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About NIAB National Institute of Animal Biotechnology (NIAB), Hyderabad, an autonomous institute under the aegis of Department of Biotechnology, Government of India, is aimed to harness novel and emerging biotechnologies and create knowledge in the cutting edge areas for improving animal health and productivity.

Applications are invited for the following temporary research positions to work in ongoing DBTBBSRC sponsored research project entitled “Transcriptome Analysis in Indian buffalo and the Genetics of Innate Immunity” at the National Institute of Animal Biotechnology, Hyderabad.

(A) Project Scientist – Level B (One Position)

Emoluments: Rs. 15600 + GP Rs. 5400 + 30 % HRA p.m. (Total emoluments will be Rs. 49,770/-p.m. for the duration of the project)

Essential Qualification: Candidates having M.V.Sc. in Veterinary Microbiology / Veterinary Pathology / Veterinary Public Health / Ph.D. degree in Life Sciences, Biotechnology, Molecular Biology or any other related field from the recognized university are eligible to apply.

The candidate should have a good academic record and research experience as evidenced from published in standard referred journals / patents.

Desirable: Candidates having research experience in the area of tissue culture, genomics, Transcriptomics and Advanced Molecular Biology will be given preference.

Age Limit: Not exceeding 30 years as on last date of the submission of the application.

(B) Research Associate in Bioinformatics (One position)

Fellowship: Rs. 22,000 + 30 % HRA

Essential Qualification: Candidates having Ph.D. degree or M.Tech. with three years of
experience in Bioinformatics, Computational Biology, Biotechnology, Life Sciences or any other related field are eligible to apply.

Desirable: Candidate having research experience in the area of next generation sequencing (NGS) data analysis, Genome wide association studies, Genomic selection, advance genomic data analysis etc., will be given preference. The candidate should have a good academic record and research experience as evidenced from published papers in standard journals / patents.

Age Limit: Not exceeding 30 years as on last date of the submission of the application.

Project Duration: The duration of the project is Three years and the positions are co- terminus with the duration of the project. (Initial appointment will be for one year and further extension will be granted based on annual review).

Mode of submission of application: Only online applications are to be submitted through
www.niab.org.in on or before 08 December, 2014. Link for online submission of applications will be available from 10 November 2014.

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https://f1000research.com/articles/6-100/

https://github.com/jason-weirather/AlignQC

Address of the bookmark: https://www.healthcare.uiowa.edu/labs/au/AlignQC/

This is an exciting opportunity for Master's students to train in modern methods in Bioinformatics. The duration of the training will be four to six months, starting from January 2015.

Education: Pursuing M.Sc. Bioinformatics

Essential: Post graduate applicants should have completed their first year and should be in the third semester or first half of the second year.

Only students who are willing to spend a minimum period of 4 months to a maximum of six months, without any break, would be eligible for the program.

How to Apply: Candidates interested in the above project dissertation program should apply online.

Send your CV, Scanned copy of letter of recommendation from Head of Institution along with Registration form in the given format should be sent to: info@bicpgi.org

Please mention clearly “Project dissertation & your Name” in the Subject.

The last date for application is December 31, 2014

Note: Selected candidates may please note that the program is free of cost and would not provide any financial aid for transport and stay.

Name of the selected candidates would be posted on the centre website by December 31, 2014. Incomplete applications will be rejected.

For more information visit our website: http://www.bic-pgi.org/project_dissertation.pdf

Tutorial https://github.com/andyrimmer/Platypus/blob/master/misc/README.txt

Address of the bookmark: http://www.well.ox.ac.uk/platypus

Developper: Gaëtan Benoit, PhD, former member of the Genscale team at Inria.

Contact: claire dot lemaitre at inria dot fr

Simka and SimkaMin are comparative metagenomics method dedicated to NGS datasets. https://gatb.inria.fr/software/simka/

Address of the bookmark: https://github.com/GATB/simka

https://www.researchgate.net/job/939073_Senior_Scientist_Bioinformatics-Multi_Omics_Integration

Senior_Scientist_Bioinformatics-Transcriptomics_Analysis

https://www.researchgate.net/job/939075_Senior_Scientist_Bioinformatics-Transcriptomics_Analysis-Belgium_France_Switzerland_The_Netherlands

Senior Scientist Bioinformatics - Network Analytics

https://www.researchgate.net/job/939070_Senior_Scientist_Bioinformatics-Network_Analytics_Belgium_France_Switzerland_the_Netherlands

Team Leader Bioinformatics Data Sciences - Mechelen, Belgium

https://www.researchgate.net/job/938787_Team_Leader_Bioinformatics_Data_Sciences-Mechelen_Belgium

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PRINCIPAL SCIENTIST

Pay Band: Minimum pay of `43,000 in the PB-4 of `37400-67000/- + RGP of `10,000/-.

Age: The candidates must not have attained the age of 52 years as on 19.01.2015. There shall be no age limit for the Council’s employees.

ICAR-Indian Institute for Agricultural Biotechnology, (IIAB) Ranchi (Jharkhand)

151. Principal Scientist (Bioinformatics) (One post)

SENIOR SCIENTIST/PROGRAMME COORDINATOR

Pay Band: PB-4 of ` 37400-67000/- + RGP of ` 9,000/-.

Age: The candidates must not have attained the age of 47 years as on 19.01.2015. There shall be no age limit for the Council’s employees.

National Institute of Biotic Stress Management, Raipur (Chhattishgarh)

166. Senior Scientist (Bioinformatics) (One post)

IMPORTANT NOTE
I. (i) CLOSING DATE

THE CLOSING DATE FOR RECEIPT OF APPLICATIONS IN AGRICULTURAL SCIENTISTS RECRUITMENT BOARD IS 19.01.2015 (For applications posted from abroad and in the Andaman and Nicobar Islands, Lakshdweep, Minicoy and Amindivi islands, States/ Union Territories in the North-Eastern Region, Ladakh Division of J & K State, Sikkim, Pangi, Sub-division of Chamba, Lahul and Spiti Districts of Himachal Pradesh, the last date for receipt of application will be 02.02.2015). Non receipt of the application by the closing date will result in rejection of the application.

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SciGenom Labs Pvt. Ltd was founded in 2010 and is headquartered in Cochin, India with offices in Chennai & Hyderabad in India, and San Francisco in the U.S. It is a Genomics R&D services company that provides genomic sequencing and NGS services to life sciences and healthcare businesses globally as well as academic and government institutions in India.

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Address of the bookmark: http://pacb.com/blog/the-hifi-difference-true-long-reads-vs-synthetic-long-reads/