github.com - GRASS (GeneRic ASsembly Scaffolder)-a novel algorithm for scaffolding second-generation sequencing assemblies capable of using diverse information sources. GRASS offers a mixed-integer programming formulation of the contig scaffolding problem, which...
20th International BioInformatics Workshop on Virus Evolution and Molecular Epidemiology (VEME)
9 - 14 August 2015 St. Augustine, Trinidad and Tobago
Organiser: Christine Carrington (University of the West Indies - UWI, St. Augustine, Trinidad...
github.com - Mix is a tool that combines two or more draft assemblies, without relying on a reference genome and has the goal to reduce contig fragmentation and thus speed-up genome finishing. The proposed algorithm builds an extension graph where vertices...
Shanghai, China-headquartered pharmatech company WuXi (NYSE: WX) has acquired NextCODE Health, a genomic analysis and bioinformatics company based in the USA.
github.com - HALC, a high throughput algorithm for long read error correction. HALC aligns the long reads to short read contigs from the same species with a relatively low identity requirement so that a long read region can be aligned to at least one contig...
Recruitment The following posts are to be filled purely on temporary basis under CIBA Component of “Centre for Agricultural Bioinformatics (CABin)” project at this Institute.
Posts Research Associate
Date & Time of Interview 18th Feb 2015...
github.com - Filtering on quality and/or read length, and optional trimming after passing filters.Reads from stdin, writes to stdout.
Intended to be used:
directly after fastq extraction
prior to mapping
in a stream between extraction and...
Applications are invited from Indian nationals for a Post Doctoral position at Molecular Medical Laboratory, Department of Biotechnology, Catholic University of Daegu, Kyungsan, Kyungbuk, South Korea.
Qualification required: PhD in Life Sciences/...
github.com - new de novo assembler called BASE. It enhances the classic seed-extension approach by indexing the reads efficiently to generate adaptive seeds that have high probability to appear uniquely in the genome. Such seeds form the basis for BASE...
NBFGR, Lucknow is recruiting Bioinformatics experts for the post of Research Associate
Name of Position : Research Associate
No of Post : One
Desired candidate Profile : Candidate should be PhD in Bioinformatics or equivalent or Post-Graduation...