Hi folks,
although primarily a biocuration position, we have clear plans to use
semantic web technologies!
More below; and note that this is a*open-ended position.*
Please, circulated it to interested parties.
Susanna
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Nature Publishing Group is looking for an Editorial Biocurator to be
responsible for curating content from a variety of life science domains
for Scientific Data http://www.nature.com/scientificdata.
This is a new open-access, online-only publication for descriptions of
scientifically valuable datasets and is designed to foster data sharing
and reuse.
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Editorial Biocurator*
*Location: *
London (Office based)
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**Purpose of the role:*
To curate data descriptors from a variety of life science domains,
establish criteria for doing so and maintain consistency and quality of
curated information. Manage and develop scalable workflows, tools and
processes for the curation of data descriptors as part of online
authoring and publication process. To ensure that the curated
information stored is of the highest quality and suitable for powering
the required applications.
*Qualifications: *
A life science graduate, with a master's or doctoral degree in related
discipline, or computer science and bioinformatics.
*Biocuration skills and experiences:*
- Previous experience working as a biocurator is highly sought.
- Backgrounds in working with high-throughput data in life science
and/or previous experience in publishing (copy-editing/production/web)
are required.
- Sound knowledge of minimal information requirements, exchange formats
and terminologies/ontologies is required.
- Working experience with these community reporting standards, in
particular with ISA-Tab (http://www.isa-tools.org)
<http://www.isa-tools.org/>, would be highly advantageous
*Technical criteria:*
The following knowledge and experiences are considered to be desirable
- relational databases, XML, RDF /Linked Data, SPARQL, Java Script, Perl, R
- ability to perform user requirements analysis
- ability to communicate requirements to developers
For a full job description and to apply, go to:
http://jobs.macmillan.com/VacancyDetail.aspx?VacancyUID=000000003042
For general info, email: scientificd...@nature.com
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Susanna-Assunta Sansone, PhD
skype: susanna-a.sansone
uk.linkedin.com/in/sasansone
University of Oxford e-Research Centre
Associate Director, Principal Investigator
www.isacommons.org|www.biosharing.org
Nature Publishing Group
Consultant, Scientific Data
www.nature.com/scientificdata
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