We are seeking a highly experienced biological database curation manager, with a strong publication track record, to become a faculty level Team Leader for the Protein Function Content Team at the European Bioinformatics Institute (EMBL-EBI), located on the Wellcome Genome Campus, near Cambridge, in the UK.
The Protein Function Content Team Leader manages a team of expert biologists in curation of proteins as part of the international UniProt and Gene Ontology (GO) consortia, as well as other related data resources. The team curates knowledge from the scientific literature and additionally evaluates machine learning (ML)-generated protein annotations.
The Team Leader will work with collaborators such as INSDC, Ensembl, PDB, Open Targets and IMEx on aspects of external large-scale data import into UniProt and GO. The Team Leader will also engage with the community from both academia and industry to enhance the utility of the service. Staff in the team work closely with the software development team to ensure high quality data services guided by user requirements. The team is highly international and collaborative.
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