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-Marty Bigos
Stanford Shared FACS Facility
16 June 1994
Dear Colleague,
We are looking for a software engineer/programmer to join the Herzenberg
Laboratory flow cytometry development group in the Department of Genetics at
Stanford University. The development group is responsible for research in FACS
instrumentation, techniques and software. It is also responsible for operation
of the Stanford Shared FACS Facility which serves over 100 researchers,
including those in the Herzenberg laboratory. The Facility supports a wide array
of research applications in cell biology, immunology, molecular biology,
genetics, etc.
We are in the process of developing a new Macintosh-based software system for
FACS instrument control and for acquisition, annotation, storage, management,
analysis and display of flow cytometry data. The new staff position will be
almost entirely devoted to this project. The new software system will be put
into routine use in the Shared FACS Facility.
We see the scale of the project as taking most of two years for the initial
complete system. We expect that there will be ongoing development of this system
as well as other projects to maintain an ongoing staff position for someone who
has really become part of the development group. This will involve learning
enough of the relevant biology to work directly with biologists and becoming
proficient in FACS technology.
Job description and criteria:
University classification: Programmer/Analyst (General) II or III
Expected date for contacting applicants: by 20 July 1994
1) Applicants should have at least 5 years experience in Macintosh program
development and thorough knowledge of Mac OS, toolbox and networking. Experience
with software production management and audit tools is desirable.
2) Programming languages needed include C and C++.
3) Initially, this person will be responsible for detail design and
implementation of a flow cytometry oriented data analysis package including user
interface, computations, graphical and printed displays and networking. Later
parts of the project will include instrument control and monitoring and
experimental protocol construction.
4) Ability to work independently and ability to participate in and implement
collective decisions are both critical aspects of the job. The person must be
able to work in a university/academic research environment as one of a group
with responsibility for both its own research and for maintaining a large flow
cytometry facility.
5) Dedication to advancing biological, particularly biomedical, research is
necessary. Some sort of background in biology will be desirable. The person will
need to converse directly with biological users of the system to obtain their
input and must be able to evaluate sometimes conflicting input from several
sources and derive functional solutions to relevant biological problems.
6) The person should have an interest in and some previous familiarity with
research instrumentation. Ability and willingness to learn enough immunology,
cell biology, etc. to work directly with FACS Facility biologists will be
important.
6) Having or quickly developing some familiarity with VAX-VMS systems will be
necessary.
7) Previous familiarity or experience in flow cytometry will be helpful but not
absolutely necessary.
Please refer likely candidates to:
Dr. David R. Parks or Claudia Weber
Herzenberg Laboratory - Beckman B007
Stanford, CA 94305-5125
(415) 723-5054, FAX 725-8564
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