Yau Group develops statistical and computational methods for the analysis of genomic datasets with a particular interest in cancer sequencing applications and the use of Bayesian Statistics.

Yau Group are currently have projects in somatic mutation analysis of heterogeneous cancers, data fusion or integration techniques and single cell genomics.

More @ http://www.well.ox.ac.uk/~cyau/index.html

No. of Posts and Specialization: 1(UR)

Educational Qualification:

(i) Good academic record with a Ph.D. Degree in the concerned /allied /relevant disciplines.

(ii) The Ph.D. Degree shall be a mandatory qualification for all candidates to be appointed as Associate Professor through direct recruitment.

(iii) A Master‟s Degree with at least 55% marks (or an equivalent grade in a point scale wherever grading system is followed).

(iv) A minimum of eight years of experience of teaching and /or research in an academic /research position equivalent to that of Assistant Professor in a University, College or Accredited Research Institution/Industry excluding the period of Ph.D research with evidence of published work and a minimum of 5 publications as books and /or research papers in refereed journals only/policy papers.

(v) Contribution to educations innovation, design of new curricula and courses and technology-mediated teaching learning process with evidence of having guided doctoral candidates and research students.

(vi) A minimum score as stipulated in the Academic Performance Indicator (API) based performance Based Appraisal System (PBAS), set out in this notification in as mentioned in the advertisement.

Send your application to the A.R (Estt.Teaching), M.D.University, Rohtak on or before December 23, 2013.

For more details: http://www.mdurohtak.ac.in/pdf/Notices_Pdf/new_notice/Teaching%20Vacancy%20%28ADVT.%20No.%20PR-54%20of%202013%29.pdf

Last Apply Date: 23 Dec 2013

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NOTIFICATION FOR FACULTY RECRUITMENT – 2013

(Faculty openings in Technology, Science, Architecture and Management at NIT Calicut, Kerala)

National Institute of Technology Calicut, Kerala, established under Act XXIX/ 2007of the Parliament is one of the leading technological institutions in the Country with nearly 6000 students enrolled for various UG, PG and Ph.D. programmes in Technology, Science, Architecture and Management. The Institute invites applications from Indian nationals, possessing consistent excellent academic record, commitment to quality teaching and potential for carrying out outstanding research, for the post of Assistant Professors in various departments against the backlog reserved vacancies for Scheduled Caste (SC), Scheduled Tribe (ST), Other Backward Communities (OBC) and Persons with Disabilities (PWDs) and also under open merit quota as detailed below. Candidates belonging to SC, ST and OBC desirous of considering for selection under UR category also shall specifically indicate so in column 4.

Reservation quota for PWDs will be counted against the respective community. Young, meritorious, dynamic and student friendly academicians are welcome to join hands with the existing team in their effort to transform this Institute to a world class educational institution.

Candidates possessing Ph.D. degree will be considered for appointment on contract basis initially.

They will be considered for movement to AGP `7000 after one year of satisfactory performance.

Meritorious candidates possessing M.Tech./M.Phil. (*) with remarkably good potential to carry out outstanding research and already pursuing Ph.D. or aspiring to pursue Ph.D. will also be considered for appointment on contract, initially for a period of 3 years, extendable for a further period of 2 years on a year to year basis or till the candidate acquires Ph.D. degree whichever is earlier. Renewal of contract
will be done on an annual basis, subject to satisfactory progress of Ph.D. work, good conduct and good performance in teaching. Faculty appointed on contract basis will not be treated as regular staff till they are regularized, subject to the conditions stated earlier. The Institute has adopted 4-tier flexible faculty structure recommended by MHRD.

More Info : http://www.nitc.ac.in/index.php/?url=content/submenu/2345/5

DNA:

Nucleotide Code: Base:

---------------- -----

A.................Adenine

C.................Cytosine

G.................Guanine

T (or U)..........Thymine (or Uracil)

R.................A or G

Y.................C or T

S.................G or C

W.................A or T

K.................G or T

M.................A or C

B.................C or G or T

D.................A or G or T

H.................A or C or T

V.................A or C or G

N.................any base . or -............gap

Protein:

Amino Acid Code: Three letter Code: Amino Acid:

---------------- ------------------ -----------

A.................Ala.................Alanine

B.................Asx.................Aspartic acid or Asparagine

C.................Cys.................Cysteine

D.................Asp.................Aspartic Acid

E.................Glu.................Glutamic Acid

F.................Phe.................Phenylalanine

G.................Gly.................Glycine

H.................His.................Histidine

I.................Ile.................Isoleucine

K.................Lys.................Lysine

L.................Leu.................Leucine

M.................Met.................Methionine

N.................Asn.................Asparagine

P.................Pro.................Proline

Q.................Gln.................Glutamine

R.................Arg.................Arginine

S.................Ser.................Serine

T.................Thr.................Threonine

V.................Val.................Valine

W.................Trp.................Tryptophan

X.................Xaa.................Any amino acid

Y.................Tyr.................Tyrosine

Z.................Glx.................Glutamine or Glutamic acid

NAME OF THE POST : SRF/JRF (Four Posts only)

DURATION : Indicated with the respective project mentioned below:

NAME OF THE PROJECT : As Mentioned below:

1. Serological diversity and molecular characterization of Dichelobector nodusus and development of vaccine against virulent footroot funded by NAIP. (Tenable upto 31.03.2014)

2. Development of oral vaccine against Clostridium perfringenes employing translational fusion of immunodominant epitopes of beta toxin with heat labile entertoxin B funded by DBT. (Tenable upto 25.02.2014)

3. Indo-Norwegian project, “Evaluation of major porins, ompC and ompR of Areomonas hydrophila as potential vaccine candidates and identification and characterization of immune genes of Indian major carp, Labeo rohita” (Tenable upto 31.03.2014)

EDUCATIONAL QUALIFICATIONS: For JRF- M.Sc/M.Tech in any subject of Biological Sciences/Life Sciences

For SRF- M.Sc/M.Tech in any subject of Biological Sciences/Life Sciences with 2 years of Research Experience.

JOB DESCRIPTION : The Candidate should have experience in gene Expression, protein purification, molecular biology techniques and bioinformatics
EMOLUMENTS : SRF: Rs. 18,000/- per month consolidated plus 30% HRA if /NET/GATE qualified otherwise Rs. 14,000/- per month consolidated + 30% HRA.

JRF: Rs. 16,000/- per month consolidated + 30% HRA if NET/GATE qualified otherwise Rs. 12,000/- per month consolidated + 30% HRA

SCIENTIST NAME : Dr. Lalit C. Garg, SS-VII (Gene Regulation Lab)

SCIENTIST’S EMAIL : lalit@nii.ac.in

WALK IN INTERVIEW ON : October 31st, 2013

REGISTRATION OF CANDIDATES: 10.30 AM to 11.00 AM

Advertisement: http://www1.nii.res.in/sites/default/files/project-Dr.Lalit-31oct2013.pdf

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NucDiff provides information about the types of differences and their locations. It is possible to upload the results into genome browser for visualization and further inspection. It was written in Python and uses the NUCmer package from MUMmer[1] for sequence comparison.

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