Un anuncio de trabajo para especialista en morfología de peces.
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Martín

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Scientific Data Curator

We are seeking a scientist to help compile comparative morphological data from the scientific literature on fishes. This person will lead data curation and ontology development as part of a team comprised of scientists and software developers, in order to develop a novel system for the analysis of developmental and phenotypic diversity data using ontologies. This NSF funded project (3 years) is led by Paula Mabee (University of South Dakota) in collaboration with Monte Westerfield (Zebrafish Information Network), the National Evolutionary Synthesis Center and the National Center for Biomedical Ontology.

For more information about the project, see the following:

• PhenoMap
• Mabee et al. (2007) Phenotype ontologies: the bridge between genomics and evolution. Trends Ecol Evol. doi:10.1016/j.tree.2007.03.013

Job description
The incumbent will curate morphological data from the literature on fishes, annotating anatomical features using terms from ontologies, to populate a database that will be integrated with the existing developmental and genomic database of zebrafish; contribute new terms, definitions, and relationships to the ontologies where needed and work with the broader community to ensure consistency; review the data that is submitted to the database by expert morphologists and communicate with them regarding homology relationships among entities; provide and solicit input regarding the nature of characters, character states, homologies, and phylogenetic relationships; and work closely with software developers at NESCent to develop the curatorial interfaces, the database, and the web interface to the system being developed as needed.

Required qualifications

• Ph.D. degree in biological sciences with expertise in comparative vertebrate anatomy and evolution

Preferred qualifications

• Ph.D. degree in biological sciences with expert knowledge of comparative anatomy and evolution of fishes
• Ability to communicate well and work as part of a distributed research team
• Experience using or creating ontologies

How to apply
Please send cover letter, resume, and the contact information for three references to the project PI, Dr. Paula Mabee (pmabee@...). Further inquiries about the position may be directed to Dr. Mabee by email, or by phone at +1-605-677-6171.

Martín J. Ramírez
División Aracnología
Museo Argentino de Ciencias Naturales
Av. Angel Gallardo 470
C1405DJR Buenos Aires
Argentina
tel +54 11 4982-8370 int. 169
fax +54 11 4982-4494