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Bioinformatics JRF/RA/SRF position at PANJAB UNIVERSITY

Wed, 19 Nov 2014 20:19:49 -0600

CENTRE FOR SYSTEMS BIOLOGY & BIOINFORMATICS
UIEAST, PANJAB UNIVERSITY, CHANDIGARH

Applications are invited along with complete bio-data and attested copies of certificates of qualifications, experience etc. for the one post of Research Fellow and one post of Program Assistant under PURSE Grant of the University in Centre for Systems Biology & Bioinformatics, UIEAST, Panjab University, Chandigarh which is tenable till the period of
the project.

Essential Qualification

For Research Fellow:-

M.Sc. in Systems Biology and Bioinformatics / Life Sciences with minimum 55% marks.

Preference will be given to NET/GATE/ICMR qualified candidates without fellowship however, candidates who have cleared the Panjab University Ph.D. entrance test in Systems Biology & Bioinformatics will also be eligible.

For Program Assistant:-

The candidate must have M.Sc./M.Tech/MCA/PGDCA in Computer Science and must be able to handle LAN, Linex. Preference will be given to the candidate having experience in
System Administration.

Emoluments

For Research Fellow Rs. 12,500/- per month (Fixed)
For Program Assistant Rs. 12,500/- per month (Fixed)

Applications should be reach on or before 19-11-2014 in the office of the undersigned.

Interview will be held on 21-11-2014 in the office of the Coordinator, Centre for Systems Biology & Bioinformatics, South Campus, Block-3, Sector-25, Panjab University, Chandigarh. No TA/DA will be paid.

http://jobs.puchd.ac.in/includes/jobs/2014/20141110143634-Advertisement.pdf

Sorghum genome Sequenced!!

Jit — Sun, 01 Sep 2013 19:46:18 -0500

Sorghum, a staple food for 500 million resource-poor people in marginal environments and a model for other important crops, sorghum holds vital genetic resources as humanity confronts the nexus of food crisis and climate change. The recent research provides an unmatched resource to respond to these challenges by identifying a large high-quality SNP and indel data set in diverse sorghum genotypes.

In addition to providing a broad sample of the diversity in S. bicolor, the genotypes included in this study are known to display agronomically important traits including stay-green drought resistance, insect resistance, grain size and grain quality.

Find more at http://www.nature.com/ncomms/2013/130827/ncomms3320/full/ncomms3320.html

Bioinformatics SUB DIC (DIC)

Fri, 12 Dec 2014 21:14:57 -0600

Project Title BIOINFORMATICS SUB DIC (DIC)

Reference Number IIT/SRIC/R/DIC/2014/314, DATED 28thNovember, 2014

Temporary Position(s)

i) Junior/ Senior Project Officer (1)
ii) Junior Project Assistant (2)

Consolidated Compensation

i) Rs.16,000/- to Rs.18,000/- p.m. (depending on qualification & experience)
ii) Rs.8,000/- to Rs.10,000/- p.m. (depending on qualification & experience)

Coordinator / PI Dr. Sudip K. Ghosh, Dept of Biotechnology.

Department / Centre / School Dept of Biotechnology

Qualifications & Experience

(i) M. Sc in any branch of Life Sciences with experience in Molecular Biology/Genetics/Biochemistry preferably a Post Graduate diploma in Bioinformatics or two years working experience in bioinformatics (Minimum 60% marks starting from matriculation examination).

(ii) B. Sc. /B.A. /B. Com/Diploma in Management or Computer Science. Knowledge in computer software will be preferred (minimum 50% marks starting from matriculation examination).

More Information

Interested eligible persons may apply on plain paper, giving full bio-data along with attested copies of testimonials to the undersigned on or before 11thDecember, 2014.

Sponsor DBT, NEW DELHI

Last Date 11 Dec 2014

Application Fee Demand Draft for Rs.50/- (Not for female candidates) drawn in favour of IIT Kharagpur payable at Kharagpur

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Genetics, epigenetics and disease

Fri, 27 Sep 2013 11:32:55 -0500

Royal Society GlaxoSmithKline Prize Lecture given by Professor Adrian Bird CBE FMedSci FRS on Tuesday 22 January 2013. Adrian Bird CBE FMedSci FRS is the Buchanan Chair of Genetics at the University of Edinburgh. The human genome sequence has been available for more than a decade, but its significance is still not fully understood. While most human genes have been identified, there is much to learn about the DNA signals that control them. This lecture described an unusually short DNA sequence, just two base pairs long, CG, which occurs in several chemically different forms. Defects in signalling by CG are implicated in disease. For example, the autism spectrum disorder Rett syndrome is caused by loss of a protein that reads methylated CG and affects the activity of genes. The Royal Society GlaxoSmithKline Prize Lecture is awarded for original contributions to medical and veterinary sciences published within ten years from the date of the award.

Alien Genome !!!

Jit — Sat, 13 Dec 2014 00:24:32 -0600

Genome sequencing, analysis and expression of Alien genome.

Note: This image/cartoon is create only for fun. It has nothing to do with any scientific findings.

Internship Program for Bioinformatics / Biotechnology / MBA / MCA (No. Of Vacancy: 5)

Mon, 15 Dec 2014 08:11:02 -0600

ArrayGen is offering an Internship Program for Post graduate Bioinformatics / Biotechnology / MBA / MCA students and professionals. ArrayGen Technologies provide an excellent opportunity to gain research experience and explore if a scientific career is right for you. Currently we offer positions to outstanding students interested in Next Generation Sequencing (NGS) data analysis or marketing or software development. Applications are accepted throughout the year. Accepted students will be notified through email.

Genome Annotation Transfer Utility (GATU)

Jit — Mon, 29 May 2017 05:54:53 -0500

Genome Annotation Transfer Utility (GATU) was designed to facilitate quick, efficient annotation of similar genomes using genomes that have already been annotated. For example, whenever a new strain of SARS coronavirus is sequenced, it is possible, using GATU, to automatically annotate the new strain using a previously-annotated strain of SARS CoV. This saves researchers from tedious manual annotation of these sequences.

The program utilizes tBLASTn and BLASTn algorithms to map genes from the reference genome (the annotated strain) to the new sequence (the unannotated strain). The goal is to annotate the majority of the new genome’s genes in a single step. ORFs present in the target genome and absent from the reference genome are also identified; these ORFs can be further analyzed using BLAST, VGO and BBB. Afterwards, they can either be accepted for/rejected from annotation. GATU can handle multiple-exon genes as well as mature peptides. Although it was designed for use with viral genomes, GATU can also be used to help annotate larger genomes (ie. bacterial genomes).

The output is saved in GenBank, XML, or EMBL file format.

Address of the bookmark: https://virology.uvic.ca/help/tool-help/help-books/genome-annotation-transfer-utility-gatu-documentation/

irishgrid: Irish Grid Mapping System

Jit — Fri, 26 Dec 2014 07:53:24 -0600

Perl module for creating geographic 10km-square maps using either SVG or PNG (with GD library) output format.

Originally design to map the location of objects in a 10 km map IrishGrid includes:

native support of the Irish Grid System (see http://www.osi.ie/)
optimize for speed (there's as less as possible data to conversion)
customized color functions

https://code.google.com/p/irishgrid/downloads/detail?name=irishgrid.pl

Address of the bookmark: https://code.google.com/p/irishgrid/

Oxford Nanopore Sequencing, Hybrid Error Correction, and de novo Assembly of a Eukaryotic Genome

Jit — Wed, 29 Nov 2017 05:08:53 -0600

Monitoring the progress of DNA molecules through a membrane pore has been postulated as a method for sequencing DNA for several decades. Recently, a nanopore-based sequencing instrument, the Oxford Nanopore MinION, has become available that we used for sequencing the S. cerevisiae genome. To make use of these data, we developed a novel open-source hybrid error correction algorithm Nanocorr (https://github.com/jgurtowski/nanocorr) specifically for Oxford Nanopore reads, as existing packages were incapable of assembling the long read lengths (5-50kbp) at such high error rate (between ~5 and 40% error). With this new method we were able to perform a hybrid error correction of the nanopore reads using complementary MiSeq data and produce a de novo assembly that is highly contiguous and accurate: the contig N50 length is more than ten-times greater than an Illumina-only assembly (678kb versus 59.9kbp), and has greater than 99.88% consensus identity when compared to the reference. Furthermore, the assembly with the long nanopore reads presents a much more complete representation of the features of the genome and correctly assembles gene cassettes, rRNAs, transposable elements, and other genomic features that were almost entirely absent in the Illumina-only assembly.

Address of the bookmark: http://schatzlab.cshl.edu/data/nanocorr/

Teaching Assistant at SVIMS

Fri, 31 Jul 2015 10:15:16 -0500

Eligible candidates are invited for a walk-in-interview for recruitment of Teaching Assistant in the Department of Bioinformatics on 8.08.2015 at 10 A.M. in the Committee Hall, SVIMS, Tirupati. The candidates have to attend with all original certificates of qualification, experience on the date of interview. The engagement will be made purely on adhoc basis for a period of 6 months and it can be terminated at any time without notice or without assigning any reason thereof. This is purely an adhoc appointment and the candidate will not have any right to claim permanent benefits of any kind.

1. Remuneration : Rs. 12000/- per month (consolidated)

2. Qualification : M.Sc./M.Tech. Bioinformatics (preference will be given to the candidates with BINC / NET / GATE / Bioinformatics DBT-Traineeship / Studentship and teaching experience)

3. Place of work : Department of Bioinformatics, SVIMS, Tirupati

4. No. of Position : One

Terms and conditions:

1. Candidates are required to submit the Biodata, attested copies of relevant certificates in support of their age, educational qualification, experience etc., before the interview committee, SVIMS University, Tirupati.
2. No TA / DA will be paid for attending the interview.
3. Interim enquiries will not be entertained.
4. The maximum age limit for Teaching Assistant is 34 years as on 8th August, 2015.
5. The tenure of will be further extended subject to performance of the incumbent.

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