JOB: BioSS, Senior Statistician, specialising in high dimensional data
analysis
Starting Salary: £33,780 - £37,534
We seek an experienced statistician with excellent technical and
interpersonal skills to work in BioSS’s plant science application area,
based at The James Hutton Institute (JHI) in Dundee. JHI works at the
forefront of modern technology, generating a challenging range of
quantitative problems motivated by research on crop plants and their
interactions with the environment. The postholder will have the
opportunity to develop an area of personal research related to the
analysis of high dimensional data arising from ‘omics and next
generation sequencing.
Applicants should be:
• enthusiastic about the potential of modern statistical methods to
contribute to the advancement of scientific thinking;
• able to demonstrate experience of collaboration with biological
scientists and innovation in the development and application of modern
statistical methods, substantiated by a record of scientific publications.
Further information on the above post, including how to apply, is
available on the BioSS website at
http://www.bioss.ac.uk/vacancies.html
Potential applicants may contact Dr Frank Wright ([log in to unmask];
01382 562731), in confidence to discuss the post.
Closing date – 27th May 2011; Interview date - 7th June 2011; Post Ref -
BioSS/2/11.
Biomathematics & Statistics Scotland (BioSS) has an international
reputation for methodological development in statistics, mathematical
modelling and bioinformatics. BioSS offers a stimulating working
environment, with over 30 staff at four different locations, working on
applications in plant science, animal health and welfare, ecology &
environmental science and nutrition & human health.
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Biomathematics and Statistics Scotland (BioSS) is formally part of The
James Hutton Institute (JHI), a registered Scottish charity No. SC041796
and a company limited by guarantee No. SC374831
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