Postdoc position on fungal transposable element annotation at INRA-URGI, Paris France

[Joëlle Amselem]

Bioinformatics post-doc position on fungal transposable element annotation and analysis

REF: URGI-blugen2009-05

An INRA post doctoral position is available for 2 years (1 year renewable) at URGI (Genomic-Info Research Unit, Versailles 15 km West of Paris, France).

Context :

The candidate will work on the annotation of the fungal barley pathogen Blumeria graminis genome in the URGI fungal bioinformatics team in close relationship with the "Blumeria" genome bioinformatics team located at the Imperial College (London, UK).

URGI (http://urgi.versailles.inra.fr) hosts a bioinformatics platform for plants and pathogens/pests genomic and genetic data integration. Domains covered are structural and functional genome annotation, genetic and physical mapping, transcriptomics, proteomics and genetic resources. The URGI research activities cover data integration and functional and evolutionary genomic studies. A strong emphasis is made on repeats: their annotation, their impact on the genome, and their evolution.

Job description:

The applicant will actively contribute to the annotation of Blumeria graminis genomic sequence (http://www.blugen.org) focusing on transposable elements. As these elements represent a very large part of the genome (80%), he/she will study their organization and distribution as well as their impact on the genome and its evolution. The applicant will participate to the comparative analysis of these repeats to those of other fungi, including related species annotated at URGI such as  Botrytis cinerea (INRA-URGI/Bioger), and Sclerotinia sclerotiorum (Broad Institute-NSF/USDA). The annotation will be performed with REPET, a transposable element detection and annotation pipeline developed at URGI (http://urgi.versailles.inra.fr/research/transposable_elements.php). The development and improvement of bioinformatics tools will be necessary.

Profile:

To be considered applicants must have a non-French nationality and have a PhD degree in bioinformatics or genomics, a strong experience in computational genomics, and good programming skills. Basic knowledge on transposable elements will be much appreciated.

Applications:

Applications should provide a motivation letter, a curriculum vitae, a list of publications, letters of support from two reference scientists or their names and addresses to obtain further information.

Position opened as soon as possible

Requests for information or applications (REF-URGI-blugen2009-05) to: joelle.amselem@...

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