BIOINFORMATICS POSITION AVAILABLE
As a result of expanded collaborations with Schering/Plough,
Pharmacia and Upjohn, and others, Human Genome Sciences is
expanding our Bioinformatics Group, under Mike Fannon, our
Director.
We have an immediate opening for an ASSOCIATE DIRECTOR - This
person would essentially be "second in command" in our
growing world-class Bioinformatics group. This position will
be filled by someone with 3-5 years of experience in
developing user interfaces and managing large quantities of
biological data at a staff Bioinformatics Scientist level,
preferably in the computer, biotechnology, or pharmaceutical
industries.
This person must be extremely comfortable in both the computer
and biological spheres and has to have a substantial
UNIX/Sybase background as well as extensive experience in
sequence analysis and database design and manipulation. He or
she would be involved in continuing to develop information
management solutions to seek out novel genes of therapeutic
value from our database of well over one million Expressed
Sequence Tags. The ideal candidate must have top notch
communication and managerial skills and would be capable of
making presentations with and to senior management on short
notice (to stock analysts, potential corporate partners,
etc.). A Ph.D would be required in either biological or
computer sciences.
Please send a CV by FAX to 301-340-7159 or reply by E-mail as
soon as possible.
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principle of equal employment opportunity. It is our policy to
recruit, hire, train, and promote individuals, as well as to
administer any and all personnel actions, without regard to
race, color, national origin, sex, sexual orientation,
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the provisions of the Civil Rights Act of 1964, as amended.
Executive Order No. 11246, as amended, and The Americans and
Disabilities Act, this policy fully embraces equality of
opportunity with respect to all employment matters, such as
recruitment, hiring, compensation, benefits, transfer,
promotion, demotion, discharge, layoff, training and
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