cherry@frodo.mgh.harvard.edu (Mike Cherry) (03/05/91)
The Department of Molecular Biology at Massachusetts General Hospital is looking for a new member of our computing resource group. This new position will primarily involve development and support of a relational database and associated applications for maintaining the large amount of physical and genetic data associated with our Arabidopsis genome efforts. Some support for the general user community will be required. Members of Dr. Howard Goodman's laboratory have been mapping cosmid clones into clusters or contigs. Currently there are approximately 700 contigs representing 90-95% of the Arabidopsis genome. The current RFLP map for Arabidopsis contains about 300 mapped markers. Very soon a new sequencing facility will be finished and Multiplex sequencing, a la Dr. George Church, will begin on interesting regions of the Arabidopsis genome. The Departmental computing environment includes several VAX/VMS systems including two new VAXStation 3100 model 76 SPX machines which are rated at 10 MIPS each. We also have Sun Microsystems and Evan & Sutherland computers. Basic laboratory user computing needs are supplied by 30 Macintosh computers. All of our computers are on the Internet. Massachusetts General Hospital is the largest research hospital in the United States. Massachusetts General Hospital is located in Boston just across the Charles River from MIT. We wish to encourage molecular biologist with experience with programming and specifically interested in relational databases to send your c.v. The ideal candidate would have an understanding of current molecular biology and be capable of undertaking independent programming projects. For candidates with a Ph.D. in molecular biology a post doctoral fellowship would be considered. A willingness to learn and patience to work with non-computer oriented molecular biologist are also desirable. This position is available immediately. MGH is an equal opportunity employer. J. Michael Cherry, Ph.D. Department of Molecular Biology Massachusetts General Hospital 50 Blossom Street Boston, MA 02114 cherry@frodo.mgh.harvard.edu