Under   a   NEPAD   initiative,   the   Biosciences   Eastern   and   Central   Africa   (BECA)  (www.biosciencesafrica.org) was established at ILRI. BECA consists of a hub, regional nodes, and  other affiliated laboratories and partner institutes. A state of the art joint Bioinformatics Platform  (www.becabioinfo.org), whose overall goal is to provide a coherent and powerful bioinformatics  infrastructure for use by all scientists in East and central Africa. The Platform goal requires both  physical and intellectual developments that together provide researchers with access to diverse  infrastructure in a wide­area network, thereby addressing four important aspects of bioinformatics: 

1) Science: bioinformatics tools for data integration and visualization, standardization of data  formats and data analysis strategies, and distribution of analysis tasks over local­ and widearea networks are in development; 

2)  Bioinformatics Support Facility: provides assistance and custom programming to projects  and those unable to establish a bioinformatics support function intrinsic to their project due  to shortage of qualified personnel or lack of funding; 

3) Hardware Platform: provide a powerful high performance computing platform capable of  handling the largest analysis needs for projects; 

4) Bioinformatics Training for East and central African scientists: While many Web­based  tools are available to the wet­lab researcher, the Web is not well suited for tasks beyond  single­sequence annotation. Researchers need to become productive in a server­based Unix  environment with its wealth of scripting and automation tools. Even at an entry­level, this  can be an intimidating task if proper guidance is not available.

International Centre of Insect Physiology and Ecology (ICIPE): ICIPE’s research focus is on insect biology, in order to improve the wellbeing of the peoples of the  tropics through insect science. There is a commitment to utilise contemporary science in order to  limit the impact of disease vectors, and agricultural pests. The understanding of the mechanisms  associated with behaviour (e.g. attraction and repellency) is crucial. ICIPE seeks to enhance its  bioinformatics capacity in order to support data from various EST projects designed to gain insights  into the insect ecology and plant pathogen interactions though studies of metabolic pathways  associated with production of all elochemicals. 

Long­term training activities:

Kenyatta University: An introductory course in Bioinformatics is offers to MSc Biotechnology  students. This comprises of 35 hours of lectures and practicals.

University of Nairobi: A centre for Biotechnology and Bioinformatics (CEBIB), which will offer  postgraduate training (diplomas, MSc and PhD) in areas of biotechnology and bioinformatics has  recently been launched. Other universities in Kenya, including Egerton, Maseno and the Jomo Kenyatta University of  Agriculture and Technology offer introductory courses to undergraduates in biomedical sciences. In addition, under the BECA platform MSc and PhD fellowships are being made available for  Bioinformatics students. ILRI is forging links with Universities in South Africa and the United  Kingdom to provide access to courses and training material. 

Research Interest and Activities:

The following are the present areas of research interest: 1. EST clustering 2. Genome sequencing and annotation 3. Functional genomics and proteomics (including key tropical pathogens) 4. Structural bioinformatics 5. Development of Bioinformatics Data Management Systems 6. Gene Mining 7. High Throughput Genotyping 8. Microarray data management and analysis 9. Metagenomics 10. Immunoinformatics 11. Host­pathogen interaction 12. High performance computing and grid development 13. Parasite transfection technologies 14. Cell cycle regulation 15. Population genetics 16. Vector genomics 17. Drug, vaccine and diagnostic target discovery

More at Web site and links:

http://www.ilri.cgiar.org/

http://www.icipe.org/    

http://www.uonbi.ac.ke/cebib

As these positions are funded by the South African National Research Foundation (NRF) priority will be given to South African citizens and permanent residents however exceptional applicants who do not fulfil these criteria may be considered.

Applications including a CV outlining your experience together with a cover letter detailing why you are a suitable candidate should be sent to simon_at_sanbi.ac.za by 30th September 2013.

More @ http://www.sanbi.ac.za/hiv-phd-and-msc-research-positions/

Centre de Biotechnology de Sfax (CBS):
Bioinformatics activity started at CBS in 2001 with the setting­up of a research and service unit of  bioinformatics. This unit currently includes one senior researcher, one engineer and four Phd  students. Activities include sequence annotation (service) and three research programs: ab initio  prediction of short eukaryote genes, statistical modelling by Bayesian networks approach of signal  transduction pathways and statistical analysis of human sequence variation data (haplotype  reconstruction and linkage disequilibrium). Activities of the Bioinformatics unit could be found at  the website: http://www.cbs.rnrt.tn/ and the research activity report is available under request to  Bioinformatics@cbs.rnrt.tn. Although the computing facilities are good, there is still a need for  trained human resources to strengthen bioinformatics capacities at CBS, particularly in structural  bioinformatics.

Web site and links: http://www.cbs.rnrt.tn

https://grupsderecerca.uab.cat/cacereslab/

Address of the bookmark: https://astrobiomike.github.io/

Salary: Rs. 10,000/- per month.

Age limit: 35 for men and 40 for women & SC/ST.

Qualification: First class in M. Sc (Agriculture)/MCA/M.Sc (IT)/ M. Sc (Computer Application)/M.Sc (Bioinformatics)/M.Sc (Geoinformatics).

Desirable: Two years experience in web design and web programming.

Date & time of interview: 08.10.2013, 10 am

Interested candidates may appear for an interview at this institute along with their application in plain paper containing the following particulars viz. (1) Name (2) Father/Husband/Guardian’s Name (3) date of birth & age as on 01.10.2013 (4) Permanent address (5) Address for communication (6) Email address and Telephone No. with code (7) Qualification (8) National fellowship like ICAR/CSIR/UGC etc. if any (9) Whether SC/ST/OBC (10) Details of experience (Attested copies of degree certificate, proof of age, mark sheets). Original certificates should be produced for verification.

No TA/DA will be admissible to the candidates attending the test. The selected candidate will have to join immediately.

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Walk-in-Interview

Walk-in-interview will be held on October 5, 2013 at 10:00 A.M. at IASRI, New Delhi for a project “A New Distributed Computing Framework for Data Mining” funded by Department of Electronics and Information Technology, Government of India for the following posts. The appointment will be on contractual basis upto 14th October, 2015 or till the termination of the project whichever is earlier and the incumbent shall not have any claim for regular appointment under ICAR.

Research Associate

Ph.D. in Bioinformatics/ Agricultural Statistics/ Statistics/ Computer Science/ Computer Application or equivalent or

Post-Graduation in Bioinformatics/ Agricultural Statistics/ Statistics/ Computer Science/ Computer Application or equivalent with 1st Division and at least two years of research experience

 Knowledge of Statistical Analysis /Bioinformatics tools for computational genomics.

 Knowledge of R/Perl programming language

Research Associate

Ph.D. in Computer Science/ Computer Application / Bioinformatics/ Agricultural
Statistics/ Statistics or equivalent or

Post-Graduation in Computer Science/ Computer Application /Bioinformatics/ Agricultural Statistics/ Statistics or equivalent with 1st Division and at least two years of research experience

 Expertise in Java programming.
 Knowledge of system administration and networking under Linux environment.
 Knowledge of parallel programming and cluster computing.

Emoluments for Research Associate: Consolidated Rs:24000/- per month + HRA (for Ph.D. Degree holders) and Rs:23000/- per month + HRA (for Master’s Degree holders)

Age Limit: Age should be not more than 40 years (5 years relaxation for SC/ST/women candidates and 3 years for OBC candidates as on date of interview).

Interested candidates are requested to appear for Walk-in-Interview on the date and time as specified above in Room No. 106, Training Cum Administrative Block of the Institute along with their application giving bio-data with attested copies of certificates, degrees, testimonials, etc. and one passport size photograph.

Original certificates/ Degrees are needed to be produced at the time of interview.

No T.A. /D.A. will be paid for appearing in the interview.

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funding will be required. Student mentoring is a part of the NAU
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Northern Arizona University is located in Flagstaff, Arizona, a
beautiful mountain town with a surprisingly vibrant restaurant
scene. Located a little over an hour from the Grand Canyon and ~45
min from Sedona, Flagstaff is a hiker's paradise. In fact, the city
of Flagstaff operates more than 50 miles of unpaved trails and there
are, on average, 266 sunny days per year with which to enjoy them.
At 7000 ft in elevation, Flagstaff experiences all four seasons,
but thesummers are mild and, in the winter, you can be on the ski
slopes within 30 min! https://www.flagstaffarizona.org/

As mentioned, joint projects with Professor Sheppard at Oxford
University are possible, including travel to his laboratory in the
United Kingdom. https://www.biology.ox.ac.uk/people/samuel-sheppard

Contact Information:
Paul.Keim@nau.edu

Paul S. Keim, Ph.D.
Regents Professor, &
Cowden Endowed Chair of Microbiology
Northern Arizona University
Flagstaff, AZ 86011-4073

Paul S Keim