Bioinformatics Research Assistant, Plant Sciences
University of Saskatchewan • saskatoon, Canada
Role Description
Bioinformatics Research Assistant, Plant Sciences
Primary Purpose: The Pulse Pathology Program at the Crop Development Centre, Department of Plant Sciences, University of Saskatchewan requires a Research Assistant who will work as part of a team to support bioinformatics in lentils.
Nature of Work: Under the supervision of the principal investigator, the research assistant will work with a multidisciplinary team to support bioinformatic activities that will include alignment of long-read sequencing data to the lentil reference genome, structural variant calling, filtering and assessing the output. The successful candidate will also participate in designing Kompetitive Allele Specific PCR (KASP) markers to support marker-assisted selection in lentils.
Qualifications: must have a BSc in biology or related discipline with a MSc and/or knowledge and experience in computer sciences. Successful candidates should have a good working knowledge of a command-line ...