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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span lang=EN-GB style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>The Australian government has funded three
inter-related projects under the umbrella title, Integrated Biological Systems:<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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<li class=MsoNormal style='mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1'><font size=2 face=Arial><span
lang=EN-GB style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>The Australian
Phenomics Network (APN) – a network of research centres providing
Australian and international researchers with mouse models for the study
of human and animal disease.<o:p></o:p></span></font></li>
<li class=MsoNormal style='mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1'><font size=2 face=Arial><span
lang=EN-GB style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>The Australian Plant
Phenomics Facility (APPF) – two nodes exploiting recent advances in
robotics, imaging and computing to enable sensitive, high throughput
analyses to be made of plant growth and function.<o:p></o:p></span></font></li>
<li class=MsoNormal style='mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1'><font size=2 face=Arial><span
lang=EN-GB style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>The Atlas of Living
Australia (ALA) – a network of institutions and agencies working to
develop tools and services for managing information on Australian
biodiversity and research organisms.<o:p></o:p></span></font></li>
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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span lang=EN-GB style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>The <st1:State w:st="on">ALA</st1:State> is providing
some of the core information infrastructure to enable the APN and APPF to
organise large quantities of data and images on their study organisms and to
make these resources accessible to researchers in <st1:country-region w:st="on"><st1:place
w:st="on">Australia</st1:place></st1:country-region> and overseas.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span lang=EN-GB style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>Two positions are now advertised for
bioinformaticians to work with the APN and the APPF to explore their data
management requirements and to work with the <st1:State w:st="on"><st1:place
w:st="on">ALA</st1:place></st1:State> to develop appropriate services to
support these communities.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span lang=EN-GB style='font-size:
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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span lang=EN-GB style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>The APN is seeking a bioinformatician to be based at <st1:PlaceName
w:st="on">Australian</st1:PlaceName> <st1:PlaceName w:st="on">National</st1:PlaceName>
<st1:PlaceType w:st="on">University</st1:PlaceType> in <st1:place w:st="on"><st1:City
w:st="on">Canberra</st1:City></st1:place>. The closing date for applications
is 24 September 2008. See the following materials:<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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<li class=MsoNormal style='mso-list:l1 level1 lfo2'><font size=2 face=Arial><span
lang=EN-GB style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>Advertisement: <a
href="http://www.ala.org.au/docs/ANUBioinformatician.pdf">http://www.ala.org.au/docs/ANUBioinformatician.pdf</a>
<o:p></o:p></span></font></li>
<li class=MsoNormal style='mso-list:l1 level1 lfo2'><font size=2 face=Arial><span
lang=EN-GB style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>Documentation: <a
href="http://www.ala.org.au/docs/ANUBioinformatianDocumentation.doc">http://www.ala.org.au/docs/ANUBioinformatianDocumentation.doc</a>
<o:p></o:p></span></font></li>
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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span lang=EN-GB style='font-size:
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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span lang=EN-GB style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>The APPF is seeking a bioinformatician to be based at
the <st1:place w:st="on"><st1:PlaceType w:st="on">University</st1:PlaceType> of
<st1:PlaceName w:st="on">Adelaide</st1:PlaceName></st1:place>. The closing
date for applications is 19 September 2008. See the following materials:<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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<li class=MsoNormal style='mso-list:l1 level1 lfo2'><font size=2 face=Arial><span
lang=EN-GB style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>Advertisement: <a
href="http://www.ala.org.au/docs/UABioinformatician.pdf">http://www.ala.org.au/docs/UABioinformatician.pdf</a>
<o:p></o:p></span></font></li>
<li class=MsoNormal style='mso-list:l1 level1 lfo2'><font size=2 face=Arial><span
lang=EN-GB style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>Documentation: <a
href="http://www.ala.org.au/docs/UABioinformaticianDocumentation.doc">http://www.ala.org.au/docs/UABioinformaticianDocumentation.doc</a>
<o:p></o:p></span></font></li>
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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span lang=EN-GB style='font-size:
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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span lang=EN-GB style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>I urge those who are interested to apply promptly.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span lang=EN-GB style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>Donald<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal style='mso-element:frame'><font size=2 color=blue
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color:blue'>Donald Hobern, Director, Atlas of Living <st1:place w:st="on"><st1:country-region
w:st="on">Australia</st1:country-region></st1:place></span></font><span
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<p class=MsoNormal style='mso-element:frame'><font size=2 color=blue
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1700</st1:Street>, <st1:City w:st="on">Canberra</st1:City></st1:address>,
ACT 2601</span></font><span lang=EN-GB><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='mso-element:frame'><font size=2 color=blue
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color:blue'>Phone: (02) 62464352 <st1:place w:st="on"><st1:City w:st="on">Mobile</st1:City></st1:place>:
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<p class=MsoNormal style='mso-element:frame'><font size=2 color=blue
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<p class=MsoNormal style='mso-element:frame'><font size=2 color=blue
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