From erik.larsson at gu.se Thu Jan 2 13:24:45 2014 From: erik.larsson at gu.se (Erik Larsson) Date: Thu, 2 Jan 2014 12:24:45 +0000 Subject: [SocBiN] Postdoc in computational genomics (Gothenburg) Message-ID: There is an opening for a fully funded postdoc position in computational genomics (cancer/non-coding RNAs) at the Sahlgrenska Academy, University of Gothenburg. The closing date is 2014-01-27. For more information, please see the following link: http://www.gu.se/english/about_the_university/announcements-in-the-job-application-portal/?languageId=0&disableRedirect=true&id=19144&Dnr=588600&Type=E Contact information: Erik Larsson, erik.larsson at gu.se, +46 736 735 735. From erik.sonnhammer at scilifelab.se Tue Jan 7 14:19:03 2014 From: erik.sonnhammer at scilifelab.se (Erik Sonnhammer) Date: Tue, 07 Jan 2014 14:19:03 +0100 Subject: [SocBiN] Postdoctoral Position in Bioinformatics at SciLifeLab Stockholm Message-ID: <52CBFEC7.9010601@scilifelab.se> See https://ki.mynetworkglobal.com/en/what:job/jobID:30300/where:4/ Note: Last application date:09.Jan.2014 *Postdoctoral Scientist in Bioinformatics* The position is within an interdisciplinary team in the project "DIfferential Response by INtra Tumour Heterogeneity (DIRINTH)" headed by Thomas Helleday, Joakim Lundeberg, and Erik Sonnhammer at Science for Life Laboratory in Stockholm, Sweden. This project recently received funding for five years from AstraZeneca, and aims at mapping gene expression differences within solid tumors at the single cell level. The project will generate a gene expression profile for each cell in a matrix of a tissue section, where the matrix contains up to 135000 cells. Analysis of this data needs to be automated, and a bioinformatics groups is being established to build infrastructure to store and analyse the data. This position is mostly focussed on analysing the expression profiles to identify activated and deactivated pathways in a given cell type. To this end, novel statistical methods will be used, such as Network Crosstalk Enrichment Analysis (NCEA), in combination with traditional gene enrichment analysis (GEA). These will be combined with network module clustering using the MGclus method. Specific aims: Develop a pathway annotation pipeline for gene expression data based on NCEA, GEA, and MGclus. Integrate the pathway annotation pipeline into the workflow of ST analysis. Apply the pathway annotation pipeline to ST data, to be able to functionally characterize activated and deactivated pathways in different cell types. Build a knowledge database for storing and mining ST data, pathway annotations, and external annotations, using standardized interfaces to analysis algorithms and methods. *Entry requirements * The successful candidate should have a Ph.D. in bioinformatics or related field, and detailed knowledge of molecular biology. Familiarity with high throughput data analysis techniques is essential, as well as a high level of motivation. Computer programming skills and knowledge of biological database systems are important merits. A person is eligible for a position as postdoctoral research fellow if he or she has obtained a PhD no more than seven years before the last date of employment as postdoc. *Application process *An employment application must contain the following documents in English or Swedish: 1. A complete curriculum vitae, including date of the thesis defence, title of the thesis, previous academic positions, academic title, current position, academic distinctions, and committee work 2. A complete list of publications 3. A summary of current work (no more than one page) 4. Verifications for crediting of illness, military service, work for labour unions or student organisations, parental leave or similar circumstances 5. Verification from the thesis defence committee or the equivalent (only if the thesis defence is scheduled within three months after the application deadline) The application is to be submitted on the NetRecruiter system, see See https://ki.mynetworkglobal.com/en/what:job/jobID:30300/where:4/ -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From juho.rousu at aalto.fi Wed Jan 8 07:23:54 2014 From: juho.rousu at aalto.fi (Rousu Juho) Date: Wed, 8 Jan 2014 06:23:54 +0000 Subject: [SocBiN] Doctoral student positions in Helsinki Message-ID: Helsinki Doctoral Education Network in Information and Communications Technology (http://www.hict.fi/) has a call for 15 PhD student positions, research fields including Bioinformatics and Computational Biology (within Life Science Informatics track). The call has a deadline of February 14, 2014. The submission site will open January 31, 2014. Helsinki ICT network: call for 15 doctoral student positions ------------------------------------------------------------ The Helsinki Doctoral Education Network in Information and Communications Technology (HICT) is a collaborative doctoral education network hosted jointly by Aalto University and the University of Helsinki, the two leading universities within this area in Finland. The network involves at present 51 professors and over 200 doctoral students, and the participating units graduate altogether more than 40 new doctors each year. The activities of HICT are structured along six research area specific tracks: - Algorithms and machine learning - Creative technologies - Life science informatics - Networks, networked systems and services - Software and service engineering and systems - User centered information technology The quality of research and education in both HICT universities is world-class, but the education is still practically free as there are no tuition fees in the Finnish university system. Helsinki has been ranked as the World's Most Livable City (Monocle, 2011), and is the capital city of Finland, which is in the top 10 of the most highly educated nations in the world (OECD, 2013), and has been selected as the world???s best country to live in (Newsweek, 2010). The participating units of HICT have currently 15 fully funded positions available for exceptional doctoral students. For more information and application instructions, see "http://www.hict.fi/". From jan.christian.bryne at northerngenomics.com Fri Jan 10 15:29:48 2014 From: jan.christian.bryne at northerngenomics.com (Jan Christian Bryne) Date: Fri, 10 Jan 2014 15:29:48 +0100 Subject: [SocBiN] Workshop on RNA-Seq Analysis, Oslo March 24-26 Message-ID: Short Course and Workshop on RNA-Seq Analysis ----------------------------------------------- Northern Genomics is happy to announce an intensive, introductory-level course on analysis of RNA-Seq data. DATE: March 24-26, 2014 LOCATION: Oslo, Norway CONTENT: One day of preparatory self-study and three full days of classroom learning, covering: * Differential expression analysis * Transcriptome assembly * Hands-on analysis of example data sets * Suitable for everyone, no prior experience required * Personalized training - bring your own data set! * Experimental design considerations * Includes access to a state of the art online analysis environment Brief lectures will give insight into how knowledge can be generated from RNA-seq experiments through rational experimental design, and illustrate how to analyze such data. The focus is on active learning in computer exercises where you apply methods for quality assurance, mapping and assembly, visualization and statistical analysis of RNA-seq data under the guidance of the lecturers. Participants who bring their own data sets will receive tailored guidance. COURSE ORGANIZERS: The course is developed and taught by Northern Genomics AS, a consulting and training company founded by highly experienced computational and experimental biologists. COST: The course fee is 1000 EUR, which includes written and online course materials, lunch and refreshments. REGISTRATION: The number of participants will be limited to ensure a low student-teacher ratio. To obtain more information and registration, visit http://www.northerngenomics.com -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From olofem at kth.se Mon Jan 13 22:05:47 2014 From: olofem at kth.se (Olof Emanuelsson) Date: Mon, 13 Jan 2014 22:05:47 +0100 Subject: [SocBiN] Starting next week: Advanced level courses "Analysis of data from high-throughput molecular biology experiments"/"Omic Data and Systems Biology" Message-ID: <52D4552B.5070409@kth.se> Dear SocBiN colleagues, We, Lukas K?ll, Lars Arvestad and Olof Emanuelsson at KTH, will give two colocalized courses at advanced level named "Analysis of data from high-throughput molecular biology experiments" 7.5hp and "Omic Data and Systems Biology", KTH course codes BB2490/DD2399 starting 20 January 2014 and finishing 21 March. The courses are identical in format and content, but have sparate course codes for historical reasons. The courses will cover how to analyze (i) next/now generation sequencing data (e.g., assembly, RNA-seq, ChIP-seq) and (ii) mass spectrometry data (e.g., peptide identification, peptide quantification, post-translational modifications). There are 11 lectures, 4 computer exercises, and one project. The project is done in groups of 2 or 3 students, with real data and will be presented in poster format at a "poster session" towards the end of the course. The official course plans are available here: http://www.kth.se/student/kurser/kurs/BB2490?l=en_UK http://www.kth.se/student/kurser/kurs/DD2399 If you're interested in taking this course, first talk to your supervisor to find out if it fits into your course package, and then email a short motivation (1/2 A4 page) of why you would like to participate. Please note that the number of participants is limited. Also, note that the time is very short - we need your application at the very latest by noon, Thursday 16 January. The course is given in collaboration with Science for Life Laboratory and the national infrastructure in next-generation sequencing, SNISS. Lectures and computer exercises are held at the AlbaNova and SciLifeLab Stockholm campuses. Welcome with your application! (We're very sorry for the late notice). Lars Arvestad (lars.arvestad at scilifelab.se), Lukas K?ll (lukas.kall at scilifelab.se), Olof Emanuelsson (olof.emanuelsson at scilifelab.se) Olof Emanuelsson -- Associate Professor School of Biotechnology, KTH SciLifeLab Stockholm, Sweden Email: olof.emanuelsson at biotech.kth.se Phone: +46-8-5248-1458 Web: http://www.kth.se/en/bio/research/genetech/genetech-researchers/olof-emanuelsson From Ola.Spjuth at farmbio.uu.se Wed Jan 15 14:49:06 2014 From: Ola.Spjuth at farmbio.uu.se (Ola Spjuth) Date: Wed, 15 Jan 2014 13:49:06 +0000 Subject: [SocBiN] Fwd: Two bioinformaticians needed to the Clinical Sequencing Facility in Uppsala References: Message-ID: <122193E1-5348-4D33-AA41-B584CB738EA0@farmbio.uu.se> Begin forwarded message: From: Rung Johan > Subject: Two bioinformaticians needed to the Clinical Sequencing Facility in Uppsala Dear All, The Clinical Sequencing Facility is a new SciLifeLab national facility, organized jointly by Uppsala University, Uppsala University Hospital and Science for Life Laboratory. Our mission is to provide clinical genetic tests for various cancer forms and inherited diseases using state-of-the-art next- generation sequencing technology. With our team of facility associated geneticists and medical doctors, we will deliver clinical assessments of the detected variants, with the aim to truly provide ?bench to bedside? services. We are now looking for two bioinformaticians to our facility: one person to drive development of production systems and data management, one to drive development of data analysis pipelines. Those appointed will be expected to work with clinicians, geneticists, software developers, bioinformaticians and molecular biologists from our facility, and collaboratively also at other similar facilities or research teams in Sweden and abroad. The positions and qualifications are described below. Please see http://www.uu.se/en/jobs/jobs-detail-page/?positionId=30160 and http://www.uu.se/en/jobs/jobs-detail-page/?positionId=30157 for more information and for application forms. Application deadline is January 31, 2014. Both jobs are full time, two years to start with and may be extended depending on funding and progress. ----------------------------------------------------- Bioinformatician (data management) Work description: To establish the computational infrastructure for our facility, we are looking to recruit a highly motivated bioinformatician/ software engineer who can drive the development of the production workflow of our facility. This will include developing server applications, databases and user interfaces for clinical- and genetic data management, as well as data transfer protocols for the analysis pipelines in our high performance computing cluster. One particularly important aspect of the production system will be the handling of data integrity and security. Qualifications: Applicants are required to have a M.Sc. degree or higher in a field related to the position, such as bioinformatics, computer science, engineering or similar. Further requirements are: - Documented experience in database design, programming, and maintenance. - Documented programming skills in Java, C/C++, Python or Perl. - Documented experience with Linux systems, including server administration and security. - Good communication skills and the ability to work both independently and in collaboration with colleagues in very diverse fields, and the ability to document work. - Fluency in English. Desirable and meritorious in other respects: Experience with bioinformatics in general, and next-generation sequencing data in particular, is strongly meriting but not required. Also meriting but not required are knowledge (or an interest in) genetics, medicine or biology in general, knowledge in computer hardware, R programming and statistics. Applicants need to have strong work ethics and an understanding of privacy and security aspects concerning clinical and genetic data. Ability in Swedish is meriting. A high degree of importance will be given personal suitability for the position. ---------------------------------------------- Bioinformatician (data analysis) Work description: To establish the computational infrastructure for our facility, we are looking to recruit a highly motivated bioinformatician/ scientific programmer who can drive the development of the data analysis workflow of our facility. This will include building analysis pipelines based on developing new, and implementing and adapting existing software tools for next generation sequence data analysis, as well as workflow management tools. The work will also involve development of bioinformatics content and annotation for facility databases, in particular concerning clinically relevant genetic variation data. Qualifications: Applicants are required to have completed a Ph.D. degree or higher in a field related to the position, such as bioinformatics, biotechnology, engineering physics or similar. Further requirements are: -Documented experience in analysis of next-generation sequencing data. -Documented experience in bioinformatics. Particularly important are knowledge in genomics, transcriptomics, genome annotation and a good knowledge of public resources for bioinformatics data and annotation. -Documented programming skills in Java, C/C++, Python or Perl, in particular concerning scientific computing in Linux based HPC environments. -Documented knowledge in statistics, and programming skills in R. -Good communication skills and the ability to work both independently and in collaboration with colleagues in very diverse fields, and the ability to document work. -Experience in publishing and presenting research results. -Fluency in English. Desirable and meritorious in other respects: Knowledge (or an interest in) genetics, medicine or biology in general is meriting. Applicants need to have strong work ethics and an understanding of privacy and security aspects concerning clinical and genetic data. Ability in Swedish is meriting. A high degree of importance will be given personal suitability for the position. You can also contact me directly for more information at johan.rung at scilifelab.uu.se. -------------------------- Many thanks, Johan Rung Facility manager, Clinical Sequencing Facility -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... 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URL: From Erik.Bongcam at slu.se Sun Jan 19 11:46:39 2014 From: Erik.Bongcam at slu.se (Erik Bongcam-Rudloff) Date: Sun, 19 Jan 2014 10:46:39 +0000 Subject: [SocBiN] Travel grants to: "NGS methods for identification of mutations and large structural variants" Message-ID: Dear SocBin, We are pleased to announce a joint ALLBIO and COST SeqAhead event in Lausanne, Switzerland. It is entitled "Next Generation Sequencing (NGS) methods for identification of mutations and large structural variants" and will be held from Tuesday March 11 to Wednesday March 12, 2014. This international event covers several aspects of the identification of genomic structural variants using NGS data. The mini symposium (Day 1) will present the latest developments in the field and the workshop (Day 2) will allow participants to get used to the tools with a virtual machine prepared during a test case hackathon (see AllBio project page for more information). Particular emphasis will be given to the comparison of the different analysis tools and how to combine their results. The ALLBIO (http://www.allbioinformatics.eu) FP7 CA aims to bring biologists and bioinformaticians together for the effective exploitation of high-throughput data. The focus being to apply the human genome bioinformatics analysis methods to non-model organisms in microbes, plants, and livestock. Travel costs of the workshop are sponsored by the COST Action SeqAhead (http://www.seqahead.eu). and the ALLBIO project. Please apply in time! The objective of the mini symposium is to provide an overview of the existing tools / pipelines available for NGS analysis, as well as to present some data using those tools. The objective of the workshop is to allow participants using the pipeline, either with our data, or with their own data. Requirements for the workshop: - Basic knowledge of UNIX - A laptop with at least 4 GB RAM, 50 GB of free disk space, WIFI and VirtualBox preinstalled This event is organised by the Vital-IT and the Bioinformatics Unravelling groups of the SIB Swiss Institute of Bioinformatics. The number of seats is limited to 90 for the mini symposium and to 25 for the workshop. Further information and application are available from http://edu.isb-sib.ch/course/view.php?id=104 Hope to see you there! Gr?goire Rossier (AllBio partner) & Laurent Falquet (SeqAhead partner) From junbai at gmail.com Mon Jan 20 14:26:32 2014 From: junbai at gmail.com (junbai) Date: Mon, 20 Jan 2014 14:26:32 +0100 Subject: [SocBiN] Posdoc job Message-ID: Hello, There is a postdoc position available in our group, job detail is available in the attachment, please circulating it to people whom may interested in the work. Thanks! Best regards from junbai wang --------- Engasjement 3 a?r - Computational biology/Bioinformatics Postdoctoral Position - KDI FORSKNINGSENHET 3 RADIUMHOSPITALET Referansenr: 2024105356 Kontaktinfo: Junbai Wang Ra?dgiver Arbeidsoppgaver S?knadsfrist: 01.03.2014 47-22934017 S?k pa? stillingen junbai.wang at rr-research.no Vi tilbyr Medlemskap i pensjonsordning, 2% pensjonstrekk, gruppe- og ulykkesforsikring samt fritidsulykkeforsikring Trivelig arbeidsmilj? En arbeidsplass som er en inkluderende arbeidsliv(IA)-bedrift Andre opplysninger Stillingsbr?k: 100% Engasjement Antall stillinger: 1 A postdoctoral position within the field of bioinformatics or computational biology is available at Oslo University Hospital ? Norwegian Radium Hospital. The candidate will work at the Department of Pathology at the Norwegian Radium Hospital. The appointment is a full-time position for three years. The work tasks will be to design next generation predictive models for detecting functional gene regulation. The new computational method will eventually be applied on our in-house high-throughput sequencing data such as exome sequencing data from lymphoma patients. The project involves both national and international research collaboration. We seek for a highly motivated person with good knowledge in molecular biology, human genetics, data mining and computational programming. Ideally, the candidate should hold a PhD in bioinformatics or computational biology. However, PhD in physics, computer science or mathematics may also be considered if the candidate can show his/her potential in learning molecular biology and human genetics. The application can be submitted electronically by email to junbai.wang at rr-research.no. Please attach to the email a single PDF, which should contain an application letter stating why you are interested in the position and describing your major achievement (i.e. the most interesting publications) in the PhD work and your key competences, together with a full CV, list of publications, and detailed contact address (i.e. email and phone number) of three references. Arbeidssted Radiumhsopitalet, 0450 Oslo -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: -------------- next part -------------- A non-text attachment was scrubbed... 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The faculty offers an interdisciplinary setting for its 500 employees, 350 PhD students and 1700 undergraduates. Together they work on a broad range of technical innovations in the fields of sustainable energy, telecommunications, microelectronics, embedded systems, computer and software engineering, interactive multimedia and applied mathematics. EEMCS: Your Connection to the Future. The Department of Intelligent Systems conducts research on processing and interpretation of data to enable man and machine to deal with the increasing volume and complexity of data and communication. We have a strong focus on medical and health sciences. One of our research labs is the Delft Bioinformatics Lab (bioinformatics.tudelft.nl). THE GROUP: THE DELFT BIOINFORMATICS LAB The Delft Bioinformatics Lab performs research and educates students in the fields of bioinformatics for ?health and disease? and for ?microbiology?. We stand out in designing novel data-driven algorithms that are based on the latest developments in the field of Pattern Recognition. We are inspired by a variety of applications but also want to further these scientific application domains with our solutions. Therefore, we actively collaborate with scientists that are at the forefront of their fields and participate in their research questions. THE JOB Within the Delft Bioinformatics Lab, the candidate heads the Bioinformatics for microbiology research theme and educational activities. This theme aims to improve understanding of microorganisms to either increase production yields or to produce new compounds or proteins. At the heart of this research is basic understanding of microorganisms under a variety of growth conditions as well as protein sequence properties that favour secretion. For this, the candidate designs pioneering bioinformatics methodologies emphasising on high-throughput (gen)omic data analysis. Impact in microbiology is realised by intense collaborations with eminent Dutch microbiologists in Delft, Utrecht and Leiden. The candidate expands these collaborations and launches novel research directions that firmly establish a position at the forefront of the international field of computational microbiology. You will: * Provide leadership in bioinformatics for microbiology research. * Act as principal investigator, leading day-to-day research activities. * Contribute to education at the BSc, MSc and PhD levels. * Identify promising avenues with existing partners in microbiology and establish collaborations with internationally leading labs. * Foster creativity and scientific excellence. * Be active in relevant (computer science and biology) communities. CANDIDATE REQUIREMENTS The candidate has a PhD in computer science or a related discipline with a proven track record in bioinformatics. An affinity for pattern recognition and microbiology are considered an advantage. He/she must be able to work effectively in a multidisciplinary team and have the ambition to build partnerships with leading institutions worldwide. The candidate shares our view that communication skills are important, as is the ability to interact with peers, students and technical staff. Teaching experience is important; teaching certificates are considered to be an advantage. CONDITIONS OF EMPLOYMENT TU Delft offers an attractive benefits package, including a flexible work week, free high-speed Internet access from home (with a contract of two years or longer), and the option of assembling a customised compensation and benefits package (the 'IKA'). Salary and benefits are in accordance with the Collective Labour Agreement for Dutch Universities. The position offered is a tenure-track position for a period of five years. Based on performance indicators agreed upon at the start of the appointment, a decision will be made in the final year whether to offer you a permanent faculty position. TU Delft sets specific standards for the English competency of the teaching staff. TU Delft offers training to improve English competency. Inspiring, excellent education is our central aim. If you have less than five years of experience and have not yet obtained your teaching certificate, we allow you up to three years to complete this. TENURE TRACK A Tenure Track, a process leading up to a permanent appointment with the prospect of becoming an Associate or full Professor, offers young, talented academics a clear and attractive career path. During the Tenure Track, you will have the opportunity to develop into an internationally acknowledged and recognised academic. We offer a structured career and personal development programme designed to offer individual academics as much support as possible. For more information about the Tenure Track and the personal development programme, please visit www.tudelft.nl/tenuretrack. INFORMATION AND APPLICATION For more information about this position, please contact Prof. M.J.T. Reinders, phone: +31 (0)15-2786424, e-mail: m.j.t.reinders at tudelft.nl. To apply, please e-mail a detailed CV, a research and an education statement, at least three references and at most five key publications along with a letter of application by 14 March 2014 to Mrs. C.J.C. Kohlmann-van Noord, Hr-eemcs at tudelft.nl. When applying for this position, please refer to vacancy number EWI2014-01. -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... 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We use large scale genetic, functional and cancer biological analyses combined with bioinformatics analyses on cancer risk or patient survival/treatment response in subgroups of breast carcinoma. More information about the Hereditary breast cancer susceptibility -group: http://research.med.helsinki.fi/wh/nevanlinna/ Please send application, including CV, by February 2nd by e-mail or call for further information: Dos. Heli Nevanlinna (heli.nevanlinna at hus.fi) Tel. +358 9 4717 1750, +358 405 290 720 Questions concerning the job description details can also be addressed to Sofia Khan (sofia.khan at helsinki.fi). Best regards, Sofia Khan, PhD Dept. of Obstetrics and Gynecology Helsinki University Central Hospital Biomedicum Helsinki P.O. BOX 700 00029 HUS Finland From xianjun.dong.umass at gmail.com Mon Jan 27 16:27:23 2014 From: xianjun.dong.umass at gmail.com (Xianjun Dong) Date: Mon, 27 Jan 2014 10:27:23 -0500 Subject: [SocBiN] Postdoc in Scherzer's lab @ Harvard Medical School and Brigham & Women?s Hospital Message-ID: Harvard Medical School and Brigham & Women?s Hospital Postdoctoral Position: Applying Statistics to Develop A Personalized Medicine for Parkinson?s Disease A Postdoctoral Position in Neurogenomics is available at The Neurogenomics Laboratory of Brigham & Women?s Hospital and Harvard Medical School (Principal Investigator: Dr. Clemens Scherzer). This fully funded position is available for a one-year appointment with the possibility of extension. The postdoctoral fellow will also participate in training activities associated with a T32 training grant from NINDS (PI: Dr. Rebecca Betensky): ?Training in Neurostatistics and Neuroepidemiology,? including regular seminars, opportunities to present work in progress, and a journal club. Your tasks: We are looking for an enthusiastic, highly motivated, science-driven and experienced postdoctoral fellow to join our team to perform large-scale analysis of longitudinal clinical, gene expression, metabolite, and genetic data sets in order to identify markers that predict prognosis, track progression, and help with diagnosis. Cross-sectional and longitudinal analyses of univariate and multivariate markers will be performed. The candidate will be co-mentored by Dr. Scherzer and Dr. Betensky of the Department of Biostatistics at Harvard S chool of Public Health. Your qualifications: Applicants are expected to have Ph. D. or equivalent doctoral degree with strong statistical background and SAS knowledge. Strong quantitative skills are advantageous. Excellent English oral and written communication skills are required. Interest in an independent academic research career is encouraged. Candidates must have a publication record. Please submit your application, including a statement of research interests, a biosketch, and three references to Kris Vernon at kvernon at partners.org. Salary will be commensurate with experience. 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URL: From nicosia at dmi.unict.it Mon Jan 27 16:02:19 2014 From: nicosia at dmi.unict.it (Giuseppe Nicosia) Date: Mon, 27 Jan 2014 16:02:19 +0100 Subject: [SocBiN] Synthetic and Systems Biology Summer School: Biology meets Engineering and Computer Science, Taormina - Sicily, Italy June 15-19, 2014 Message-ID: ______________________________________________________ Call for Participation (apologies for multiple copies) ______________________________________________________ Synthetic and Systems Biology Summer School: Biology meets Engineering and Computer Science Taormina - Sicily, Italy, June 15-19, 2014 http://www.taosciences.it/ssbss2014/ ssbss2014 at dmi.unict.it *Application Deadline: February 15 2014* *List of Speakers* Uri Alon, Weizmann Institute of Science, Israel Jef Boeke, Johns Hopkins University, USA Jason Chin, MRC Laboratory of Molecular Biology, UK Virginia Cornish, Columbia University, USA Angela DePace, Harvard University, USA Paul Freemont, Imperial College London, UK Tanja Kortemme, University of California San Francisco, USA Giuseppe Nicosia, University of Catania, Italy Sven Panke, ETH, Switzerland Rahul Sarpeshkar, MIT, USA Giovanni Stracquadanio, Johns Hopkins University, USA Ron Weiss, MIT, USA School Directors Jef Boeke, Johns Hopkins University, USA Giuseppe Nicosia, University of Catania, Italy Mario Pavone, University of Catania, Italy Giovanni Stracquadanio, Johns Hopkins University, USA Short Talk and Poster Submission Students may submit a research abstract for presentation. School directors will review the abstracts and will recommend for poster or short-oral presentation. Abstract should be submitted by February 15, 2014. The abstracts will be published on the electronic hands-out material of the summer school. ssbss2014 at dmi.unict.it Co-located Event: The 3rd International Synthetic Yeast Genome (Sc2.0) Meeting will be held in Taormina Friday June 20, 2014 -- Giuseppe Nicosia, Ph.D. Associate Professor Dept of Mathematics & Computer Science University of Catania Viale A. Doria, 6 - 95125 Catania, Italy P +39 095 7383048 E nicosia at dmi.unict.it W http://www.dmi.unict.it/nicosia ----------------------------------------------------------- From liberles at uwyo.edu Tue Jan 28 16:38:55 2014 From: liberles at uwyo.edu (David Liberles) Date: Tue, 28 Jan 2014 08:38:55 -0700 Subject: [SocBiN] Gene Family Workshop Message-ID: <1390923535.29024.31.camel@pronghorn> We are pleased to announce a free gene family workshop May 12-13, 2014 in Las Cruces, NM, USA. This NSF-funded free gene family workshop is open to all interested participants, local, at American universities and at international universities with registration. Due to room capacity reasons, the meeting size will be capped at 40. This is an opportunity to listen to lectures and subsequently, have hands-on experience with lecturers in analyzing your own gene family dataset. We hope you will join us. Speakers include: -Laura Kubatko (Ohio State University) -Jim Leebens-Mack (University of Georgia) -Liang Liu (University of Georgia) -David Liberles (University of Wyoming) http://odyssey.bioinformatics.uga.edu/~lliu/confr/index.php David Liberles (with Liang Liu and Enrico Pontelli (local organizer)) From bjorn.nystedt at scilifelab.se Tue Jan 28 19:42:31 2014 From: bjorn.nystedt at scilifelab.se (=?iso-8859-1?Q?Bj=F6rn_Nystedt?=) Date: Tue, 28 Jan 2014 19:42:31 +0100 Subject: [SocBiN] post-doc position Marine genomics/bioinformatics References: <6D180E1F6979C14EA1DDEF4E5005522A01DD02F6AD@GU-MBX06.ad.gumail.local> Message-ID: <7F42D487-AB24-4B26-B1D4-4AA3BB69E9B0@scilifelab.se> Please see attached add for a post-doc at the IMAGO infrastructure in Gothenburg, probably the largest ongoing effort in Sweden for establishing novel model organisms through genomics and related technologies. Best Bj?rn Nystedt > From: Anders Blomberg > Subject: post-doc position Marine genomics/bioinformatics > Date: 28 Jan 2014 19:21:35 GMT+1 > To: Bengt Persson , Bj?rn Nystedt > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ > Anders Blomberg > Professor of Functional Genomics > Director of Third cycle eduction at the department > Direct of the master's programme in Genomics and Systems Biology > University of Gothenburg > Dept. of Chemistry and Molecular Biology > Lundberg Laboratory > Box 462 > Medicinaregatan 9C > 405 30 G?teborg > Sweden > > Tel: +46 31 786 2589 Fax: +46 31 786 2599 Mobile: 0733 604624 Skype: hans_anders_blomberg > E-mail: anders.blomberg at cmb.gu.se > Web-site: www.cmb.gu.se/personal/blomberg-anders > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ > ------------------------------------------------ Bjorn Nystedt, PhD Facility manager, SciLifeLab Bioinformatics Long-term Support (WABI) www.scilifelab.se/facilities/wabi/ BMC E10:3206, entrance C11 Husargatan 3, SE-752 37 Uppsala E-mail: bjorn.nystedt at scilifelab.se ------------------------------------------------ -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... 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