POSITION TITLE:  Bioinformatician

DEPARTMENT:  Samuel Lunenfeld Research Institute

EMPLOYMENT TYPE:  RFT (1 year contract)

HOURS OF WORK (subject to change):  37.5 hours a week

REPORTS TO:  Colin McKerlie and Lauryl Nutter

The research group of Developmental biology, Department of Biology, University of Western Ontario, CA, in collaboration with the research group Bioinformatics and systems biology, Ghent University, Belgium, is currently looking for one or two PhD student(s) in Bioinformatics to work on an Research Project focusing on the structural and functional annotation and comparative analyses of chelicerate and insect genomes 

Job description:

Guelph, ON – November 13, 2009: The Advanced Foods and Material Network has announced a call for Letters of Intent (LOIs) for Discovery Research Grants. Proposed projects must be highly translational and focused on one of the following areas: food and health; bio-materials and nanoscience; traceability and authenticity; and policy and regulations.

Victoria, BC – September 22, 2009: The Canadian Gene Cure Foundation (CGCF) is pleased to announce a new request for applications for grants available that support novel treatment and therapeutic approaches for genetic diseases, especially rare or ultra-rare diseases affecting children.

OGI has partnered with Ontario’s renowned research establishment – universities, research institutes, and the private sector – to create and deliver the portfolio of genomics programs that it has developed since 2000.

In addition, OGI has co-operated with an array of funding partners – domestic and international, public and private, and academic and commercial – to develop this portfolio.

Genome Canada is a not-for-profit organization, established in February 2000  to develop and implement a national strategy for supporting large-scale research projects in genomics and proteomics,  for the benefit of all Canadians.

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