Experts from India and Japan in this fields will deliver lectures and contribute in discussions. This will provide an opportunity to the participants to interact and learn.

Topics:

Algorithms for biomolecular Sequences / Structures
Bioinformatics databases and tools
High performance computing
Large scale data analysis
Protein function
Structure based drug design
Applications to specific diseases

More at http://www.iitm.ac.in/bioinfo/Symposium-2015/index.html

A: He was getting too Sassy.

What did the bioinformatician say when he found out his team stopped using version control?

A: Y’all better Git!

Why did the computational biologist stay home from work?

A: He had a code!

Why was the bioinformatician's paper was rejected?

A: Journal thought it seemed scripted.

How can you tell that a Bioinformatics is working?

A: You can hear him Grunting!

Why bioinformatician always silence?

A: Because bioinformatician calmly whisper, “SSH”

Why was the bioinformatician always so sleepy?

A: He/She wasn’t given any Java.

Why did the program/software hanged?

A: Because genome float.

Why was the class upset that its parent died?

A: Because it wouldn’t be getting the inheritance!

Why did bioinformatician always works on the command line?

A: Because they don't want to scare you with huge amount of data!

Why did the bioinformatician attend the gay pride parade?

A: They supported polymorphism.

Why did bioinformatician prefer awk, PerlOneliner?

A: Because even computer can't handle to load the data.

Why don’t bioinformatician get along with others?

A: They’re too MEAN.

Why computational biologist are cool?

A: Because they are scripted!!

Why they talk $ unzip; strip; touch; finger; grep; mount; fsck; more; yes; fsck; fsck; umount; clean; sleep;

A: Ah, Ohhh, dude, these are *NIX commands

Did they really hack genome?

A: Yes, I guess so.

CDSA is pleased to announce a 4 days hands-on training program on “Essentials of Statistics and Data Analysis using R” at ICGEB, Aruna Asaf Ali Road, New Delhi on December 1 – 4, 2015. This will involve developing and enhancing skills to understand basic principles of statistics for summarizing data and use of appropriate statistical tests as well as providing an understanding of data analysis using R. Didactic lectures with practical sessions will be delivered by experienced faculties from AIIMS and Novartis. Live classroom with power point presentations, case studies, mock exercise, practical sessions on R, group work with time for discussion and Q&A sessions are added advantages of this workshop.

Please contact gayatrivishwakarma.cdsa@thsti.res.in or vineetabaloni.cdsa@thsti.res.in for program and registration details.

Please nominate personage or register yourself on or before November 6, 2015 along with the electronic transfer of registration fee.

Staff Scientists

Specialization: Applicant should have a Ph.D. with excellent academic credentials along with the track record of scientific productivity evidenced by publications/patents/products in the frontier areas of Plant Biology such as, Computational Biology, Genome Analysis and Molecular Mapping, Molecular Mechanism of Abiotic Stress Responses, Nutritional Genomics, Plant Development and Architecture, Plant Immunity, Molecular Breeding, Transgenics for crop improvement and other emerging areas based on plant genomics.

Remuneration: The length of experience and scientific accomplishments/quality of scientific productivity record will be major factors in deciding the level of appointment as Staff Scientist as well as starting salary in the Pay Bands of Rs 15,600-39,100 (with grade pay of 5400), and Rs 37,400-67,000 (with grade pay of 8,700 and 8,900) plus usual allowances admissible to the Central Government employees. However, NIPGR reserves the right to select candidates in the lower grade against the foregoing posts depending upon the qualifications and experience of the candidate. Reservation of posts shall be as per Govt. of India norms. Five posts (SC-2, ST-1, OBC-2) in the Pay Band of Rs 15,600-39,100 with Grade Pay of Rs 5400, are reserved.

More at http://www.nipgr.res.in/careers/vacancies_latest.php#

Apply online at http://www.nipgr.res.in/nipgr_recu/nipgr_recu.php

Form http://www.nipgr.res.in/files/careers/Application_Performa_2015.doc

Desirable : Research or teaching experience in Bioinformatics and Computational Biology.
Honorarium : Rs. 1,000/- per lecture (subject to a maximum of 25,000/- per month)
How to apply

Interested eligible candidates may attend the 'walk-in' interview along with all original certificates and testimonials with a copy of their bio-data. Walk-in-interview will be held on 28.09.2015 (Monday), 03:00 P.M. at the office of the Dean, School of Life Sciences, Science Block — I, Pondicherry University, Puducherry — 605 014. Candidates reporting after 03:00 P.M. will not be entertained.

More at http://www.pondiuni.edu.in/news/walk-interview-guest-faculty-centre-bioinformatics

Accompaniment to the Advertisement No. 52 dated 10.11.2015 for various Teaching Positions purely on contract basis for a maximum period of five years in the various Departments/Centre of the University.

Last date for receipt of application in the University Office is 04.12.2015.

Associate Professor

Environmental Science

Institute of Bioinformatics & Biotechnology (IBB)

Microbiology

Assistant Professor

Biotechnology

Institute of Bioinformatics & Biotechnology (IBB)

Microbiology

More Info : http://collegecirculars.unipune.ac.in/sites/documents/Job%20Openings/advt-no-52-dt-10-11-2015-contract-positions.pdf

A qualified candidate will be strongly motivated individual with following qualifications: a Ph.D. in computational sciences, engineering, physics, bioinformatics, or related field. Ability to program in Python/Perl and R in Unix environment, knowledge of C++, Java, and SQL is a plus. Demonstrated applied bioinformatics/computational proficiency as evidenced by relevant publications in peer-reviewed journals. Experience with cancer genomics is a plus.

The primary research focus of the Faryabi Lab is on developing novel computational methods to study mechanisms involved in genome instability and elucidate their roles in tumorigenesis. In addition the position provides collaborative opportunities with both basic and translational scientists across the Perelman School of Medicine, one of the top 5 medical research universities in the nation.
. a Ph.D. degree in either physical or computational sciences
. solid programming skills ( Python/Perl, Java, C/C++, R, SQL)
. computational genomics experience ( high throughput sequence analysis)
. excellent spoken and written communication and interaction skills
. publications in English in relevant areas of research in peer-reviewed journals.
. Previous experience or interest in data visualization design is a plus.

More at
University of Pennsylvania
Pathology and Laboratory Medicine
Robert B. Faryabi
faryabiPenn@gmail.com
http://faryabib.github.io/
How To Apply: email CV and contacts of 3 references to faryabiPenn@gmail.com

Job notification in Punjab Agricultural University (PAU) for research Associate/ Research Fellow posts for different projects. Eligible candidates may apply in prescribed application format on or before 17-11-2015 from 09:00 am to 05:00 pm.

Vacancies:
Research Associate/ Research Fellow-03
Qualification:
Candidates should possess B.Sc. with minimum 50% marks, M.Sc. in Bioinformatics/ Biotechnology/ Genetics/ Plant Breeding/ Plant Breeding & Genetics/ Plant Breeding, Genetics & Biotechnology/ Microbiology/ Biochemistry/ Botany with 65% marks.
Selection Process:
Selection will be based on interview.
How to Apply:
Eligible candidates may send their applications along with attested copies of certificates, fee to the Director, School of Agricultural Biotechnology, PAU, Ludhiana on or before 17-11-2015 from 09:00 am to 05:00 pm
Last Date:
17-11-2015

More at http://web.pau.edu/content/banner/1349.pdf

Eligibility : ME/M.Tech, MSc(Bio-Chemistry, Bio-Informatics, Bio-Tech, Microbiology), BE/B.Tech

Location : Gandhinagar

Last Date : 05 Nov 2015

Hiring Process : Face to Face Interview

Junior Research Fellow (JRF) Job vacancies in Gujarat State Biotechnology Mission (GSBTM)

Project : “Establishing a network in computational and system biology”

No. of Post : 01

Qualification : MSc. /M.Tech. /B.E. /B.Tech. in Biotechnology/Bioinformatics /Life Sciences /Microbiology /Biochemistry /Genetics from recognized University. Preference would be given to the candidates having NET/GATE.

Fellowship : Rs. 12,000 + 20% HRA
How to apply

Applications should be filled Online. The last date for submission of application is 5th November, 2015.

More at http://btm.gujarat.gov.in/btm/recruitment2.htm

Distribution package for the Prgressive Cactus multiple genome aligner. Dependencies are linked as submodules

https://github.com/glennhickey/progressiveCactus

Address of the bookmark: https://github.com/glennhickey/progressiveCactus