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<P><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Arial">Bioinformatics Job Opening at Dow AgroSciences</FONT>
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<P><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Arial">We have a short term contract position available at Dow Agrosciences for someone with GMOD experience.</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Arial">The candidate proposed here will be responsible for three main responsibilities:</FONT>
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<LI><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Arial">Install the open source software components for the CHADO database, data loaders, and genome browser.</FONT></LI>
<LI><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Arial">Deploy the Gbrowse genome browser in a centralized location in our intranet, which can be used by DAS scientists across functions. </FONT></LI>
<LI><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Arial">Test the system by performing preprocess (e.g annotate, perform alignments) and upload whole-genome data from Arabidopsis.</FONT></LI>
<LI><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Arial">Link the genome browser to DAS major internal databases, such as Variety, markerDB, QTL locate, and microarray database.</FONT></LI>
<LI><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Arial">Provide integration tests to ensure the transparency of the data among the different systems.</FONT></LI>
<LI><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Arial">Present to other DAS scientists to raise awareness of capability.</FONT></LI>
<LI><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Arial">Complete written documentation of project development, implementation, and continued maintenance.</FONT></LI>
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<P><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Arial">Interested candidates please send a resume to Mindi Dippold at mdippold@dow.com</FONT>
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