projects on time
- Excellent communication skills (both written and oral) with the ability to communicate complex ideas and information
- Should be capable of handling High-Performance Clusters and Linux distributions
- Keen interest in crop science and hybrid genome assembly is an added advantage
Job/Position Description-
- ICRISAT seeks applications from enthusiastic, motivated and experienced individuals to work on a promising project which involves extensive bioinformatics focused on Whole Genome Sequencing (WGS) analysis and pipelines.
- This post will focus on the delivery of high-end data analysis with the added aid of software development.
- The positon will be based at ICRISAT, Headquarters in Hyderabad, India.
Responsibilities:
- To handle large-scale Next Generation Sequencing and multi-platform data analysis
- Genome assembly and support analysis of large scale crop genome data
- Writing software/tools, to assist in interactive data visualization and pipelines
- Assisting with handling High-Performance Linux distributions
- Exploring public biological databases and open-source informatics and statistical tools, suggest integration approaches to improve the analysis.
- Extending Help to the team with writing structured proposals, reports, and projects etc.
How to Apply-
Applicants should apply on or before 5 July 2020, with latest Curriculum Vitae, and the names and contact information of three references that are knowledgeable about your professional qualifications and work experience.
All applications will be acknowledged; however only shortlisted candidates will be contacted.
Last Date for Apply– 5 July 2020
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