Open Position for a Scientific Database Curator/Annotator in ChEBI team
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We are looking for a Scientific Database Curator/Annotator to work on the ChEBI (Chemical Entities of Biological Interest) project within the Cheminformatics and Metabolism Team. The position is based at the European Bioinformatics Institute (EMBL-EBI) located on the Wellcome Trust Genome Campus near Cambridge in the UK.
The successful applicant will work on the existing ChEBI database, in particular on extending it towards better coverage of natural products and metabolites. (S)He will also annotate entities as requested by our users.
The Chemoinformatics and Metabolism Teams conduct research and create community resources for Chemoinformatic and Metabolism research. We are a friendly, multi-national team with collaborations all around the world. The aim of the ChEBI project is to provide a high-quality, hand-curated chemistry database to the biomedical community, to standardise chemical and biochemical terminology across biological databases and to develop a chemical ontology.
Qualifications and Experience
Applicants should have a degree in Biochemistry/Chemistry and ideally some years professional experience. Knowledge of natural products and metabolites would be a definitive plus. Self-motivated candidates with good communication skills and ambition to work in an international field are invited to apply.
Application Instructions
Please apply online through www.embl.org/jobs
Additional Information
EMBL is an inclusive, equal opportunity employer offering attractive conditions and benefits appropriate to an international research organisation.
Please note that appointments on fixed term contracts can be renewed, depending on circumstances at the time of the review.
Note that special visa requirements apply to employees from non-EU countries working at EMBL-EBI in the UK. The period of work does not qualify them for the Highly Skilled Migrants Programme.
Categorised as: ChEBI, Chemoinformatics, Databases, Open Data, Open Standards, Publishing, Scientific Culture
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