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-----Original Message----- From: Christine Stone [mailto:[log in to unmask]] Sent: Tuesday, June 30, 2009 10:15 AM Subject: UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD: Post-Doctoral Research Assistants - Statistical Population Genetics - 2 posts UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD MATHEMATICAL, PHYSICAL AND LIFE SCIENCES DIVISION Department of Statistics and Nuffield Department of Clinical Medicine Post-Doctoral Research Assistants - 2 posts Statistical Population Genetics Fixed term appointments of up to 3 years' duration Salary: Grade 7: £28,839 - £35,469 pa (bar) UKCRC Consortium: Modernising Medical Microbiology We are recruiting several scientists to join the analytical team for a vigorous and growing research programme that brings together clinical, statistical and laboratory expertise to address important problems in UK infectious diseases and public health. The UKCRC Consortium 'Modernising Medical Microbiology' is a collaboration of unprecedented scale between Oxford University, the Health Protection Agency, the Wellcome Trust Sanger Institute and the NHS that aims to revolutionise approaches to tracing and tracking clinically important micro-organisms in near-to-real-time, using modern sequencing technologies to better understand the biology and epidemiology of C. difficile, Norovirus, S. aureus, and M. tuberculosis. We are looking for scientists who will enjoy working in a vibrant inter-disciplinary environment amongst clinicians, biologists and epidemiologists. Statistical Population Geneticist Population geneticist(s) with strong statistical modelling skills will be required to make sense of the large volumes of population and association study data that will be generated by the UKCRC consortium. Further details are available from Personnel Administration, Department of Statistics, 1 South Parks Road, Oxford, OX1 3TG; [log in to unmask] or http://www.stats.ox.ac.uk/vacancies. Applications faxed to +44 1865 272595 or e-mailed to [log in to unmask] are acceptable as long as they are followed by hard copy. Please always quote reference number: Statistical Population Geneticist -AM 09 005 Closing date for applications: 12 noon, Friday, 31 July 2009 The University of Glasgow, charity number SC004401