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	<guid isPermaLink="true">https://bioinformaticsonline.com/bookmarks/view/43060/simons-genome-diversity-project</guid>
	<pubDate>Sat, 08 May 2021 21:55:25 -0500</pubDate>
	<link>https://bioinformaticsonline.com/bookmarks/view/43060/simons-genome-diversity-project</link>
	<title><![CDATA[Simons Genome Diversity Project]]></title>
	<description><![CDATA[<p><em>Complete genome sequences from more than one hundred diverse human populations</em></p>
<p>All genomes in the dataset were sequenced to at least 30x coverage using Illumina technology. The sequencing reads were mapped and genotyped using a customized procedure that was optimized for population genetic analysis. The researchers eliminated bias of alleles toward matching the human genome reference sequence, and determined genotypes on a single-sample basis to avoid preferential calling of genotypes from populations that had more individuals represented.</p><p>Address of the bookmark: <a href="https://www.simonsfoundation.org/simons-genome-diversity-project/" rel="nofollow">https://www.simonsfoundation.org/simons-genome-diversity-project/</a></p>]]></description>
	<dc:creator>Jit</dc:creator>
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	<guid isPermaLink="true">https://bioinformaticsonline.com/news/view/8330/atlas-of-ancient-inter-ethnic-group</guid>
	<pubDate>Fri, 14 Feb 2014 13:16:20 -0600</pubDate>
	<link>https://bioinformaticsonline.com/news/view/8330/atlas-of-ancient-inter-ethnic-group</link>
	<title><![CDATA[Atlas of ancient inter-ethnic group !!!]]></title>
	<description><![CDATA[<p>Now a dayz, almost 3% of the world's population lived outside their country of origin. These migration is increasingly being perceived as a force that can contribute to development, and an integral aspect of the global development process.&nbsp; While migrants make important contributions to the economic prosperity of their host countries, the flow of financial, technological, social and human capital back to their countries of origin also is having a significant impact on poverty reduction and economic development.</p><p>However, the ancient invasions and migrations to slavery and trade, history is embroidered with events that led to interactions between previously separate populations. Early humans migrated due to many factors such as changing climate and landscape and inadequate food supply. Historical migration of human populations begins with the movement of Homo erectus out of Africa across Eurasia about a million years ago. Homo sapiens appear to have occupied all of Africa about 150,000 years ago, moved out of Africa 70,000 years ago, and had spread across Australia, Asia and Europe by 40,000 years BC. Indo-Aryan migration from the Indus Valley to the plain of the River Ganges in Northern India is presumed to have taken place in the Middle to Late Bronze Age, contemporary to the Late Harappan phase in India (ca. 1700 to 1300 BC). From 180 BC, a series of invasions from Central Asia followed, including those led by the Indo-Greeks, Indo-Scythians, Indo-Parthians and Kushans in the northwestern Indian subcontinent.</p><p><img src="http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/3/37/Map-of-human-migrations.jpg" alt="image" style="border: 0px; border: 0px;"></p><p>Using the recent advance technologies researchers have created a historical atlas of instances of such mixing. They use a sophisticated statistical method for making inferences about human history and&nbsp;infer populations interbredings ( happen over the past 4,000 years) with an ease.<br /><br />The study published the findings and presented with an interactive map. http://admixturemap.paintmychromosomes.com/</p><p>These sort of genomic study have some limilation. It is hard to precisely define sources of mixing when it occurred between genetically similar groups, and scenarios involving multiple waves of mixing over time or between multiple groups can be difficult to tease apart. But it is believed that larger sample sizes will improve resolution. These high resolution will provide a deeper understanding of human history.</p><p>Reference:</p><p>http://www.sciencemag.org/content/early/2014/01/28/science.1245938</p><p>http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/21390129?dopt=Abstract&amp;holding=npg</p><p>http://www.csulb.edu/~kmacd/paper-ethnicity.html</p><p>Image: Wikipedia</p>]]></description>
	<dc:creator>Jit</dc:creator>
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  <pubDate>Wed, 02 Feb 2022 02:51:27 -0600</pubDate>
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<p>The Vicoso group investigates how sex chromosomes evolve over time, and what biological forces are driving their patterns of differentiation.</p>

<p>The Vicoso group is interested in understanding several aspects of the biology of sex chromosomes, and the evolutionary processes that shape their peculiar features. By combining the use of next-generation sequencing technologies with studies in several model and non-model organisms, they can address a variety of standing questions, such as: Why do some Y chromosomes degenerate while others remain homomorphic, and how does this relate to the extent of sexual dimorphism of the species? What forces drive some species to acquire global dosage compensation of the X, while others only compensate specific genes? What are the frequency and molecular dynamics of sex-chromosome turnover?</p>

<p>More at https://ist.ac.at/en/research/vicoso-group/<br />http://pub.ist.ac.at/~bvicoso/</p>
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  <guid isPermaLink='true'>https://bioinformaticsonline.com/opportunity/view/9055/computational-biologist-scientist-strand-life-sciences</guid>
  <pubDate>Fri, 14 Mar 2014 11:36:56 -0500</pubDate>
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  <title><![CDATA[Computational Biologist Scientist @ Strand Life Sciences]]></title>
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<p>We are looking for a motivated application scientist to help evaluate, compare, and develop next generation sequencing (NGS) data analysis methods. The successful candidate should be able to quickly understand the state-of-art computational biology techniques, prototype them and perform benchmarking studies. The candidate must also be comfortable working with people from different disciplines and be able to present data analysis results in a clear and effective manner. The candidate is also expected to interact with customers as needed, write technical reports and publish new methods and/or data analysis findings in public forums.</p>

<p>Candidate Requirements: A PhD in computer science, computational biology, Bioinformatics, or a related field, along with sufficient programming skills for prototyping. Experience with next generation sequencing data analysis is required. Candidates with MS degree but with relevant work experience can also be considered. The successful candidate must be motivated and capable of working independently as well as in team environment.</p>

<p>Eligible and interested candidates can email your resumes to rohit at strandls dot com</p>

<p>About Strand Life Sciences: Strand was founded in 2000 by computer science and mathematics professors who recognized the need to automate and integrate life science data analysis through an algorithmic and computational approach. Strand’s solutions for life sciences research are robust and easy to use by the most novice user while powerful and configurable for the bioinformatician. Using its award-winning application development platform, AVADIS®, Strand builds innovative products that enable fast and cutting-edge analysis for basic and clinical research, drug discovery and development.</p>

<p>http://www.avadis-ngs.com/careers</p>
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	<pubDate>Tue, 25 Jan 2022 20:39:58 -0600</pubDate>
	<link>https://bioinformaticsonline.com/bookmarks/view/43725/comparative-genomics-workshops</link>
	<title><![CDATA[Comparative Genomics Workshops !]]></title>
	<description><![CDATA[<p><span>This meeting's objective was to obtain a big picture look at the current state of the field of comparative&nbsp;genomics with a focus on commonalities across genomic investigations into humans, model organisms&nbsp;(both traditional and non-traditional), agricultural species, wildlife species and microbes.</span></p>
<p>https://www.genome.gov/event-calendar/perspectives-in-comparative-genomics-and-evolution</p><p>Address of the bookmark: <a href="https://www.genome.gov/event-calendar/perspectives-in-comparative-genomics-and-evolution" rel="nofollow">https://www.genome.gov/event-calendar/perspectives-in-comparative-genomics-and-evolution</a></p>]]></description>
	<dc:creator>Rahul Nayak</dc:creator>
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	<guid isPermaLink="true">https://bioinformaticsonline.com/bookmarks/view/44322/genome-context-viewer-gcv</guid>
	<pubDate>Sun, 21 May 2023 19:33:43 -0500</pubDate>
	<link>https://bioinformaticsonline.com/bookmarks/view/44322/genome-context-viewer-gcv</link>
	<title><![CDATA[Genome Context Viewer (GCV)]]></title>
	<description><![CDATA[<p><span>The Genome Context Viewer (GCV) is a web-app that visualizes genomic context data provided by third party services. Specifically, it uses functional annotations as a unit of search and comparison. By adopting a common set of annotations, data-store operators can deploy federated instances of GCV, allowing users to compare genomes from different providers in a single interface.</span></p><p>Address of the bookmark: <a href="https://github.com/legumeinfo/gcv" rel="nofollow">https://github.com/legumeinfo/gcv</a></p>]]></description>
	<dc:creator>LEGE</dc:creator>
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  <guid isPermaLink='true'>https://bioinformaticsonline.com/opportunity/view/9039/postdoc-position-in-computational-biology</guid>
  <pubDate>Fri, 14 Mar 2014 01:38:49 -0500</pubDate>
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  <title><![CDATA[Postdoc Position in Computational Biology]]></title>
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<p>The Computational Biology Group of Interdisciplinary Center for<br />Clinical Research (IZKF) Aachen, RWTH Aachen University Hospital,<br />Aachen, invites applicants for PhD candidate or postdoctoral position<br />in computational biology in one of the following topics:</p>

<p>1) Statistical machine learning methods for the analysis of medical<br />epigenomics data.</p>

<p>2) Sequence analysis algorithms for detection of RNA-DNA interactions.</p>

<p>Applicants should hold a M.Sc . or PhD in Computer Science or related<br />areas. Experience in the analysis of biological sequences, gene<br />expression and gene regulation is desirable. The candidate should have<br />solid programming skills (C, Python and/or R) and acquaintance with<br />Linux. Experience with high performance computing is a plus. The<br />working language of the group is English.</p>

<p>The position is based on the German TV-L 13 salary scale, including<br />all German social benefits (health insurance and pension scheme). The<br />expected starting date is September 2014. Interested candidates should<br />send a CV, statement of research interests and the names of three<br />references to jobs@costalab.org.</p>

<p>More at http://costalab.org/wp/phd-and-postdoc-position-in-computational-biology/</p>
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	<pubDate>Thu, 08 Aug 2024 23:31:18 -0500</pubDate>
	<link>https://bioinformaticsonline.com/pages/view/44637/tools-to-access-the-quality-of-your-assembled-genome</link>
	<title><![CDATA[Tools to access the quality of your assembled genome !]]></title>
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<li><a href="https://github.com/linsalrob/fasta_validator">FASTA VALIDATOR</a>&nbsp;+&nbsp;<a href="https://github.com/shenwei356/seqkit">SEQKIT RMDUP</a>: FASTA validation</li>
<li><a href="https://genometools.org/tools/gt_gff3validator.html">GENOMETOOLS GT GFF3VALIDATOR</a>: GFF3 validation</li>
<li><a href="https://github.com/PlantandFoodResearch/assemblathon2-analysis/blob/a93cba25d847434f7eadc04e63b58c567c46a56d/assemblathon_stats.pl">ASSEMBLATHON STATS</a>: Assembly statistics</li>
<li><a href="https://genometools.org/tools/gt_stat.html">GENOMETOOLS GT STAT</a>: Annotation statistics</li>
<li><a href="https://github.com/ncbi/fcs">NCBI FCS ADAPTOR</a>: Adaptor contamination pass/fail</li>
<li><a href="https://github.com/ncbi/fcs">NCBI FCS GX</a>: Foreign organism contamination pass/fail</li>
<li><a href="https://gitlab.com/ezlab/busco">BUSCO</a>: Gene-space completeness estimation</li>
<li><a href="https://github.com/tolkit/telomeric-identifier">TIDK</a>: Telomere repeat identification</li>
<li><a href="https://github.com/oushujun/LTR_retriever/blob/master/LAI">LAI</a>: Continuity of repetitive sequences</li>
<li><a href="https://github.com/DerrickWood/kraken2">KRAKEN2</a>: Taxonomy classification</li>
<li><a href="https://github.com/igvteam/juicebox.js">HIC CONTACT MAP</a>: Alignment and visualisation of HiC data</li>
<li><a href="https://github.com/mummer4/mummer">MUMMER</a>&nbsp;&rarr;&nbsp;<a href="http://circos.ca/documentation/">CIRCOS</a>&nbsp;+&nbsp;<a href="https://plotly.com/">DOTPLOT</a>&nbsp;&amp;&nbsp;<a href="https://github.com/lh3/minimap2">MINIMAP2</a>&nbsp;&rarr;&nbsp;<a href="https://github.com/schneebergerlab/plotsr">PLOTSR</a>: Synteny analysis</li>
<li><a href="https://github.com/marbl/merqury">MERQURY</a>: K-mer completeness, consensus quality and phasing assessment</li>
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	<dc:creator>LEGE</dc:creator>
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	<pubDate>Sun, 16 Mar 2014 06:33:31 -0500</pubDate>
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	<title><![CDATA[BioGeek Fun]]></title>
	<description><![CDATA[<p>1. A futuristic computational biology student was told to write "It is in my gene!!!" on the board 100 times as a punishment. here's his response -<br /><br />use warnings;<br />for ($count=1; $count &lt;=100; $count++) { print "It is in my gene!!!";}<br /><br />I guess, he is gonna to be a real biogeek. Nice try though. Smart kid.</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>2. In some perl script I found this <br />&nbsp;. . . . . .<br />&nbsp;. . . . . .<br /># It works for me, only God understood how it is working<br />while (/(&lt;\/[^&gt;]+&gt;)|(&lt;[^&gt;]+&gt;)|(&lt;[^&gt;]+&gt;)$|([^&gt;&lt;]+)/go) {<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; $startGene=$1;<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; $beginChromosome=$2;<br />&nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp;<br />. . . . . .<br />&nbsp;.. . . . . .<br />}</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>3. One more interesting message in Perl found &hellip;. It will must tickle you bone :) <br />open(my $fh, "&lt;", "gene.txt")&nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp;or kill " Me if you think this is a mistake :$!";<br /><br /></p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>4. From the Perl <br /><br />&nbsp; while () {&nbsp; # "The Mothership Connection is here!"<br />&nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp;print &ldquo;$_\n&rdquo;; # Printing the offspring :)</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>5. Perl message<br />if ($1) { print &ldquo;Just found a the error in chromosome !!!, yahoo&hellip;&rdquo;; else { &ldquo;That is not error, but mutation you moron!&rdquo;;</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>6. One genome database curator walk in wine bar asked the bartender:<br />CREATE TABLE gene IF NOT EXISTS SexOnTheBeach;</p>]]></description>
	<dc:creator>Jit</dc:creator>
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	<pubDate>Fri, 21 Feb 2025 10:39:47 -0600</pubDate>
	<link>https://bioinformaticsonline.com/blog/view/44770/nvidia-and-arc-institute-unveil-evo-2-a-breakthrough-ai-for-dna-design</link>
	<title><![CDATA[NVIDIA and Arc Institute Unveil Evo 2: A Breakthrough AI for DNA Design]]></title>
	<description><![CDATA[<p>NVIDIA and the Arc Institute have introduced <strong style="font-size: 12.8px;">Evo 2</strong>, a groundbreaking AI model designed to <strong style="font-size: 12.8px;">understand, predict, and generate DNA sequences</strong>. This marks a major advancement in computational biology, offering scientists an unprecedented tool to decode the genetic blueprint of life and even design entirely new biological systems.</p><h3><strong>The Power of Evo 2: AI Meets DNA</strong></h3><p>Evo 2 is <strong>the largest AI model for biology ever created</strong>, trained on an astonishing <strong>9.3 trillion DNA "letters"</strong> (nucleotides) carefully selected from genomes spanning the entire tree of life. This massive dataset ensures that Evo 2 can recognize patterns and relationships in genetic sequences at an unparalleled scale.</p><p>For the first time, scientists can <strong>design DNA with AI</strong>, moving beyond simple sequence analysis to active DNA generation. Evo 2 enables researchers to <strong>predict, modify, and even create entire genetic sequences</strong>, opening new possibilities in medicine, agriculture, and synthetic biology.</p><h3><strong>Decoding the Dark Genome</strong></h3><p>One of the biggest challenges in genetics is understanding the <strong>non-coding regions</strong> of DNA&mdash;vast stretches of the genome that do not code for proteins but play crucial roles in regulating gene expression. These regions control when and how genes are activated, influencing everything from development to disease.</p><p>Evo 2 is designed to <strong>decode these non-coding elements</strong>, helping researchers uncover their functions and use this knowledge to develop gene-based therapies, synthetic life forms, and precision agriculture solutions.</p><h3><strong>From Reading DNA to Writing It</strong></h3><p>To put Evo 2&rsquo;s impact into perspective:</p><ul>
<li><strong>Previous AI models could "read" DNA</strong> like a book, analyzing genetic sequences and identifying patterns.</li>
<li><strong>Evo 2 can "write" entirely new DNA</strong>, designing functional genes, chromosomes, and even full genomes from scratch.</li>
</ul><p>This means scientists can now <strong>engineer biological systems with AI</strong>, designing new proteins, metabolic pathways, and genetic circuits to address real-world challenges.</p><h3><strong>A Step Toward Generative Biology</strong></h3><p>The Arc Institute describes Evo 2 as a major step toward <strong>"generative biology"</strong>&mdash;a revolutionary approach where AI is used to create <strong>novel biological structures</strong> rather than just analyzing existing ones. This could lead to breakthroughs such as:</p><ul>
<li><strong>New medicines</strong>: AI-generated enzymes and proteins tailored for targeted therapies.</li>
<li><strong>Disease-resistant crops</strong>: Genetically optimized plants for higher yield and climate resilience.</li>
<li><strong>Synthetic organisms</strong>: Custom-designed microbes for bioremediation, biofuel production, and industrial applications.</li>
</ul><h3><strong>An Open-Source Revolution</strong></h3><p>Unlike many proprietary AI models, <strong>Evo 2 is open source</strong>, making its capabilities accessible to researchers worldwide. This democratization of AI-driven biology means that scientists from different disciplines can <strong>collaborate, experiment, and innovate</strong>, accelerating discoveries in genetic engineering and synthetic biology.</p><p>With Evo 2, the boundaries of what&rsquo;s possible in <strong>DNA design, genetic engineering, and biological innovation</strong> are being redrawn. The future of life sciences is no longer just about understanding life&rsquo;s code&mdash;it&rsquo;s about writing it.</p>]]></description>
	<dc:creator>BioStar</dc:creator>
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