schmaltz#jeffrey#e%nersc.mfenet@CCC.NERSC.GOV (06/08/90)
The Department of Energy's Human Genome Program will be accepting applications for a COMPUTATIONAL BIOLOGIST and a MOLECULAR BIOLOGIST under the auspices of a Federal 'Health, Science and Technology Job Fair' to be held at the Omni Shoreham Hotel in Washington, DC on June 22-23, 1990. Recruitment done through these Job Fairs is on a special 'fast track' through the hiring process and successful applicants must be on board within 90 days after the Job Fair. Applicants need not be present at the Job Fair but their SF-171 forms must be submitted at the Fair. Applications received at the DOE Human Genome Program by June 22 will be submitted by Program personnel. The express mail address is: Dr. Benjamin Barnhart Office of Health and Environmental Research, ER-72 GTN US Department of Energy 19901 Germantown Road Germantown, MD 20874 Brief descriptions of the positions are included below. For more detailed descriptions contact 'schmaltz@nersc.gov'. For further information, please contact Jeff Schmaltz at 301-353-4742 or Benjamin Barnhart at 301-353-5037. COMPUTATIONAL BIOLOGIST The primary function of this position is to provide technical administration for a broad and complex program of research in the development and application of computer science, information processing and communications technology for the conduct and management of life sciences and environmental research. This research program encompasses development and analysis of biological data bases, computational techniques for analysis of DNA sequences, chromosome maps, and biological structures, and biomedical applications of imaging techniques and advanced approaches to environmental modeling. Activities span a full range of responsibilities pertinent to directing major multidisciplinary research programs and require broadly based experience and knowledge in the application of computer sciences in biology and other life sciences with a background of nationally recognized research achievement. In addition to program formulation and direction, serves as a nationally recognized authority in computer sciences to advance health and environmental research. MOLECULAR BIOLOGIST The primary function of this position is to provide technical administration for a broad and complex program of research in molecular biology designed to provide basic and applied information in support of radiation biology, chemical toxicology, cellular and structural biology, and human genome research. Activities span a full range of responsibilities pertinent to directing major multidisciplinary research programs and require broadly based experience and knowledge in life sciences, especially fundamental molecular biology and related disciplines as applied to the research activities mentioned above, with a background of nationally recognized research achievement. In addition to program formulation and direction, serves as a nationally recognized authority in biological sciences to advance health and environmental research.