github.com - VCF2PopTree is a client-side software written in Javascript and it runs purely within the user’s computer/browser. VCF2PopTree is compatible with all population browsers including Chrome, Opera, Edge and Firefox and works equally...
Adv. No. F.TU/ACA/GT-APP/01/14 Date: 07.07.2014
Faculty of Science
Essential Qualifications:
(i) Good academic record having at least 55% marks (or an equivalent grade in a point scale wherever grading system is followed) at the Master’s...
github.com - dna2bit: an ultra-fast and accurate genomic distance estimation software
dna2bit is a software tool developed in C++11, leveraging the capabilities of OpenMP for parallel computing and the popcount technique for efficient bit manipulation.
A study led by University of Utah scientists is the first to find a genetic cause for the adaptation, a single DNA base pair change that dates back 8,000 years and demonstrate how it contributes to the Tibetans' ability to live in low oxygen...
Horizontal gene transfer (HGT), the “non-sexual movement of genetic material between two organisms” , is relatively common in prokaryotes and single-celled eukaryotes, but a number of factors combine to make it far rarer in...
When you're just starting out with biological programming, it's easy to run into complex problems that make you wonder how anyone has ever managed to write a program.
github.com - MECAT is an ultra-fast Mapping, Error Correction and de novo Assembly Tools for single molecula sequencing (SMRT) reads. MECAT employs novel alignment and error correction algorithms that are much more efficient than the state of art of aligners and...
PhD opportunity at Université de Liège - Belgium
The Bioinformatics and Systems Biology Unit of Université de Liège (Belgium) is looking for a highly motivated master student with programming skills for a PhD thesis project (4 years, fully...