Building a bioinformatics core in Chicago

[kgulukota]

I joined the NorthShore University HealthSystem in Fall of 2010. This is primarily a hospital. But it also has strong academic research. Prior to joining here I was with GenomeQuest, the cloud-based bioinformatics analysis company in Massachusetts.

My remit here at NorthShore is to build a strong bioinformatics expertise (starting from nearly 0). So, I am hiring over the next few years. I'll be posting in the Jobs forum as and when I have openings.

I also have several genome sequencing projects in oncology and neurology which will start in the next few years. I will be browsing this site for advice and guidance through the software jungle that has grown in the field.

[DanFrost]

Welcome to the board!

Professionally, we have played a role in building a part of that bioinformatics expertise from the ground up and taking existing capacity and increasing it with existing staff.

Full disclosure: I work for a software company, and so I am an active participant in that jungle (that is a great way to put it).

Anyways, trying to remove as much bias as I can, I would be happy to be an industry resource.

[kgulukota]

Thank you for the offer. I too worked for a software company just before coming here; so I know what you mean by trying to be as unbiased as possible. If we don't do that, we lose our identity as scientists!

Anyway, as I start building my team, I just posted a job opening:

http://seqanswers.com/forums/showthread.php?t=16810

Cheers!

[adaptivegenome]

Welcome to board, we look forward to hear how things go as you ramp up your operation.