Stillingstittel:
Systems biology informatics manager for the Digital Salmon - Ref.no 16/00453

Stillingsbeskrivelse:

Global challenges regarding energy and climate change, the environment, health, food safety, technology and renewable solutions, use and conservation of land and natural resources, and development of the bio-economy, requires greater effort. NMBU is well equipped to conduct further research in these fields. NMBU's expertise spans entire value chains and includes both basic and applied research.

 

On 1 January 2014, the Norwegian School of Veterinary Science and the University of Life Sciences merged and became -NMBU, the Norwegian University of Life Sciences. NMBU has 1700 employees and 5100 students, and is currently located on two campuses - Ås, about 30 km south of Oslo, and Adamstuen in Oslo. In 2019, the new research- and education-building for veterinary science will be completed and all of NMBU will then be located at Campus Ås.

 

Further information about NMBU is available on www.nmbu.no

Jobbnorge ID: 121417

The Department of Animal and Aquacultural Sciences seeks a bioinformatician or systems biologist with skills or interest in ontological annotation, semantic interoperability or knowledge management for a researcher position (3 years with possibility of extension). The successful candidate will be central in establishing a knowledge base for the systems biology of farmed salmon, and will work within the Centre for Integrative Genetics (CIGENE).

 

 

Research project

The project "Towards the Digital Salmon: From a reactive to a pre-emptive research strategy in aquaculture (DigiSal)" is part of Digital Life Norway, the first call dedicated to systems biology by the Research Council of Norway. Effective management of data and model resources is key in this endeavour, and DigiSal will initiate The Digital Salmon: a knowledge base of salmon genetics and physiology, interfacing closely with complementary databases, repositories, and research infrastructures such as ELIXIR. This knowledge base is a key deliverable of the Digisal project and the long-term ambition is that it will enable aquaculture industry to quickly address emerging challenges, quickly reanalysing existing data and identifying knowledge gaps to rapidly acquire required new data.

 

 

Main tasks

The successful applicant will help design the architecture of the Digital Salmon knowledge base, in close interaction with the researchers that will contribute to and benefit from the knowledge base, and with partners that provide technical solutions. Users include bioinformaticians and wet-lab researchers who generate omics data and microscopy images, and systems biologists who develop physiological models e.g. of salmon metabolism.

 

 

Academic qualifications

Required

• PhD in relevant field of informatics, bioinformatics or systems biology.

 Preferred

• Experience with semantic web standard technologies and semantic annotation.
• Familiarity with knowledge management in cross-disciplinary biology research projects.

Desired

• Familiarity with relevant European research infrastructures and data or model repositories.
• Basic understanding of mathematical modelling in biology.
• Experience in web development.
• Experience in software development. 

 

Desired personal qualities

The systems biolog

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Arbeidsgiver Navn: Norges miljø- og biovitenskapelige unive

Arbeidsgiver adresse: Postboks 5003 1432 ÅS

Job kort beskrivelse:
Biologists, botanists, zoologists and related professionals

Land: Norge

Region: Akershus

Kilde til jobbtilbud: NAV, Offentlige arbeidsformidlinger, Norge

Lønn valuta: NOK

Lønn periode: Pr. år