Lift over is the process of transferring annotations from one genome assembly to another. Usually lift over is done because there is a new, improved genome assembly for the species and good quality annotations (maybe manually curated or experimentally verified) are available on the old assembly.

The idea is simple: align the new assembly with the old one (e.g., with BLAT), process the alignment data to define how a coordinate or coordinate range on the old assembly should be transformed to the new assembly (e.g., as a chain file), transform the coordinates (e.g., with liftOver).

https://github.com/wurmlab/flo

Address of the bookmark: https://github.com/wurmlab/flo

Eligibility : ME/M.Tech, Any Graduate, MSc

Location : Shillong

Last Date : 23 Feb 2016

Hiring Process : Face to Face Interview
North Eastern Hill University

Project Assistant/ JRF Jobs recruitment in North Eastern Hill University on temporary basis

Project Title : "Next Generation Sequencing (NGS)-based de novo assembly of expressed transcripts and genome information of Orchids in North-East India"

Project Assistant

No. of Post : 01

Qualifications : Graduation

Desirable : Experience of working in a Life Science/Plant Biotechnology lab. and familiarity with computers and field work viz. collection of samples.

JRF

No. of Post : 01

Qualifications : M.Tech/M.Sc in Life Sciences/Botany/Biotechnology/ Bioinformatics;

Desirable : Aptitude for Bioinformatics and Computer Programming/ Next generation sequencing data analysis
How to apply

The applications through email bicnehu@gmail.com or post must reach the Dr. Devendra Kumar Biswal, Co-Principal Investigator (Co-PI) within 15 days from the date of publication of this advertisement.

More at http://www.nehu.ac.in/Advertisements/projectVacancy.php

This book is suitable for classroom use as a general introduction to programming concepts.

More at http://tldp.org/LDP/abs/html/

Address of the bookmark: http://tldp.org/LDP/abs/html/

Eligibility : MSc, M Phil / Phd, BE/B.Tech

Location : Delhi

Last Date : 08 Mar 2016

Hiring Process : Walk - In
Regional Medical Research Centre -

Notification Order No.1-51/Proj/RMRC/PB/

Scientist – II (Post Code: BIC-II) job position in Regional Medical Research Centre (ICMR)

Essential Qualification: 1 st class Master’s degree in Bioinformatics / Computational Biology. B.E / B.Tech (Bioinformatics / Computer Science / Biotechnology) OR 2nd Class M.Sc. with Ph.D. in Bioinformatics / Computational Biology / Life Science.

Desirable Qualification: Post-doctoral research experience in Bioinformatics / Computational Biology / Computer Science / Life Science at a recognized institution. Experience in handling and analyzing sequencing data. Experience in scripting languages (PERL/PYTHON) etc./ Statistical software. Experience in developing research projects.

Number of Post: 1 UR

Place of Posting: RMRC, Port Blair

Age Limit: 40 years

Pay Scale : Rs.45,954
How to apply

Interested candidates are invited to submit applications along with copies of all the certificates of educational qualifications, date of birth, working experience etc . on the affixing a passport size photograph by Application Format to attend a walk-in interview on 8th March 2016 at 10:30 AM.

More at http://www.icmr.nic.in/icmrnews/port%20blair%20Bioinf%2003-2016.pdf

More at https://github.com/mills-lab/svelter/

Address of the bookmark: https://github.com/mills-lab/svelter/

JRF jobs in International Centre for Genetic Engineering and Biotechnology

Area of research: Computational analysis of protein-protein interactions and metabolic reconstruction of pathways

Qualification : Suitable candidate must have completed Masters in Computer Science/Physics/Mathematics/Bioinformatics or PG diploma in Bioinformatics with very sound programming skills shown in the form of completed project or paper. Programming Skill required: Java/perl/python or any other scripting language and working knowledge of MySQL. Candidate should have some familiarity with R statistical package.

The salary will be as per the guidelines of DBT/DST, based on qualification and experience.

How to apply

Interested candidates may send application along with CV via email to hemant@icgeb.res.in (Dr. Hemant Ritturaj Kushwaha) on or before 08/03/2016. Candidates applying through Email must mention “Application for JRF” in their subject line.

More at http://www.icgeb.org/vacancies.html

The Program Officer, Bioinformatics, operating under the Senior Advisor for Metagenomics & Lab Systems, will play a pivotal role in leveraging bioinformatics to advance the objectives of the Health Security and AMR program. This position offers a unique opportunity to contribute to cutting-edge genomics research and its application in public health.

More detail at https://jobs-jhpiego.icims.com/jobs/5440/program-officer-%e2%80%93-bio-informatics/job

Research Fellow Bioinformatics job opportunities in Punjab Agricultural University
Qualification : B.Sc. with minimum OCPA 5.00/10.00 basis or 50% marks. ii. M.Sc. in Biotechnology/ Molecular Biology/Molecular Genetics/Bioinformatics/Genetics/Plant Breeding/Plant Breeding & Genetics with at least 6.50/10.00 or 65% marks. iii. Ph.D. in the relevant field with minimum OCPA 6.50/10.00 or 65% marks
Pay Scale : Rs.24000/-
Application Fee : A Bank Draft of Rs. 200/- in favour of Comptroller, Punjab Agricultural University, Ludhiana

How to apply
Walk in Interview will be held on 26.09.2016 at 11:30 a.m. in the office of the Director, School of Agricultural Biotechnology. No separate information for interview will be sent. No TA/DA will be paid for attending the interview. Candidate Should apply with detailed bio data to this office latest by 19.04.2016

More at http://web.pau.edu/index.php?_act=manageAllBanner&DO=viewAllBanner

The software requires as input an assembly in FASTA format and paired reads mapped to the assembly in a BAM file. Mapping information such as the fragment coverage and insert size distribution is analysed to locate mis-assemblies. REAPR works best using mapped read pairs from a large insert library (at least 1000bp). Additionally, if a short insert Illumina library is also available, REAPR can combine this with the large insert library in order to score each base of the assembly.

http://www.sanger.ac.uk/science/tools/reapr

Address of the bookmark: https://genomebiology.biomedcentral.com/articles/10.1186/gb-2013-14-5-r47

Department of Biotechnology, Government of India, New Delhi & Pondicherry University, Puducherry

Starting of online submission of application : April 13, 2016

Last date for submission of application : May 13, 2016

Examination consists of two parts:

Part - I (Paper - I) : June 12, 2016 (10 AM -12 PM)
Part - II (Paper • II & III) : June 26, 2016 (9 AM • 12 PM & 2 PM • 4 PM)

Objective: Pondicherry University, on behalf of the Department of Biotechnology (DBT),
Government of India, will conduct the Bioinformatics National Certification (BING) examination. The objective of this examination is to identify Bioinformatics professionals
for further studies as well as to help potential employers in recruitment of candidates having exceptionally good Bioinformatics skills.

Eligibility : Bachelor degree in Life Sciences, Physical Sciences, Chemical Sciences, Mathematical Sciences, Agriculture, Veterinary, Medicine, Pharmacy, Engineering and Technology are eligible to appear for the examination. They need not have any formal training, diploma or certificate in Bioinformatics.

Application and syllabus : The online application can be filled from April 13, 2016 to May 13, 2016.

Syllabus for the examination is available online.

It consists of five sections:
Bioinformatics, Biology, Physical and Chemical Sciences, Mathematics & Statistics and Computer Science & Information Technology.

Examination : The examination fee is Rs. 600/- for general candidates, Rs. 400/- for women/OBC candidates and Rs. 200 for SC/ST candidates, and no fee for physically challenged candidates.

The online Part - I (Paper - I) examination is scheduled on June 12,2016 and Part- II (Paper - II and Paper- III) on June 26, 2016. The Paper- I will be of objective type and candidates scoring a minimum of 40% marks in Paper - I will be called to appear in Part II examination.

Part II examination consists of two papers : The Paper - II will be of short answer type questions of three hours duration while the Paper- III will be a practical examination of two hours duration to test analytical ability and programming skill of candidates.

Research Fellowships for all the successful candidates those who are interested and qualified in pursuing Ph.D. in India will be awarded. In addition, cash prizes will be awarded to the top 10 successful candidates.

The details of examination centres, other details and submission of application, please
visit: http://www.pondiuni.edu.in/exams/binc/