Posted by s.sufi on 29 January 2016 - 4:09pm

The Department of Animal and Aquacultural Sciences seeks a;bioinformatician or systems biologist;with skills or interest in;ontological annotation, semantic interoperability or knowledge management, for the;systems biology of salmon farming. This is a Researcher position of 3 years (with possibility of extension) at the Norwegian University of Life Sciences, Ås, Norway.

The project “Towards the Digital Salmon: From a reactive to a pre-emptive research strategy in aquaculture (DigiSal)” is part of Digital Life, Norway's first call dedicated to systems biology. Effective management of data and model resources is key in this endeavour, and DigiSal will initiate The Digital Salmon: A knowledge base of salmon genetics and physiology, interfacing closely with complementary databases, repositories, and research infrastructures such as ELIXIR. This knowledge base is a key deliverable of the DigiSal project, and the long-term ambition is that it will enable aquaculture industry to quickly address emerging challenges, quickly reanalysing existing data and identifying knowledge gaps to rapidly acquire required new data.

Full advertisement:;https://www.jobbnorge.no/ledige-stillinger/stilling/121417/systems-biology-informatics-manager-for-the-digital-salmon-refno-16-00453

Application deadline:Thursday 2016-02-25. Email enquiries welcome: Jon Olav Vik.

Please forward this announcement to anyone you think might be interested.Thank you!