Dear colleagues,

I would like to inform you about bioinformatics positions (research group leaders) at the IPK Gatersleben. Please distribute them also to colleagues who might be interested to apply.

Wishing you a Merry Christmas and Happy New Year, yours,

Helmut Knuepffer

The Bioinformatics Center (BIC-GH) is a joint initiative of the Institute of Plant Genetics and Crop Plant Research (IPK) Gatersleben, the Institute of Plant Biochemistry (IPB) Halle, and the Martin-Luther-University (MLU) Halle-Wittenberg and includes further the Konrad-Zuse-Center Berlin and the Kelman GmbH, Berlin. It is funded for a five-year period by the German Ministry of Education and Research (BMBF). The BIC-GH has initiated a masters course of studies in bioinformatics at the MLU for graduate students from natural sciences. In addition, the center will establish research groups for which we seek

Five Junior Research Group Leaders, Bioinformatics (BAT-O Ib to BAT-O I)

with interests in the following fields:

- Development of a plant data warehouse for genotypic, phenotypic, taxonomic and expression data of cultivated plants (IPK 44/11/01). More information: Dr. Helmut Knuepffer, knupffer@ipk-gatersleben.de

- Analysis and modeling of metabolic and regulatory networks (IPK 45/11/01). More information: Dr. Lothar Altschmied, lothar@ipk-gatersleben.de

- Recognition and analysis of spatio-temporal developmental patterns (IPK 46/11/01). More information: Dr. Patrick Schweizer, schweiz@ipk-gatersleben.de

- Bioinformatics and mass spectrometry (IPB 10/2001). More information: Dr. Stephan Clemens, sclemens@ipb-halle.de

- Expression analysis by microarrays (MLU-285). More information: Prof. Stefan Burdach, stefan.burdach@medizin.uni-halle.de

Three to five additional positions, set-up and supply budgets are committed to each research group. One of the group leaders located at the IPK will be appointed as Scientific Coordinator of the consortium. Candidates should have a doctorate or PhD in the area of bioinformatics, scientific computing, database development or molecular simulation. Experience in interdisciplinary research would be desirable. Strong interaction with experimental research groups and the willingness to participate in teaching are required. Applications for the additional positions at the level of scientists, programmers, graduate students and system managers are encouraged, but will be considered after group leaders have been identified.

For application details, see:

http://www.ipk-gatersleben.de/de/department/molecular_genetics/expr_map/01-0...

Dr. Helmut Knuepffer Abt. Genbank, Institut fuer Pflanzengenetik und Kulturpflanzenforschung (IPK) Genebank Department, Institute of Plant Genetics and Crop Plant Research (IPK) Corrensstr. 3 D-06466 Gatersleben, Germany phone: +49-39482-5283 fax: +49-39482-5155 knupffer@ipk-gatersleben.de, HKnuepffer@web.de IPK: http://www.ipk-gatersleben.de Genebank Database: http://fox-serv.ipk-gatersleben.de EU Barley Evaluation Project: http://barley.ipk-gatersleben.de/ Mansfeld Database of Cultivated Plants: http://mansfeld.ipk-gatersleben.de