Bioinformatics Postdoc, Univerity of London UK

[John Hancock]

Postdoctoral Research Assistant

Bioinformatics Research Group, Department of Computer Science, Royal
Holloway University of London

We are looking for a highly motivated individual to join the bioinformatics
research group in the Department. The aim of the project, funded by the
BBSRC's bioinformatics initiative, is to apply machine learning techniques
(such as the Support Vector Machine) to the identification of coding
regions, gene promoters and other sequence features in genomic sequences,
with special emphasis on plant genomes. This is a three year appointment
commencing as soon as possible.

The Department of Computer Science at Royal Holloway has a leading position
in the study of theory and practice of machine learning and in particular
the development of the Support Vector learning technique and other
kernel-based techniques. The Department is located on Royal Holloway's
pleasant campus (see http://www.rhul.ac.uk/) in Englefield Green, Surrey,
close to London.

The successful candidate will work with John Hancock, Alex Gammerman and
Victor Solovyev in collaboration with Peter Bramley in the School of
Biological Sciences.

We are looking for someone with a strong background in computational
biology, particularly as applied to genomic sequence analysis, and
preferably also some programming skills and knowledge of machine learning.
The post would also be ideal for someone with a computer science or maths
background who is looking to move into bioinformatics.

Salary is in the range 18,909 to 22,599 UK pounds per annum inclusive of
London Allowance.

Information on the Department may be found at www.cs.rhul.ac.uk/. Informal
enquiries may be directed to John Hancock (J.Hancock at cs.rhul.ac.uk). See
http://www.cs.rhul.ac.uk/home/jhancock/ for more information on the project
and John Hancock's research.

Further details and an application form can be obtained from The Personnel
Office, Royal Holloway, University of London, Egham, Surrey TW20 0EX; fax:
+44 (0)1784 473527; tel: +44 (0)1784 414241; email Sue.Clarke at rhul.ac.uk
Please quote reference KB/1717.

The closing date for applications is 23rd April 2001.

We positively welcome applications from all sections of the community.

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Dr John M. Hancock 
Reader in Computational Biology,
Director of Graduate Studies,
Department of Computer Science,
Royal Holloway University of London,
Egham, Surrey TW20 0EX, U.K.
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Phone:   +44 (01784) 414 256
Fax:     +44 (01784) 439 786
Mobile:  +44 (077) 9046 6302
E-mail:  J.Hancock at cs.rhul.ac.uk
WWW:     http://www.cs.rhul.ac.uk/home/jhancock/
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