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Interactive Market Intelligence

Pranjali Yadav — Mon, 19 Jan 2015 08:20:38 -0600

BioInformatics LLC, a premier research and advisory firm serving the life science industry, has launched groundbreaking, dynamic-data presentation platform, Interactive Market Intelligence— the only cloud-based market research analytics tool for the life science tools industry.

Superior to traditional PDF and PowerPoint reports, Interactive Market Intelligence allows end-users to filter, create and export literally thousands of views of data — all easily obtainable from a set of core metrics that include market, brand, customer and workflow analytics in well-defined segments of the life science market.

The Market for Real-Time PCR is the first in a series of topics to be explored using the Interactive Market Intelligence platform. The primary research analysis is based on a survey of 900+ international scientists performing qPCR in their laboratories.

Key data findings from "The Market for Real-Time PCR": Global market for qPCR in 2015 is estimated to be $3.6B; The average growth in qPCR throughput is expected to be at 9.8% in 2015; 22% of respondents are highly likely to switch primary suppliers of qPCR products; 50% of respondents use pre-designed primer/probe sets.

Des Higgins: Visualizing Multiple Sequence Alignments

Wed, 26 Feb 2014 00:50:08 -0600

Copyright Broad Institute, 2013. All rights reserved. Des Higgins (http://www.bioinf.ucd.ie) gives a very entertaining introduction to the visualization of multiple sequence alignment, and to his widely-used Clustal tool. He highlights the emerging challenge of managing alignments with a very large number of sequences, and presents several approaches to this challenge, including faster algorithms and abstract views of clusters of alignments. This talk was presented at VIZBI 2011, an international conference series on visualizing biological data (http://www.vizbi.org) funded by NIH & EMBO. For information about data visualization efforts at the Broad Institute, please visit: http://www.broadinstitute.org/node/1363/

Bioinformatics Project Fellow at Institute of Genomics & Integrative Biology - New Delhi, Delhi

Wed, 11 Mar 2015 03:04:38 -0500

Pay Scale: Rs. 16,000/- + 30 % HRA per month
Educational Requirements: M.Sc. in Bioinformatics with at least 55% marks Qualifications: Knowledge of Perl, R and other programming language or Database management or knowledge of pipelines to analyze NGS data or experience in scientific writing and good communication skills

Details will be available at: http://www.igib.res.in/sites/default/files/26032015.pdf

No of Post: 01, 01

How To Apply: 1. Please fill up the proforma 2. Candidate cannot apply for more than two posts. Last date of receiving application is 12-03-2015. No application would be entertained with “result awaited” status or after due date. List of shortlisted candidates will be put up on CSIR-IGIB website. No TA/DA will be paid to the candidates to attend the interview. The engagement shall be as per guidelines of CSIR/Funding agency. Candidates will have an option to give reply in Hindi. Note: The shortlisted candidates, have to report at 09:00 AM at Mall Road Campus, Delhi – 110007 on the day of interview along with any Photo ID card, (without photo ID card interview will not be conducted). 3 copies of updated signed C. V. (clearly mentioning Date of Birth and Hightest Qualification with percentage), Dissertation (if any), PhD thesis (if any) and original certificates/Self attested photocopies for verification.

General Instructions: Engagement is for the project and on behalf of the funding agency and the tenure shall be as mentioned above. The duration of the post is initially for One year or till the closing date of the project, whichever is earlier. Tenure may be extendable up to project duration. Contract may be terminated at any time by giving one-month notice by either side. The applicants will have no claim implicit or explicit for consideration against any CSIR/IGIB post. Candidates should note that non-fulfillment of the eligibility criterion will result in cancellation of candidature at any stage.

Last Date: 12-03-2015.
Age Limit: 28 Years

sankeyNetwork with networkD3

Jit — Fri, 06 Apr 2018 12:07:55 -0500

You can also create Sankey diagrams with sankeyNetwork. Here is an example using downloaded JSON data:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sankey_diagram

Address of the bookmark: https://christophergandrud.github.io/networkD3/#sankey

List of universities offering Bachelor or Master bioinformatics degree in Pakistan

Reshma Khatun — Wed, 21 Jun 2017 04:20:43 -0500

There are a lot of universities offering Bachelor or Master degree in Pakistan. Following are the list of few intitute/universities

Bachelor/ BS Bioinformatics at
1. Al-khair University, Bhimber
2. Government College University, Faisalabad
3. University Of Agriculture, Faisalabad
4. Comsats Institute Of Information Technology [isb], Islamabad
5. International Islamic University, Islamabad
6. Quaid-e-azam University, Islamabad
7. Khushal Khan Khattak University, Karak
8. Virtual University Of Pakistan, Lahore
9. Virtual University Of Pakistan, Lahore
10. Hazara University, Mansehra
11. Shaheed Benazir Bhutto Women University, Peshawar
12. Comsats Institute Of Information Technology, Sahiwal
13. Capital University Of Science And Technology, Islamabad
14. Foundation University, Islamabad
15. Baqai Medical University/hospital, Karachi
16. Institute Of Business And Technology(main Campus), Karachi
17. Sir Syed University Of Engineering & Technology, Karachi
18. Forman Christian College, Lahore
19. Qarshi University (lhr), Lahore
20. The Superior University, Lahore
21. University Of Management And Technology, Lahore
22. Federal Institute Of Health Sciences, Lahore
23. Shaheed Benazir Bhutto Women University Peshawar, Sub Campus, Swabi
24. Government Postgraduate College ( Mandian), Abbottabad
25. Federal Institute Of Health Sciences, Multan
26. Fedral Institute Of Health Sciences, Muzaffarabad
27. The Limit Institution Of Health Sciences, Sahiwal

Master/ MS Bioinformatics cources at
1. Government College University, Faisalabad
2. Comsats Institute Of Information Technology [isb], Islamabad
3. International Islamic University, Islamabad
4. National University Of Science & Technology, Islamabad
5. Quaid-e-azam University, Islamabad
6. University Of Sindh, Jamshoro
7. Virtual University Of Pakistan, Lahore
8. Hazara University, Mansehra
9. Shaheed Benazir Bhutto Women University, Peshawar
10. Capital University Of Science And Technology, Islamabad
11. Cecos University Of Information Tech. & Emerging Sciences, Peshawar

The real bioinformatics scope lies if there are research labs which work in this field. One has to take account of that. If so then try to get information of those labs and visit them to get a hang of the work they pursue.

There is a huge buzz of precision medicine in light of genomics all around the world. One should also try to see how genomics infrastructure is built up or standing in Pakistan. If research labs having collaboration with hospitals employ genomics then one must also visit such labs. This will bring new avenues in healthcare advances. Not only it opens up the wealth of knowledge one can make out of genomics study but will also advance the critical thinking of therapies.

So I would encourage to target research labs working in the fields and also get information of hospitals employing genomics, this will give you an overall understanding of the fields demand in your country.

HiGlass: a tool for exploring genomic contact matrices and tracks.

Jit — Mon, 11 Jun 2018 09:44:49 -0500

HiGlass is a tool for exploring genomic contact matrices and tracks. Please take a look at the examples and documentation for a description of the ways that it can be configured to explore and compare contact matrices. To load private data, HiGlass can be run locally within a Docker container. The HiC data in the examples below is from Rao et al. (2014) http://higlass.io/

Address of the bookmark: http://higlass.io/

Research Associate Bioinformatics Central Institute for Research on Buffaloes (CIRB) - Hisar, Haryana

Fri, 31 Jul 2015 10:19:45 -0500

Research Associate (RA) under Network Project on Agricultural Bioinformatics

Name of the Project : Network Project on Agricultural Bioinformatics Number of positions One
Qualifications : Ph.D Degree in Bioinformatics/Biotechnology/ Biochemistry/Genetics & Breeding/Life Sciences OR Master’s Degree in relevant subject with at least 2 years research experience. Desirable : Working experience in Molecular Biology/Genomics/Bioinformatics, specifically, sequence data analysis using software’s proficiently

Emoluments : Masters Degree Holders Rs. 38,000/- per month Doctoral Degree Holders Rs. 40,000/- per month

Emoluments : Rs.25000/- per month for 1st and 2nd year and Rs. 28000/- per month for 3rd year
Age Limit : Upper age limit is 35 years for men and 40 years for women on the date of interview. Age relaxation for SC/ST and OBC candidates as per rules

More at http://www.cirb.res.in/attachments/195_walk-in-interview%20for%20contractual%20positions%20of%20RA%20and%20SRF%20%28On%20Dated%2011.8.2015%29.pdf

chromoMap-An R package for Interactive Visualization and Annotation of Chromosomes

Neel — Fri, 12 Apr 2019 05:30:41 -0500

Provides interactive, configurable and elegant graphics visualization of the chromosomes or chromosome regions of any living organism allowing users to map chromosome elements (like genes, SNPs etc.) on the chromosome plot. It introduces a special plot viz. the "chromosome heatmap" that, in addition to mapping elements, can visualize the data associated with chromosome elements (like gene expression) in the form of heat colors which can be highly advantageous in the scientific interpretations and research work. The package provide multiple features like visualizing multiple sets, chromosome heat-maps, group annotations, adding hyperlinks, and labelling. The plots can be saved as HTML documents that can be customized and shared easily. In addition, you can include them in R Markdown or in R 'Shiny' applications.

Address of the bookmark: https://cran.r-project.org/web/packages/chromoMap/vignettes/chromoMap.html

RA Bioinformatics at TEZPUR UNIVERSITY

Fri, 06 Feb 2015 04:11:23 -0600

Walk-in-interview will be held on 23 February, 2015 at 11.00 a.m. for the following temporary positions in the DBT (U-EXCEL) sponsored project entitled “Sequencing genomes of some bacteria that invade/resides in tomato plant” under the Principal Investigator Dr. Suvendra Kumar Ray, Department of Molecular Biology and Biotechnology, Tezpur University.

Interested candidates may appear before the interview board on 23 February, 2015 at the Office of the Head, Department of Molecular Biology & Biotechnology, Tezpur University with original documents and photocopies of marks sheets, certificates, testimonials, caste certificate (if applicable), experience certificate and a copy of curriculum vitae (CV) duly signed by the candidate.

Position: One (01) Research Associate.

Educational Qualification: Candidates having Ph.D. degree or submitted thesis in any topic of Life Science Areas (Zoology, Botany, Microbiology, Biotechnology etc.) along with knowledge of gene and protein sequence analysis may apply.

Remuneration: Rs. 22,000/- (Rupees twenty two thousand) only + 10% HRA as admissible per month for the first year and Rs. 23,000/- (Rupees twenty three thousand) only + 10% HRA as admissible per month for the second year.

Age: Candidate preferably below the age of 40 years who have obtained a doctorate (Ph.D.) degree from a recognized University.

Upper age limit may be relaxed up to 5 years in the case of candidates belonging SC/ST/OBC/Women and physically challenged.

Position: One (01) Project Assistant.

Educational Qualification: B.Sc./B.Tech./B.E./B.Pharma in any branch with minimum 55% mark in the qualifying examinations and minimum 50 % mark in 10th and 10+2 Science examinations.

Remuneration: Rs. 8,000/- (Rupees eight thousand) only per month (consolidated). Age: Candidate should not be more than 28 years of age on the date of interview. Upper age limit may be relaxed up to 5 years in the case of candidate belonging to SC/ST/OBC/Women/Physically Challenged.

Duration: One year or till completion of the project, whichever is earlier. N.B. No TA/DA will be paid to the candidates for attending the interview.

For further information contact – Dr. Suvendra Kumar Ray, Associate Professor Email: suven@tezu.ernet.in Department of Molecular Biology and Biotechnology Tezpur University Sd/- Dean, Research & Development Tezpur University

Advertisement: http://www.tezu.ernet.in/ProjectWalkin/Advt-SKR2-5342-A.pdf

Comprehensive list of visualization tools for biological pathways

Neel — Tue, 30 Jan 2018 06:01:31 -0600

The study of biological pathways is a key to understand the different processes inside a cell: proteins exert their function not in isolation but in a tightly controlled network of interactions and reactions. Activation of a pathway typically leads to a change of state in the cell. Pathways come in different flavors, depending on their functions in the cell – the three main types are metabolic pathways, gene regulatory pathways, and signaling pathways. These biological pathways and networks are not only an appropriate approach to visualize molecular reactions. They have also become one leading method in -omics data analysis and visualization.

Following are the comprehensive list of visualization tools for biological pathways:

BiNA

Drawings of metabolic networks supporting hiding of cofactors and drawing of chemical structures

http://bina.unipax.info/

BioTapestry

Interactive tool for building, visualizing and sharing gene regulatory network models over the web

http://www.biotapestry.org/

Caleydo

Visual analysis framework targeted at biomolecular data. Visualization of interdependencies between multiple datasets

http://www.caleydo.org/

CellDesigner

A modeling tool for biochemical networks

http://www.celldesigner.org/

Edinburgh Pathway Editor

Edit and draw pathway diagrams

http://epe.sourceforge.net/SourceForge/EPE.html

GenMAPP

Visualization of gene expression and other genomic data on maps representing biological pathways and groupings of genes

http://www.genmapp.org/

Ingenuity IPA

Data integration platform and manually annotated pathways

http://tinyurl.com/IngenuityPath

JDesigner

Graphical modeling environment for biochemical reaction networks

http://jdesigner.sourceforge.net/Site/JDesigner.html

KaPPA View

Plant pathways

http://kpv.kazusa.or.jp/

KEGG Atlas

Interactive Kyoto Encyclopedia of Genes and Genomes pathways

http://www.genome.jp/kegg/

Omix

Visualizing multi-omics data in metabolic networks

https://www.omix-visualization.com

PathVisio

Biological pathway analysis software that allows drawing, editing and analysis of biological pathways

http://www.pathvisio.org/

VitaPad

Application to visualize biological pathways and map experimental data to them

http://tinyurl.com/vitapad/

Web tools for pathways

ArrayXPath

Mapping and visualizing microarray gene-expression data and integrated biological pathway resources using SVG

http://tinyurl.com/ArrayXPath/

GEPAT

Integrated analysis of transcriptome data in genomic, proteomic and metabolic contexts

http://gepat.sourceforge.net/

iPath

Web-based tool for the visualization, analysis and customization of pathway maps

http://pathways.embl.de/

Kegg-Based Viewer

KEGG-based pathway visualization tool for complex high-throughput data

http://www.g-language.org/data/marray/

MapMan

User-driven tool that displays large datasets onto diagrams of metabolic pathways or other processes

http://mapman.gabipd.org/web/guest/mapman

MetPA

Analysis and visualization of metabolomic data within the biological context of metabolic pathways

http://metpa.metabolomics.ca

Omics Viewer

Data mapping on BioCyc pathways (collection of 5500 pathway/genome databases)

http://www.biocyc.org/

Pathway Explorer

Interactive Java drawing tool for the construction of biological pathway diagrams in a visual way and the annotation of the components and interactions between them

http://genome.tugraz.at/pathwayexplorer/pathwayexplorer_description.shtml

Pathway projector

Zoomable pathway browser using KEGG atlas and Google Maps API

http://www.g-language.org/PathwayProjector/

PATIKA

Integrated environment composed of a central database and a visual editor, built around an extensive ontology and an integration framework

http://www.cs.bilkent.edu.tr/~patikaweb/

Reactome SkyPainter

Visualization of over-represented pathways and reactions from gene lists

http://www.reactome.org/skypainter-2

WikiPathways

Wiki-based, open, public platform dedicated to the curation of biological pathways by and for the scientific community

http://www.wikipathways.org/