Address of the bookmark: https://genomebiology.biomedcentral.com/articles/10.1186/gb-2002-3-12-research0082

Address of the bookmark: https://github.com/ggonnella/gfaviz

Qualification: Highly motivated M.Sc. (Bioinformatics/ Biotechnology/ Life Sciences/ Botany/ Agriculture) students are encouraged to apply. Prior experience in Bioinformatics/Plant tissue culture work is preferable. Preferences would be given to DBT/ CSIR / UGC NET qualified students.

Application Procedure: A detailed CV indicating name, date of birth, address, contact number, e-mail address, educational qualifications, NET qualified or not, research experiences if any, should be e-mailed to This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. on or before 24th December 2014.

Important Note: Only short listed candidates will be called for interview at Akbar Bhawan, Chanakyapuri, New Delhi. No TA/DA will be paid for attending the interview. SAU Selection Committee reserves the rights to relax any of the qualifications in case the candidate is found otherwise well qualified. The above- mentioned post is temporary and will be initially offered for a period of one year, which can be extended to one more year.

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Walk in interview for Research Associate, Studentship and Traineeship at BIF

Applications are invited for the Post of Research Associate, Traineeship and Studentship in the DBT sponsored Bioinformatics Infrastructure Facility (BIF) at the Bioinformatics Centre, Department of RDAP, North-Eastern Hil University, Tura Campus, Tura-79402, Meghalaya. The Posts are purely temporary and terminable at any time without prior notice or assigning any reason thereof. The person engaged, shall not be entailed for any claim implicit or explicit for permanent absorption in the University.

Research Associate- 01

Essential Qualification: M.Sc. in Bioinformatics/Biotechnology from a recognized University/ institute.

Desirable: PhD or Pursuing PhD in the relevant subject(s) or equivalent published work in reputed peer reviewed journals or Advance PG diploma in Bioinformatics courses.

Duties: Creation of database, web designing, maintenance of internet, training of students in Bioinformatics, handling and knowledge of Bioinformatics software tools and technique, conducting Bioinformatics based research and other day to day laboratory work, writing report and scientific papers.

Pay:Rs. 2,00/- + Admissible 10% HRA per month

Age: Below 35 years

Traineeship- 02

Students who have completed Masters Degree in Bioinformatics/Biotechnology or any branch of Life Sciences/Agricultural Sciences/Computer Science to cary out a project work in Bioinformatics.

Desirable: Prior Knowledge of programming languages such as C, JAVA, MySQL is preferable.

Stipend: Rs. 800/- p.m. fixed. Purely temporary for a period of six months.

Studentship: 02

Students pursuing postgraduate degree in Bioinformatics/biotechnology/Agricultural Sciences or any branch of Life Science

Desirable: Prior knowledge of bioinformatics/ programming language is preferable.

Stipend: 800/- p.m. fixed. Purely temporary for a period of six months.

Candidates must send the detailed Biodata via mail/post and bring al the relevant documents in original and one set of attested photocopies of the same at the time of interview. No TA/DA will be paid for attending the interview and candidates have to make their own arrangements.

Last date for receiving application by mail or by post: 16.02.2014

Contact Information:
Dr.B.K. Mishra
Cordinator BIF,
RDAP Department, NEHU, Tura Campus
Phone: 91-03651-23107
Fax: 91-03651-23953
E-mail: drbkm1972@yaho.co.in, birendramishra14@gmail.com

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Address of the bookmark: https://github.com/soedinglab/MMseqs2

Ref. No. GU/Estt/T/308(VI)/2014/6451-61

Applications are invited from the Indian citizens for five (5) teaching posts of Assistant Professor (Contractual) under various departments of Gauhati University. Details of the advertisement, other terms and conditions and the application forms are available in the University website www.gauhati.ac.in

Asstt. Professor (Contractual)

2. M.Sc. Microbiology Course in Botany

3 1.M.Sc. Microbiology/M.Sc. Botany (Specialization in Microbiology)/M.Sc. Biochemistry (1 post). (Preference will be given to candidates having experience in Biochemistry).

2.M.Sc. Microbiology/M.Sc. Botany (Specialization in Microbiology)/M.Sc. Biotechnology(1 post). (Preference will be given to candidates having experience in Bioinformatics).

3.M.Sc. Microbiology/M.Sc. Botany (Specialization in Microbiology)/M.Sc. Biotechnology(1 post). (Preference will be given to candidates having experience in Microbial Genetics).

As per UGC norms

Pay Band & Academic Grade Pay : (Consolidated pay) : Rs. 21,600/- per month

Application Form : Prescribe application form may download from the G.U. website www.gauhati.ac.in

Last date of receipt of filled-in application is 08.01.2015.

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Address of the bookmark: https://www.science.org/doi/10.1126/science.abj6987

Study Subject(s): PhD position is award in the field of Bioinformatics/Computer Science.
Course Level: Position is available for pursuing PhD degree level at the University of Macau.
Scholarship Provider: University of Macau
Scholarship can be taken at: China

Eligibility: The ideal candidate would be a master degree holder in Bioinformatics or related disciplines with knowledge in Medical sciences or Life sciences (with GPA of at least 3.0 on a 4-point scale or equivalent) . Knowledge in programming (C and C++) and Linux scripting are necessary; experience in molecular docking, molecular dynamics simulations or molecular modeling is an advantage. The candidate should be fluent in spoken and written English; preference will be given to applicants with good publication records in relevant areas.

Scholarship Open for International Students: Researchers from China can apply for this PhD position.

Scholarship Description:

The Computational Biology and Bioinformatics Group at the University of Macau is looking for a motivated PhD student in Bioinformatics or Computer Science to work on a research project focusing on the flexible receptor protein-ligand docking algorithms for computer-aided drug design. The candidate will be working as part of a team in developing novel metaheuristic algorithms and scoring functions for large-scale, highly flexible protein-ligand docking problems.

Number of award(s): There is only one PhD position available.

Duration of award(s): The duration of this PhD position is 2-3 years.

What does it cover? Remuneration paid to candidate is MOP 11000-14000/month (~USD 1375-1750/month).

Selection Criteria: Not Known

Notification: Not Known

How to Apply: Send your current CV, your academic transcripts, a letter of motivation and research interests, two letters of recommendations from academic faculty to Dr. Shirley Siu at shirleysiu[at]umac.mo before March 2015.

Scholarship Application Deadline: The applications should be submitted before March 2015.

• Reading a pre-existing reference genome from one or more FASTA files.
• Alternatively, generating an artificial reference genome based on input parameters (length, repeat count, repeat length, repeat variability rate).
• Simulating reads from random locations in the genome based on input parameters of read length, coverage, sequencing error rate, and indel rate.
• Applying alignment tools to the genome and the reads through a standardized interface.
• Parsing the output of the alignment tool and calculating the number of reads that were correctly or incorrectly mapped.
• Computing run times and measures of accuracy.

Seal has interfaces to evaluate the following software packages:

• Bowtie
• BWA
• MAQ
• mrFAST
• mrsFAST
• Novoalign
• SHRiMP
• SOAPv2

Address of the bookmark: http://compbio.case.edu/seal/