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Bioinformatician - Purdue Cancer Center

Wed, 03 Feb 2021 22:54:14 -0600

The Center for Cancer Research is an NCI-designated cancer center. The center is a catalyst for collaborative cancer research around Purdue University. In this role, the selected individual will have the opportunity to cooperate with Purdue faculty and students in performing cutting-edge research and analyses, with opportunities for professional development, and the possibility of co-authorship in faculty research publications.
Projects will be challenging, including various model organisms, and we are looking for an individual who is excited about interacting with multi-disciplinary cancer research groups and the development of new tools, techniques, and workflows. Independently perform both routine and project-specific analyses, advise faculty on the design of experiments, writing manuscripts for publication, and writing grant proposals. Interact and collaborate with bioinformatics services (i.e. Statistical Consulting Center to provide relevant services to the campus research community), where applicable. Support all of the bioinformatics activities of the Center for Cancer Research at Purdue University
Required:

Master's degree in bioinformatics, computer science, molecular biology, or related field
One year of experience in analyzing RNA-Seq data
In lieu of a degree, consideration will be given to an equivalent combination of related education and required work experience.
Understanding of molecular biology, biochemistry, and genetics
Proficiency in writing scripts using Perl, Python, Java, or equivalent languages
Proficiency in R and UNIX/LINUX
Knowledge of genomics, alignment, annotation, bioinformatics, concepts of sequence assembly
Highly motivated and detail-oriented
Ability, interest, and curiosity to learn new skills
Must possess strong communication skills to work effectively with users across disciplines
Ability to work independently and as part of a multi-disciplinary team
Strong visual, verbal, and written communication skills
Excellent time organizational skills
Preferred:

Experience writing software or building software pipelines
Experience with oncology-specific public databases including TCGA
Experience with deploying and/or running software on high-performance computational systems
Statistical and experimental design knowledge
Additional Information:

This position is contingent on the availability of funding
Purdue will not sponsor employment authorization for this position
A background check will be required for employment in this position
FLSA: Exempt (Not Eligible For Overtime)
Retirement Eligibility: Defined Contribution Waiting Period
Purdue University is an EOE/AA employer. All individuals, including minorities, women, individuals with disabilities, and veterans are encouraged to apply

More at https://careers.purdue.edu/job/West-Lafayette-Bioinformatician-Purdue-Cancer-Center-IN-47906/686617600/

PhD position in Molecular Cell Biology

Sat, 15 Feb 2020 06:09:55 -0600

https://www.jobvector.de/jobs-stellenangebote/biologie-life-sciences/wissenschaftliche-r-mitarbeiter-in/phd-position-molecular-cell-biology-129604.html?suid=0ec057818886c1eceac674ca3f83943367a6cbe2

Essential experience / qualifications:
We are looking for highly motivated candidates holding a Master / Diploma in Biology, Biochemistry, Molecular Medicine or similar; solid knowledge of molecular and cell biological techniques; good English knowledge.

Applications:
Please send your application (including CV, letter of motivation, contact information of two references, and list of publication) by 13.03.2020 at the latest to:

Universitätsklinikum Erlangen
Chirurgische Klinik
Translational Research Center
Prof. Dr. rer. nat. Michael Stürzl
Schwabachanlage 12
91054 Erlangen
E-Mail: michael.stuerzl@uk-erlangen.de

The Minerva Research Group for Bioinformatics

Tue, 27 May 2014 15:48:14 -0500

The focus of the bioinformatics group is to use computational approaches to gain an insight into genome evolution in primates.

http://www.eva.mpg.de/genetics/bioinformatics/overview.html?Fsize=0%2C%20%40%2F%27

Kelso Group
Department of Evolutionary Genetics
Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology
Deutscher Platz 6
04103 Leipzig
Germany
Phone: +49 341 3550 500

Job:
http://www.eva.mpg.de/genetics/bioinformatics/jobs.html?Fsize=0%2C%2B%40

Prof. Chandrasekhar Kanduri Laboratory

Fri, 24 Jun 2016 16:59:43 -0500

Our lab has been interested in understanding how long noncoding RNAs control tumor initiation and progression, in addition to use them as potential biomarkers in diagnosis and therapy. We have been using neuroblastoma, a childhood cancer, as a model system to understand the functional role of long noncoding RNAs in cancer development and progression. By using new RNA sequencing technology on neuroblastoma tumors from a large group of Swedish children including both high-risk and low-risk neuroblastomas (108), we have identified several long noncoding RNAs that could have potential role in diagnosis and therapy. We are currently exploring the functional role of these differentially expressed long noncoding RNA in nuroblastoma progression and development.

Artificial intelligence is more accurate than doctors in diagnosing breast cancer

BioStar — Wed, 01 Jan 2020 22:12:34 -0600

Artificial intelligence is more accurate than doctors in diagnosing breast cancer from mammograms, a study in the journal Nature suggests.

An international team, including researchers from Google Health and Imperial College London, designed and trained a computer model on X-ray images from nearly 29,000 women.

The algorithm outperformed six radiologists in reading mammograms.

AI was still as good as two doctors working together.

Unlike humans, AI is tireless. Experts say it could improve detection. Read More: https://www.bbc.com/news/health-50857759

Manufacturing Life with J. Craig Venter

Thu, 29 Aug 2013 08:52:26 -0500

J. Craig Venter, CEO of Synthetic Genomics, talks about finding genomic-driven solutions to address global needs such as new sources of energy, food and vaccines in an interview with James Bennet, Editor-in-Chief of The Atlantic. This program is introduced by Pradeep Khosla, the new chancellor of the University of California, San Diego. Series: "The Atlantic Meets The Pacific" [11/2012] [Public Affairs] [Show ID: 24359] The Atlantic Meets the Pacific playlist: http://goo.gl/5V8Yb The Atlantic Meets the Pacific on UCTV: http://www.uctv.tv/atlanticpacific UCTV: http://www.uctv.tv

translate2R

Rahul Nayak — Fri, 21 Nov 2014 01:16:06 -0600

After their presentation at the international “user!” conference, data analysis specialist eoda starts the public alpha testing of translate2R. With the start of alpha testing the innovative migration solution by the company hailing from Kassel discards the working title “translateR” and takes on the final product brand name “translate2R”. translate2R is a service for the automated translation of SPSS® syntax to R code, therefore supporting data analysts with a quick and low-risk migration to R.

The manual translation of many, frequently rather complex SPSS scripts often presents itself as a tedious and error-prone task, and represents a rather large obstacle for many analysts and companies to migrate to a modern, open source data management and analysis tool like R. With translate2R this hurdle will be diminished substantially.

Find at https://service.eoda.de/translater/?lang=en

Bioinformatics Workshops - NO CODING REQUIRED

eliabrodsky — Mon, 09 Apr 2018 13:06:01 -0500

Pine Biotech, Inc., a US-based startup working with the Tauber Bioinformatics Research Center is offering a full curriculum online preparing students without any technical background for real-life challenges with large scale biomedical data. Workshops on processing, analysis and biomedical interpretation of Next Generation Sequencing data cover important up-to-date algorithms and machine learning approaches. The most important thing is that there are virtually no pre-requisites such as coding, biostatistics or advanced medical skills. If you know what gene is and how the genes are expressed, you are ready to take the courses or join our workshops. Learn more: https://edu.t-bio.info/workshops/

New Layout for BLAST ftp Database Site

Jit — Tue, 21 Jan 2020 11:57:11 -0600

As announced previously, the new default database version for BLAST+ is dbV5. To complete this transition, the ftp database site will be updated to support this change. We expect this change to happen around February 4^th, please adjust your scripts or procedures accordingly.

Here is a list of what is changing:

All databases at the root level will be dbV5.
The dbV5 file naming, “_v5” will be removed. Databases with no “_vX” descriptor will be dbV5.
dbV4 tarballs will be renamed with "_v4", files included in tarball will not be renamed.
dbV4 databases will be moved to a v4 subdirectory.
As of 1/13/20 the Cloud directory will be frozen with no more new entries.
The will be no more updates to dbV4 databases.
The FASTA directory will contain nr, nt, swissprot, and pdbaa files.

If you have any questions or concerns, please contact blast-help@ncbi.nlm.nih.gov

Genomic Medicine - Bruce Korf (2014)

Tue, 24 Jun 2014 07:58:44 -0500

May 21, 2014 - Current Topics in Genome Analysis 2014 A lecture series covering contemporary areas in genomics and bioinformatics. More: http://www.genome.gov/COURSE2014