Postdoc Position for WebService development for semantic data and tool integration

Job description:

The Leibniz Institute of Plant Genetics and Crop Plant Research ( http://www.ipk-gatersleben.de) is a leading institute in crop plant research. This results in several international published databases and developed software tools. This data and software build an important bioinformatics resource for the scientific community.

The positive impact for the IPK bioinformatics research can be increased by supporting WebService repositories like BioMoby or BioCase. The final goal is embedding the institute into international bioinformatics resource networks. Examples for such networks are the "Virtual Plant Information Network" (VPIN), the PlaNet-Network or the international initiative "Global Biodiversity Information Facility" (GBIF).

Thus, this scholarship focuses on the concrete implementation of such a service and should support the service work of the IPK bioinformatics groups. This service has to be implemented using standardized computer science and bioinformatics methods, such as XML, Web Services, ontologies, semantic Web and database integration.

Specific Requirements to the candidate:

The project goals require a Bioinformatics Postdoc with special experience in

- database concepts and technologies,
- SQL,
- Web-service techniques,
- biological databases,
- XML processing,
- JAVA and Perl programming languages,
- UNIX operating systems.

Contract: A contract of 1 year will be offered to the successful candidate.

Closing date: 13 May 2007