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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>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span lang=EN-GB style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Arial'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
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<li class=MsoNormal style='mso-list:l0 level1 lfo3'><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 lfo3'><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 lfo3'><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>
</ul>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span lang=EN-GB style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Arial'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<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:place w:st="on"><st1:country-region
w:st="on">Australia</st1:country-region></st1:place> and overseas.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span lang=EN-GB style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Arial'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<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:place w:st="on"><st1:State
w:st="on">ALA</st1:State></st1:place> 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:
10.0pt;font-family:Arial'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<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>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span lang=EN-GB style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Arial'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<ul style='margin-top:0cm' type=disc>
<li class=MsoNormal style='mso-list:l1 level1 lfo6'><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 lfo6'><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>
</ul>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span lang=EN-GB style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Arial'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<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>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span lang=EN-GB style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Arial'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<ul style='margin-top:0cm' type=disc>
<li class=MsoNormal style='mso-list:l1 level1 lfo6'><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 lfo6'><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>
</ul>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span lang=EN-GB style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Arial'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<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>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span lang=EN-GB style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Arial'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<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>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span lang=EN-GB style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Arial'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span lang=EN-GB style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>Donald Hobern, Director, Atlas of Living <st1:place
w:st="on"><st1:country-region w:st="on">Australia</st1:country-region></st1:place><o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span lang=EN-GB style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>CSIRO Entomology, GPO <st1:address w:st="on"><st1:Street
w:st="on">Box 1700</st1:Street>, <st1:City w:st="on">Canberra</st1:City></st1:address>,
ACT 2601<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span lang=EN-GB style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>Phone: (02) 62464352 <st1:place w:st="on"><st1:City
w:st="on">Mobile</st1:City></st1:place>: 0437990208 <o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span lang=EN-GB style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>Email: Donald.Hobern@csiro.au<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span lang=EN-GB style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>Web: http://www.ala.org.au/<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color=navy face=Arial><span lang=EN-GB
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
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