DESCRIPTION

Located in the Research Triangle Park of North Carolina, BASF Plant Science is seeking a Scientist to join our Knowledge Management Team. The Scientist will be a member of the Bioinformatics group in the Knowledge Management Technical Center within the BASF Plant Science organization. The Scientist will work closely with other bioinformaticians in organizing and providing bioinformatics services for trait projects. Key responsibilities will be developing scripts/pipelines/algorithms, conducting independent data analysis and data mining, as well as understanding and improving current bioinformatics tools and processes. The Scientist will be expected to be part of trait project teams and deliver required analyses to meet project timelines. Candidate will have the opportunity to develop novel strategies and exploit novel data sets. The Scientist will also participate in defining requirements for new bioinformatics tools and projects. The responsibilities will include communicating updates from the Bioinformatics group to the research scientists and providing required training on Bioinformatics tools. This position will work closely with researchers from various projects to define, validate and implement software development in cooperation with the BASF Plant Science and BASF IT groups. The Scientist will coordinate efforts between the Bioinformatics group, project teams and the IT groups.

Throughout the 20th century, BASF has played a leading role in agriculture and nutrition. BASF Plant Science (BPS) was founded in 1998 and is represented at seven sites in four countries. With this international network of expertise, BPS is especially well equipped to be a leader in plant biotechnology. We develop sustainable solutions for superior agricultural productivity, better and healthier nutrition and renewable resources. Leadership, creativity, teamwork and passion combined with our unique plant biotechnology expertise are the foundation for our success.

QUALIFICATIONS

BASF recognizes institutions of Higher Education which are accredited by the Council for Higher Education Accreditation or equivalent

REQUIRED:

EDUCATION:

MS in Molecular Biology and/or Bioinformatics with 7 years experience in Bioinformatics, PhD with 2 years experience or BS with > 10 years experience. Computer Science degrees with the related amount of experience in a biological field may be considered
BASF recognizes Institutions of Higher Education that are accredited by the Council for Higher Education Accreditation or equivalent

EXPERIENCE:

• Must be proficient with Unix OS and have experience in the command line use of various bioinformatics applications
• Strong skills with Perl and/or other scripting/programming languages
• Demonstrated skills in performing batch analyses, parsing and interpreting results for trait scientists
• Knowledge of molecular biology/genomics, experience analyzing experimental data and capability to define requirements of scientists
• Understanding of statistical analysis methods used in data analysis
• Excellent communication skills and effective presentation skills required Must be goal oriented, customer focused and able to work in a fast-paced team setting.

DESIRED EXPERIENCE :

• Experience in one or more areas of next generation sequence analysis, genome sequence assembly and annotation, profiling data and statistical analysis, data integration, proteomics, genomics or systems biology
• Support of bioinformatics applications
• SQL and knowledge of database design
• Experience in agricultural biotechnology or plant sciences

This position is within a job family and will be filled at a level applicable to the incumbent's qualifications

Requisition ID - 1001525
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