Research Associate/Senior Research Associate: Software Development, - Ref:1318028
UCL Department / DivisionResearch Department of Structural and Molecular Biology, Division of Biosciences
Grades
7-8
Hours
Full Time
Salary
(inclusive of London allowance)
(inclusive of London allowance)
Grade 7 - £32,375 - £39,132 per annum or Grade 8 - £40,216 per annum
Duties and Responsibilities
The post, sponsored by the BBSRC Follow-On Fund,will involve enhancing and documenting code, web and database development, integrating additional analysis methods, developing and testing methods to integrate 3D protein modelling and development of spin-off versions of Abysis to handle alternative scaffolds. The post is funded for one year in the first instance, and is available for an immediate start.
We are seeking to recruit an enthusiastic and highly skilled Research Associate or Senior Research Associate to work in the group of Dr. Andrew Martin on further development of 'Abysis', an integrated database and analysis framework for antibody sequence and structure. The software is freely accessible over the web and is already being licensed, for in-house use, to a number of pharmaceutical and biotechnology companies developing antibody-based therapeutics. This project will further develop Abysis to make it available as a full commercial product.
Key RequirementsThe post holder must have excellent programming skills in Perl, HTML, CSS and SQL (PostgreSQL), as well as a good understanding of protein sequence and structure, software versioning and unit testing. A working knowledge of Python and C would be an advantage. You will have qualifications or experience equivalent to a PhD in a relevant area and a proven ability to develop robust, reliable and well-documented software and web sites
Further Details
Further particulars, including a job description and person specification, can be accessed at the bottom of this page. Please ensure you read these carefully before applying for the post.
To apply for the vacancy please click on the ‘Apply Now’ button below. To view the current version of Abysis, please visit: http://www.abysis.org/
For further information about the post, please contact Dr Andrew C.R. Martin (andrew.martin@ucl.ac.uk).
If you have any queries regarding the vacancy or the application process please contact Tracy Pearmain (tracy.pearmain@ucl.ac.uk).
We particularly welcome female applicants and those from an ethnic minority, as they are under-represented within UCL at this level.
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Closing Date
22 Mar 2013
Latest time for the submission of applications
16:30
Interview date
TBC
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