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India and Germany to begin joint research in the area of 'Bioinformatics in Health Research'

Rahul Nayak — Wed, 17 Jan 2018 14:10:36 -0600

To facilitate bilateral cooperation in biotechnology between the scientific communities of India and Germany, the Department of Biotechnology (DBT) will soon begin collaborative research in the identified priority area of 'Bioinformatics in Health Research' under the programme of Indo-German Cooperation in Health Research.

The purpose of the programme is to stimulate new collaborations, e.g. the preparation of joint projects under national funding programmes. The programme facilitates bilateral cooperation in biotechnology between the scientific communities of India and Germany by way of joint research projects which will encompass bilateral workshops/seminar and exchange visits of scientists.

The programme is being implemented within the agreement of Indo-German cooperation in S&T of 1974, under which the Department of Biotechnology, Government of India and Forschungszentrum Julich BMBH (FZJ), Federal Republic of Germany, have agreed for cooperative programme in biotechnology.

DBT of the Ministry of Science & Technology, Government of India and the Project Management Agency at the German Aerospace Center (DLR-PT, European and International Cooperation), Bonn are the nodal implementing agencies from the Indian and German side respectively.

Through this programme, it is expected that the funded cooperation enables the partners to develop applicable scientific results which can be published and/ or could be commercialised and may lead to formation of joint ventures. All publications, patents coming out of these projects, need to be jointly authored by both Indian and German scientists. All necessary approvals like ethical clearance, HMSC approval from Indian point of view as well as EU, if applicable, from German point of view, e.g. before conducting animal experimentation if any needs to be obtained by PIs before undertaking the project.

Now, both the nodal agencies have invited research proposals in identified priority area of 'Bioinformatics in Health Research' from eligible scientists. Joint research projects are required to be submitted to both the nodal agencies by 15 January 2018. Scientists/faculty members working in regular capacity in universities, national R&D laboratories/institutes and private R&D institutes can be part of this joint research programme. For the private sector, partners from all kind of private sectors are eligible, but financing is limited. For Indian scientists from the private sector, only local hospitality in Germany as part of the exchange visit is available from the German side. For German scientists from the private sector, only travel costs are available for small and medium size enterprises (for definition of SME ref. to 2003/361/EC) as well as local hospitality in India will be borne by themselves.

An Introduction to Applied Bioinformatics

Jit — Fri, 02 Mar 2018 04:26:38 -0600

IAB is primarily being developed by Greg Caporaso(GitHub/Twitter: @gregcaporaso) in the Caporaso Lab at Northern Arizona University. You can find information on the courses I teach on my teaching website and information on my research and lab on my lab website.

Address of the bookmark: http://readiab.org/

Merfin: improved variant filtering, assembly evaluation and polishing via k-mer validation

Neel — Sun, 03 Apr 2022 20:35:19 -0500

Merfin, a k-mer based variant-filtering algorithm for improved accuracy in genotyping and genome assembly polishing. Merfin evaluates each variant based on the expected k-mer multiplicity in the reads, independently of the quality of the read alignment and variant caller’s internal score. Merfin increased the precision of genotyped calls in several benchmarks, improved consensus accuracy and reduced frameshift errors when applied to human and nonhuman assemblies built from Pacific Biosciences HiFi and continuous long reads or Oxford Nanopore reads, including the first complete human genome. Moreover, we introduce assembly quality and completeness metrics that account for the expected genomic copy numbers.

More at https://www.nature.com/articles/s41592-022-01445-y

Address of the bookmark: https://github.com/arangrhie/merfin

DEPARTMENT OF GENETICS, GENOMICS AND BIOINFORMATICS, National Biotechnology Development Agency, Nigeria

BioStar — Wed, 05 Sep 2018 10:48:25 -0500

The Genetics, Genomics & Bioinformatics Department (GBBD) at NABDA is unique, encompassing all facets of modern genetics and bioinformatics research. Trans-disciplinary research being conducted in our laboratories would lead to cures for human diseases; improvements to crop and livestock quality and yield; creation of new technologies with applications to medicine; agriculture; environment; and industry.

Our capacity building activities covers both general and specialized topics in translational genetics, and is designed to better acquaint scientists and clinicians with the tools and technologies of genetics and genomics.

OUR RESEARCH ACTIVITIES INCLUDE:

Biomedical Genetics: investigating genetic and environmental factors contributing to phenotypes with relevance to human health and disease.
Computation and Bioinformatics: develop new approaches for the management, analysis, and modelling of large, complex data sets.
Population and Quantitative Genetics: study of how genetic processes evolve to generate genetic variation in populations of organisms, and the effects on the patterning of variation within and between populations and specie, and
Genetic Engineering and Biotechnology: focuses on the research and innovation for industrial enzymes, biologics and biosimilars production.

https://www.h3abionet.org/nabda

Address of the bookmark: http://www.nabda.gov.ng/departments/genetics-genomics-and-bioinformatics

TRITEX, a computational pipeline for chromosome-scale assembly of plant genomes

LEGE — Fri, 14 Feb 2025 10:53:48 -0600

This is the documentation of TRITEX, a computational pipeline for chromosome-scale assembly of plant genomes. It was developed in the research group Domestication Genomics at the Leibniz Institute of Plant Genetics and Crop Research (IPK) Gatersleben.

Address of the bookmark: https://tritexassembly.bitbucket.io/

Senior Bioinformatics Scientist @ Strand Life Sciences -- Bangalore, India

Wed, 02 Jan 2019 09:23:49 -0600

RESPONSIBILITIES
The candidate is expected to work on a variety of projects related to analysis of data from NGS, Mass Spectrometry, Flow Cytometry and other related modalities. The position expects hands-on work and a strong eye for detail. The candidate will be able to contribute to impactful work spanning patient care, clinical research, and new assay and method development.
REQUIREMENTS
A PhD in a quantitative field (statistics, math, bioinformatics, computer science, physics or similar) and work experience or post-doc experience handling high throughout genomics data.
PREFERENCES
Experience in working in inter-disciplinary groups and ability to author research publications are additional desired qualities.
LOCALE
The position is in Bangalore and reports to the Chief Scientific Officer.
HOW TO APPLY
Write to ramesh[at]strandls.com.

Machine learning training and courses in bioinformatics !

Rahul Nayak — Tue, 31 Dec 2019 19:33:07 -0600

Machine learning techniques have been successful in analyzing biological data because of their capabilities in handling randomness and uncertainty of data noise and in generalization. In this class, we will learn basics about probabilistic models and machine learning techniques. We will focus on probabilistic models (Markov models, Hidden Markov models, and Bayesian networks) for biological sequence analysis and systems biology. Other machine learning techniques, such as Naive bayes, neural networks and SVMs will only be covered briefly.

More at http://homes.sice.indiana.edu/yye/lab/teaching/spring2017-I529/

Bioinformatician on Valentine's Day

BioQueen — Sun, 14 Feb 2021 11:36:32 -0600

Once asked to a bioinformatician "How is ur Valentine's Day?"

Bioinformatician replied:
if ($date == "Valentine's Day" && $me =! Bioinformatician) {
rose_day(); promise_day(); kiss_day();
}
else {
hack_genome(); ko-fi(); youtube(); do_scripting(); sleep();
)

DBT BIOTECHNOLOGY ELIGIBILITY TEST (BET) 2020

Shruti Paniwala — Fri, 21 Aug 2020 09:17:24 -0500

Ministry of Science &Technology, Govt. of India

DBT-Junior Research Fellowship (DBT-JRF) in Biotechnology (2020)

BIOTECHNOLOGY ELIGIBILITY TEST (BET) 2020

Applications are invited from bonafide Indian citizens, residing in India for award of “DBT-Junior Research Fellowship” (DBT-JRF) for pursuing research in frontier areas of Biotechnology and Life Sciences. The candidates will be selected through “Biotechnology Eligibility Test (BET)”. Based on the performance in BET, two categories of merit list will be prepared (Category-I and Category-II). Government of India norms for reservation will be followed for selection. Candidates selected under category-I will be eligible to avail fellowship under the programme. These will be tenable at any University/Institute in India where the selected candidate registers for PhD Programme. Candidates selected under Category-II will be eligible to be appointed in any DBT sponsored project and avail fellowship from the project equivalent to NET/GATE, subject to selection through institutional selection process. There will be no binding on Principal Investigators of DBT sponsored projects to select JRF for their project from category-II list. Selection in category-II will not entitle student for any fellowship from DBT-JRF programme.

ELIGIBILITY

Qualification: M.Sc./ M.Tech./ M.V.Sc. or equivalent degree/ Integrated BS-MS/ B.E./ B.Tech. in any discipline of Biotechnology, M.Sc./ M.Tech. Bioinformatics/ Computational Biology, students admitted under DBT supported Postgraduate Teaching Programs. M.Sc. Life Science/ Bioscience/ Zoology/ Botany/ Microbiology/ Biochemistry/ Biophysics and Masters in Allied areas of Biology/Life Sciences. Candidates appearing in the final year examination are also eligible to apply.

Marks: Minimum 60% marks for General, EWS & OBC category and 55% for SC/ ST/ Differently abled in aggregate (or equivalent grade).

Age Limit: Upto 28 years as on the last date of application for General & EWS category. Age relaxation of up to 5 years (33 years) for SC/ ST/ Differently Abled/ women candidates and upto 3 years (31 years) for OBC (Non-Creamy Layer) candidates.

For detailed procedure for filling the application form, payment of application fee and uploading of required documents/ certificates in the prescribed format, please visit: http://rcb.res.in/BET2020. A non-refundable and non-transferable application fee of Rs. 1000/-is payable online by General/ OBC/ EWS candidates and Rs 250/- by SC/ ST/ Differently abled candidates.

IMPORTANT DATES

Online Registration Start	April 20, 2020
Online Registration Close	May 18, 2020
BET 2020	June 30, 2020 (Tuesday)* Tentative
Display of question paper and answer key on website	June 30, 2020
Last date of accepting representation of any discrepancy in Question paper & Answer key	July 03, 2020
Declaration of BET 2020 Result	July 20, 2020

Scientist B at AIIMS, New Delhi, Delhi

Thu, 03 Sep 2020 07:04:11 -0500

Scientist B at AIIMS, New Delhi, Delhi

Overview
Applications are invited from eligible candidates for the following position under Meity funded research project entitled: Artifical Intelligence in Oncology, Harnsessing big data and advanced computing to provide personalized diganosis and treatment for cancer patients purely on contractual basis

Scientist B

Salary: Rs.80,000/-

Qualification: 1st Class Masters Degree in Bioinformatics/ Computer Science/ Statistics with Ph.D in relevant subject from a recognized University with experience in Machine learning/ AI project plus two years research experience

Age: Upto 40 years

Details
Experience:2 Years
Location:New Delhi
Education:1st Class Masters Degree
SALARY: Rs.80,000/-
Key Skills: Research Fellowship
Desired Profile
Two years research experience

Company: AIIMS
All India Institute of Medical Sciences, New Delhi is a medical school, hospital and public medical research university

More at https://www.aiims.edu/en/notices/recruitment/aiims-recruitment.html?id=10844
PDF https://www.aiims.edu/images/pdf/recruitment/advertisement/Post_BioChem_22_08_20.PDF