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Katju Lab

Fri, 26 Feb 2016 03:25:32 -0600

TheLab seek to understand the genetic factors contributing to genomic variation and phenotypic diversity. To this end, we employ molecular and bioinformatic tools to study evolutionary processes at the level of populations, both experimental and natural, and genomes. Our research interests encompass a wide range of topics, including the evolution of organellar and nuclear genomes, gene duplication and the origin of novel function, and the fitness and phenotypic consequences of mutation in evolution. For details regards ongoing projects, please see the Research page.

http://katjulab.com/research.html

Research Scientist at IIT Madras

Mon, 07 Mar 2016 04:06:13 -0600

Research Scientist/Project Associate/Project Assistant Jobs opportunity in Indian Institute of Technology Madras (IIT Madras)

Research Scientist

Qualification : Ph.D in any branch of life science or bioinformatics or computational biology Experience : Previous experience in Molecular Biology, Cell Biology, Biochemistry and Genome/big data analysis is desirable but not mandatory

No. of Vacancy : 02

Project Associate

Qualification : MSc in any branch of life science Experience Previous experience in Molecular Biology, Cell Biology and Biochemistry is desirable but not mandatory

No. of Vacancy : 02

Project Assistant

Qualification : BSc in any branch of life science or chemical science Experience Previous experience any branch in Life science, Molecular Biology, Cell Biology and Biochemistry is desirable but not mandatory

No. of Vacancy : 03
How to apply

Interested candidates can forward their profiles to email id: nctb@iitm.ac.in latest by 18th March, 2016

More at https://www.iitm.ac.in/content/national-cancer-tissue-bio-bank-department-biotechnology-iitm-chennai-vacancy-various-post
https://www.iitm.ac.in/sites/default/files/notices/vacancy.pdf

RA at Central University of Rajasthan

Tue, 09 Feb 2016 03:53:35 -0600

Research Fellow Bioinformatics

Eligibility : MSc(Bio-Chemistry, Bio-Informatics, Bio-Tech)

Location : Ajmer

Last Date : 13 Feb 2016

Hiring Process : Face to Face Interview
Central University of Rajasthan

Research Fellow Job vacancies in Central University of Rajasthan

Project Title : “Development of natural product derived febrifugine ananlogues as a novel therapeutics against visceral leishmaniasis”

No. of Post : 01

Qualification : Master of Biochemistry, Biotechnology, Bioinformatics and related biological sciences with minimum 55%, Age limit as per government rule.

Desirable Experience : Candidates with experience in cell culture, Chemoinformatics, and Parasitology will be preferred.

Fellowship : Rs. 25,000/- p.m. consolidated for NET qualified (14,000/- p.m. consolidated for Non-NET)
How to apply

The candidates may apply on a plain paper, along with their curriculum vitae (including name, date of birth, academic qualification starting from 10th class, summary of research experience, email id, phone number and passport size photograph) and email to vkprajapati@curaj.ac.in or post the hard copy to the Dr. Vijay Kumar Prajapati PI, DST-SERB Project (YSS/2015/000716), Department of Biochemistry, School of Life Sciences, Central University of Rajasthan, Bandarsindri, Dist- Ajmer, Rajasthan, 305 817 on or before 13th February 2016.

More at http://www.curaj.ac.in/Default.aspx?PageId=241

NCBI Remap

Jit — Thu, 11 Feb 2016 11:02:26 -0600

NCBI Remap. This tool is conceptually similar to liftOver in that in manages conversions between a pair of genome assemblies but it uses different methods to achieve these mappings. It is also available through a simple web interface or you can use the API for NCBI Remap.

More at http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/genome/tools/remap

API http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/genome/tools/remap/docs/api

Address of the bookmark: http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/genome/tools/remap

Przeworski lab

Mon, 15 Feb 2016 05:41:54 -0600

Genetic differences among individuals reflect the combined effects of mutation, recombination, population history and natural selection. As a result, studies of natural variation can provide important insights into evolutionary and genetic mechanisms: as examples, DNA sequence conservation among distantly related species can help identify functional roles too subtle to be detected in lab settings, while analyses of population variation allow for inferences about events that are too infrequent to be measured directly. Our research employs this general approach to learn about the dynamics of adaptation and the determinants of recombination and mutation, in humans and in other species.

More at http://przeworski.c2b2.columbia.edu/

BioToolbox

Jit — Fri, 19 Feb 2016 09:14:44 -0600

This is a collection of libraries and high-quality end-user scripts for bioinformatic analysis, including working with gene annotation, collecting data scores from a variety of modern file formats, and conversion between file formats. The Bio::ToolBox libraries provide a unified, abstracted interface to multiple common gene annotation formats and the collection of data from multiple data files. They rely on BioPerl SeqFeature libraries and related adaptors to access binary file formats including Bam, BigWig, BigBed, and USeq. The Bio::ToolBox package includes scripts for setting up databases of annotation, collecting annotated features, collecting genomic data relative to features, manipulating and analyzing data, and data format conversion.

More at http://cpansearch.perl.org/src/TJPARNELL/

Address of the bookmark: http://cpansearch.perl.org/src/TJPARNELL/

RA at ICAR - INDIAN INSTITUTE OF OILSEEDS RESEARCH

Mon, 22 Feb 2016 05:21:34 -0600

ICAR - INDIAN INSTITUTE OF OILSEEDS RESEARCH

HYDERABAD-500030

F.No. 5-42/2016/Rectt.

WALK IN INTERVIEW

Eligible candidates are invited to attend Walk in Interview to fill up the (purely) temporary post of Junior Research Fellow (One) under Extramural Research Project entitled “Transcriptome and proteome analysis for identification of candidate genes responsible for pistillate nature in castor “ to be held on 04.03.2016 at 11.00 AM at ICAR – Indian Institute of Oilseeds Research, Rajendranagar, Hyderabad. The tenure of the project is up to 31.03.2017. The requirement and other terms and conditions for the Junior Research Fellow are as under :-

Junior Research Fellow (One)

Nucleic acid isolations, molecular analysis, bioinformatic analysis

.M.Sc.Biotechnology/Bioinformatics

Post Graduation in Life Sciences.

Candidates having Post Graduate degree in Basic Sciences with 3 years Bachelor’s degree and 2 years Master’s Degree 1,2,3 should have NET qualification.

Experience in Plant Biotechnology and Bioinformatics

Rs.25000/- + 30% HRA per month (At present)

More Info : http://icar-iior.org.in/media/docs/employment/2016/jrf-int.pdf

RA at North-Eastern Hill University

Wed, 02 Mar 2016 08:27:32 -0600

North-Eastern Hill University

Umshing, Shillong- 793 022

Applications are invited for the following positions (purely temporary posts) in an UGC-ISF funded Indo-Israel Joint Research Project entitled “Interactions of mRNA export factors and nuclear pores characterized and quantified by biochemistry, biophysics and high-resolution imaging” sanctioned to Dr. Timir Tripathi, Molecular and Structural Biophysics Laboratory, Department of Biochemistry, NEHU, Shillong for 3 years (2016-19).

Details of positions:

1. Research Associate (two): bioinformatics/computational biology (One) and wet-lab biophysics (one).

2. Junior Research Fellow, JRF (One).

3. Project Assistant (One).

Fellowship: As per GOI rules.

Essential Qualifications:

1. Research Associate: Ph.D. in the above-mentioned fields, should be evident through quality publications. Those who have submitted Ph.D. thesis can also apply.

2. Junior Research Fellow: M.Sc. or equivalent in any branch of life sciences with a good academic record. Prior research experience is desirable.

3. Project Assistant: Graduation in any subject.

Must be familiar with working on computer and MS-Office.

Interested students can apply for the positions online using the following link http://goo.gl/forms/FEa802lNGc , latest by 16.03.16. The hard copy of the application is not required. The date of interview will be informed after primary scrutiny of the applications.

No TA/DA will be paid if called for interview. For any other enquiry email at msb.biochem@gmail.com .

For details of the research work of the PI’s group please visit www.ttripathi.webs.com

RNA-Seq De novo Assembly Using Trinity

Surabhi Chaudhary — Wed, 23 Mar 2016 05:53:46 -0500

Trinity, developed at the Broad Institute and the Hebrew University of Jerusalem, represents a novel method for the efficient and robust de novo reconstruction of transcriptomes from RNA-seq data. Trinity combines three independent software modules: Inchworm, Chrysalis, and Butterfly, applied sequentially to process large volumes of RNA-seq reads. Trinity partitions the sequence data into many individual de Bruijn graphs, each representing the transcriptional complexity at at a given gene or locus, and then processes each graph independently to extract full-length splicing isoforms and to tease apart transcripts derived from paralogous genes. Briefly, the process works like so:

Inchworm assembles the RNA-seq data into the unique sequences of transcripts, often generating full-length transcripts for a dominant isoform, but then reports just the unique portions of alternatively spliced transcripts.
Chrysalis clusters the Inchworm contigs into clusters and constructs complete de Bruijn graphs for each cluster. Each cluster represents the full transcriptonal complexity for a given gene (or sets of genes that share sequences in common). Chrysalis then partitions the full read set among these disjoint graphs.
Butterfly then processes the individual graphs in parallel, tracing the paths that reads and pairs of reads take within the graph, ultimately reporting full-length transcripts for alternatively spliced isoforms, and teasing apart transcripts that corresponds to paralogous genes.

More at https://github.com/trinityrnaseq/trinityrnaseq/wiki

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Download Trinity here.

Build Trinity by typing 'make' in the base installation directory.

Assemble RNA-Seq data like so:

 Trinity --seqType fq --left reads_1.fq --right reads_2.fq --CPU 6 --max_memory 20G

Find assembled transcripts as: 'trinity_out_dir/Trinity.fasta'

Address of the bookmark: https://github.com/trinityrnaseq/trinityrnaseq/wiki

Wellcome Trust/DBT India Alliance Margdarshi Fellowships 2016

Tue, 29 Mar 2016 17:47:39 -0500

The Wellcome Trust/DBT India Alliance invites application for the Margdarshi Fellowship scheme. The scheme provides a unique opportunity for visionary biomedical scientists to lead and nucleate a cutting edge research program in India in collaboration with Indian Host Institution(s). The potential candidates and the Host Institution are encouraged to make a synergistic effort towards establishing a centre of excellence that aims to improve the existing scientific breadth and utilizes the experience of the lead applicant for developing new research platforms. In addition to this, under this programme two eligible Indian institutions may also come together towards creating a new program under the leadership of a visionary scientist.

Eligibility

Interested applicants must

Have around 10 years of experience as independent investigator, and can be of any age or nationality
Have Sponsor(s) at not-for-profit Host Institution(s) in India, who is willing to extend the desired commitment and resources for program implementation
Provisions

The 5 year Fellowship provides

Generous personal support for the Fellow
Salary support for personnel, which may include Assistant Professors
Large quantum of funds for equipment, animals and consumables
Funds to attend scientific gatherings, for collaborative visits and to organize meetings
Overheads for the Host Institution
Process

A joint online application is invited from the Applicant and the Sponsor(s). The details of the scheme and the funding mechanism are available on the website at http://wellcomedbt.org/fellowshiptype/margdarshi-fellowships.

Application form can be accessed at https://fellowships.wellcomedbt.org/Login.aspx

Sponsored applications due by 2 May 2016

Send your inquiries to margdarshi@wellcomedbt.org