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Upgrade R 3.0.3

Rahul Nayak — Mon, 10 Mar 2014 11:23:51 -0500

R is a free software programming language and software environment for statistical computing and graphics. The R language is widely used among statisticians and data miners for developing statistical software and data analysis. Polls and surveys of data miners are showing R's popularity has increased substantially in recent years. Recently the new version of R codename “Warm Puppy" have been released.

You can download the latest version from here http://cran.rstudio.com/ . Or, if you are using Windows, you can upgrade to the latest version using the installr package http://cran.r-project.org/web/packages/installr/ . Simply run the following code:

# installing/loading the package:
if(!require(installr)) {
install.packages("installr"); require(installr)} #load / install+load installr

updateR()

I try to keep the installr package updated and useful. If you have any suggestions or remarks on the package, you’re invited to leave a comment below.

If you use the global library system http://www.r-statistics.com/2010/04/changing-your-r-upgrading-strategy-and-the-r-code-to-do-it-on-windows/ , you can run the following in the new version of R:

source("http://www.r-statistics.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/04/upgrading-R-on-windows.r.txt")
New.R.RunMe()

Reference:

http://www.r-statistics.com/2014/03/r-3-0-3-is-released/

Bioinformatics RA at IVRI

Tue, 07 Apr 2015 03:10:53 -0500

A walk in interview is scheduled in the seminar hall of Veterinary Biotechnology Division of the institute on 9.04.15 at 10.30 am for the engagement of one Research associate (RA) in ICAR funded time bound project entitled “Centre for Agricultural bioinformatics (CABin)”.

The engagement is purely temporary on contractual basis and co-terminus with the project. There will be no provision of absorption of absorption/reemployment in IVRI/DBT on termination of the project.

No TA/DA will be provided for appearing in the interview and no separate letter will be issued.

A. Name tile of the project: “Centre for Agricultural bioinformatics (CABin)”.

B. Position/post to be filled: Research Associate (one)

C. Essential/Desirable qualifications:

•Essential: M.V.Sc./M.Tech./MSc Degree in Biotechnology/ Biochemistry/ Microbiology/Immunology/Bioinformatics/Genetics/Life Sciences or

Masters in Computer Application/ Masters in Computer science with first division.

• Desirable: Experience in cell culture, next generation sequencing, C++ and perl programming. NET/GATE qualified will be preferred.

• Experience : At least 2 years

D. Emoluments: Rs. 23000/- per month + 20% HRA

E. Age Limit: Maximum 40 years for men and 45 years for women

F. Duration of the project: Up to March 2017

G. Name of PI/Contact person: Dr. G.V.P.P.S. Ravi Kumar, Sr. Scientist, Division of Veterinary Biotechnology.

H. Address for correspondence: Dr. G.V.P.P.S. Ravi Kumar, Sr. Scientist, Computational Biology and Genomics facility,Division of Veterinary Biotechnology, I.V.R.I., Izatnagar – 243122

Advertisement: www.ivri.nic.in/jobs/WalkIn_interview_01042015.pdf

BioStats class tutorial

Shruti Paniwala — Thu, 16 Mar 2017 01:50:50 -0500

Nice biostat turorial by Ingo Ruczinski

Address of the bookmark: http://www.biostat.jhsph.edu/~iruczins/teaching/

JRF Bioinformatics @ NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF IMMUNOLOGY NEW DELHI-110067

Fri, 17 Apr 2015 02:39:37 -0500

Applications are invited for the position of Junior Research Fellow (Project)/Senior Research Fellow (Project) for the following time-bound sponsored project as per the details given below:

1. “Development of bioinformatics methods for identifying novel secondary metabolites by genome mining” funded by DBT

JRF (P)/SRF (P) (One Position only)

Dr. Debasisa Mohanty Staff Scientist-VI deb@nii.res.in

Educational Qualifications: JRF (Project): M.Sc (Bioinformatics/ Biophysics/Biotechnology or any other stream of biological/physical sciences) or M.Tech. (Bioinformatics/Biotechnology/Computational Sciences) of M. Pharm.

SRF (Project): M.Sc (Bioinformatics/Biophysics/Biotechnology or any other stream of biological/physical sciences) or M.Tech. (Bioinformatics/Biotechnology/Computational Sciences) of M. Pharm with atleast 03 years of research experience.

Desirable Qualifications: Strong computer programming skills (in PERL/CGI/PHP or C++ or object oriented database management systems like MySQL etc or scripting languages under LINUX/UNIX environment) and sufficient experience in computational analysis of biological/biochemical data.

The candidates must highlight their experience in programming and database development in their CV. Job description: Computational analysis of genomes and development of bioinformatics tools and software’s for sequence and structure based analysis of biosynthetic pathways.

Emoluments: The selected candidates will draw consolidated emoluments as per Institute Rules, depending upon qualifications & experience JRF (Project): Rs. 12,000/- per month plus 30% HRA SRF (Project): Rs. 14,000/- per month plus 30% HRA (*Candidates possessing qualifications as per latest DST OM, will be given revised scales).

More at http://www1.nii.res.in/sites/default/files/projectappointments-Dr.DebasisaMohanty-30April2015.pdf

R tuorial

Rahul Nayak — Mon, 31 Jul 2017 08:41:40 -0500

R learning resources

https://flowingdata.com/

Address of the bookmark: https://flowingdata.com/

IGIB Recruitment 2015 – Project Scientist

Tue, 14 Apr 2015 12:19:59 -0500

IGIB Recruitment 2015 – Project Scientist & SPF Posts: CSIR – Institute of Genomics & Integrative Biology (IGIB) has issued notification for the recruitment of Project Scientist, Sr Project Fellow vacancies on temporary basis for project entitled “Setting up of CSIR(unit)-TRISUTRA (Translational research and Innovative Science through Ayurgenomics)”. Eligible candidates may apply in prescribed application format on or before 23-04-2015. Other details like age limit, educational qualification, selection process & how to apply are given below…

IGIB Vacancy Details:
Total No. of Posts: 04
Name of the Posts:
1. Project Scientist (Biology): 02 Posts
2. Project Scientist (Bioinformatics): 01 Post
3. Sr Project Fellow (Ayurveda): 01 Post

Age Limit: Candidates age should be 35 years for post 1, 32 years for post 2

Educational Qualification: Candidates should have Ph.D/ Ph.D submitted in any branch of Biological Science/ Life Science for post 1, Ph.D/ Ph.D submitted in Bioinformatics for post 2, BAMS degree with one year internship for post 3.

Selection Process: Candidates will be selected based on their performance in interview.

How to Apply: Eligible candidates may send their application along with all relevant documents on or before 23-04-2015.

Important Dates:
Last Date for Receipt of Application for Post 1 & 2: 23-04-2015.
Date of Interview for Post 3: 27-04-2015.

For other details like pay scale, age relaxation, educational qualification, selection process, how to apply, etc., click on the link given below…

http://www.freejobalert.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/03/Notification-IGIB-Project-Scientist-SPF-Posts.pdf

http://www.igib.res.in/sites/default/files/27042015.pdf

dupRadar package

Jit — Sun, 04 Feb 2018 14:28:57 -0600

The dupRadar package gives an insight into the duplication problem by graphically relating the gene expression level and the duplication rate present on it. Thus, failed experiments can be easily identified at a glance

Address of the bookmark: https://bioconductor.org/packages/3.7/bioc/vignettes/dupRadar/inst/doc/dupRadar.html

BINC Sample Question Paper !!!

Jitendra Narayan — Thu, 16 Apr 2015 09:14:14 -0500

BINC sample question paper round TWO.

chromoMap-An R package for Interactive visualization and mapping of human chromosomes

Rahul Nayak — Mon, 25 Jun 2018 17:22:24 -0500

chromoMap is an R package that provides interactive, configurable and elegant graphics visualization of the human chromosomes 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. Because of the enormous size of the chromosomes, it is impractical to visualize each element on the same plot. But chromoMap plots provide a magnified view for each of chromosome location to render additional information and visualization specific for that location. You can map thousands of genes and can view all mappings easily. Users can investigate the detailed information about the mappings (like gene names or total genes mapped on a location) or can view the magnified single or double stranded view of the chromosome at a location showing each mapped element in sequential order (You will see in the demos below). Not ony that, 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.

https://cran.r-project.org/web/packages/chromoMap/index.html

Bioinformatics JRF/RA/SRF position at Indian Institute of Science Education and Research (IISER Kolkata) - Kolkata, West Bengal

Fri, 17 Apr 2015 04:11:14 -0500

Research Position in Computational Biology in the group of Shree P. Pandey Positions available in the area of NGS data analysis, bioinformatics, plant genomics

Project Description: Projects involves high throughput analysis of data mostly generated by massively parallel sequencing (RNA-Seq and small-RNA-Seq), microarrays and related platforms. We are looking for highly motivated and bright individuals interested in high-throughput cutting-edge data analyses methods in genomics (computational positions). Available positions: Applications are invited from suitable candidates in both, the Max Planck India Partner Program and the CRP Wheat Program for openings at the levels:

Post Name-Qualification-Salary:
Project assistant – Master’s – Rs. 14000
Project fellow (junior data analyst) – Masters + research experience – Rs. 16000
Research fellow (senior data analyst) – Masters + adequate research experience/desirable skill sets – Rs. 22000
Research Associated – PhD (< 1yr) /> 1 yr experience – Rs. 28000 / Rs. 32000
Essential qualification: MSc/MTech/PhD (or other suitable qualification) in discipline related to bioinformatics, computational biology, computer application (or equivalent)/ ‘Advance Post-Graduate Diploma in Bioinformatics’. Proficiency in one of the programming languages or statistics (proficient in R for example) is compulsory.
Desirable qualification: 1. Programming experiences in at least one low level language such as C/C++ and one scripting language such as Perl/Python/PHP and knowledge of SQL/MySQL. 2. Substantial experience in the linux or other unix environments. 3. Experience of working in projects on Bioinformatics, Genetics or Biological application areas/Computational and Statistical analysis (e.g. using R or Matlab). Experience in the field of genomics (NGS, microarrays, genome annotation), database development and management, software development, systems and network biology (or related fields) will be preferred.
SELECTION PROCEDURE FOR INDIAN INSTITUTE OF SCIENCE EDUCATION AND RESEARCH (IISER KOLKATA) – RESEARCH ASSOCIATE & MORE VACANCIES POST:

Candidates can apply on or before 30/04/2015
No Detailed information about the selection process is mentioned in the recruitment notification
HOW TO APPLY FOR RESEARCH ASSOCIATE & MORE VACANCIES IN INDIAN INSTITUTE OF SCIENCE EDUCATION AND RESEARCH (IISER KOLKATA):

Applications should contain CV along with brief description (maximum 1 page) of research conducted (highlighting skills and experience) till now. Applications should be sent by email to Shree P. Pandey, Department of Biological Sciences, IISER-Kolkata, Mohanpur Campus, West Bengal within 2 weeks. Interviews will be scheduled within 10 days of closing of applications. E-mail: sppiiserkol@gmail.com, sppandey@iiserkol.ac.in
For more details visit: http://www.iiserkol.ac.in/~sppandey