Biomathematics and Statistics Scotland

Senior Statistician
Biomathematics and Statistics Scotland
Biomathematics & Statistics Scotland (BioSS) has an international reputation for methodological development in statistics, mathematical modelling and bioinformatics. BioSS offers a stimulating working environment, with over 30 staff at four different locations, working on applications in plant science, animal health and welfare, ecology & environmental science and nutrition & human health.

£33,780 - £37,534

We seek an experienced statistician with excellent technical and interpersonal skills to work in BioSS's plant science application area, based at The James Hutton Institute (JHI) in Dundee. JHI works at the forefront of modern technology, generating a challenging range of quantitative problems motivated by research on crop plants and their interactions with the environment. The postholder will have the opportunity to develop an area of personal research related to the analysis of high dimensional data arising from 'omics and next generation sequencing.

Applicants should be:

•enthusiastic about the potential of modern statistical methods to contribute to the advancement of scientific thinking;
•able to demonstrate experience of collaboration with biological scientists and innovation in the development and application of modern statistical methods, substantiated by a record of scientific publications.
Further information on the above post, including how to apply, is available on the BioSS website at http://www.bioss.ac.uk/vacancies.html Closing date - 27th May 2011, Post Ref - BioSS/2/11. Potential applicants may contact Dr Frank Wright (f.wright@bioss.ac.uk; 01382 562731), in confidence to discuss the post.


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