Eligibility : Pursuing final year of M.Sc./M.Tech.

Subject category for training : I. Agricultural biotechnology II. Computational biology and bioinformatics III. Food Science & Technology IV. Nutrition Science & Technology

Duration of Training : 6 months (January to June 2016)

Selection Procedure : Through screening and selection based on merit, experience, and expression of interest submitted by candidates
How to apply

The last date of application to reach NABI latest by November 30, 2015 by 5:30 PM

More at http://www.nabi.res.in/Training.aspx

Rajiv Gandhi Centre for Biotechnology (RGCB) invites applications for the following three faculty scientist positions:

Scientist G in any of the following disciplines of disease biology: Cancer Research/Cardiovascular Biology/Diabetes Biology/Pathogen Biology
Scientist E-II or F in Bioinformatics & Computational Biology
Scientist E-I or E-II in Cancer Research with special emphasis on Human Papillomavirus Research

More at http://rgcb.res.in/wp-content/uploads/2015/11/APPLICATION-FORMAT-FOR-SCIENTISTS.docx

Position I

Job Title : Junior Research Fellow

No. of Posts : One

Project : Establishment of sub distributed information centre

Qualification : M.Sc in Basic Science with NET or B.Sc in professional course with NET or M.Sc in professional course

Desired Experience : Experience in Bioinformatics and molecular biology

Payscale : Rs. 25000 per month

Age Limit : Upto 35 for men and 40 for women with 5 years relaxation to SC/ST and 3 years relaxation for OBC.

Position II

Job Title : Traineeship

No. of Posts : One

Project : Establishment of sub distributed information centre

Qualification : B.Sc Bioinformatics /Biotechnology / Life Science / Computer Science

Desired Experience : Experience in Bioinformatics and molecular biology

Payscale : Rs. 8000 per month

Age Limit : Upto 35 for men and 40 for women with 5 years relaxation to SC/ST and 3 years relaxation for OBC.

Position III

Job Title : Studentship

No. of Posts : Two

Project : Establishment of sub distributed information centre

Qualification : B.Sc Bioinformatics /Biotechnology / Life Science / Computer Science

Desired Experience : Experience in Bioinformatics and molecular biology

Payscale : Rs. 8000 per month

Age Limit : Upto 35 for men and 40 for women with 5 years relaxation to SC/ST and 3 years relaxation for OBC.

How to Apply : Candidates who meet the requirements can attend the walk in interview at CIARI,Port Blair on 09.12.2015 10.30AM.

http://icar-ciari.res.in/employment/9-12-15.pdf

Title : In silico understanding of molecular basis of recognition, binding, and regulation of mRNA by STAR family of transcriptional regulators.

No. of Post : 01

Department : Science and Technology

Qualifications : M.Sc./B.Tech in computational life sciences, computational chemistry, computational natural sciences or allied areas. Working experience in MD simulations, bioinformatics, molecular modeling, and drug designing is desirable and plus

Emoluments : As per DST norms
How to apply

Applicants are requested to send application along with bio-data and a summary of previous projects (if any) as a PDF file with the e-mail to Dr. Monika Sharma, Email: mnsharma@iisermohali.ac.in. Last date of applications is 17:00 IST. Feb 15, 2016. Shortlisted candidates will be called for interview on Feb 22, 2016.

More at http://14.139.227.202/tenders/tenderinvite/index.php/iiserm-project-openings/554-applications-are-invited-to-work-as-project-assistant-in-a-dst-inspire-research-project-funded-by-department-of-science-and-technology-india

• File System
  ls — list items in current directory
  ls -l — list items in current directory and show in long format to see perimissions, size, and modification date
  ls -a — list all items in current directory, including hidden files
  ls -F — list all items in current directory and show directories with a slash and executables with a star
  ls dir — list all items in directory dir
  cd dir — change directory to dir
  cd .. — go up one directory
  cd / — go to the root directory
  cd ~ — go to to your home directory
  cd - — go to the last directory you were just in
  pwd — show present working directory
  mkdir dir — make directory dir
  rm file — remove file
  rm -r dir — remove directory dir recursively
  cp file1 file2 — copy file1 to file2
  cp -r dir1 dir2 — copy directory dir1 to dir2 recursively
  mv file1 file2 — move (rename) file1 to file2
  ln -s file link — create symbolic link to file
  touch file — create or update file
  cat file — output the contents of file
  less file — view file with page navigation
  head file — output the first 10 lines of file
  tail file — output the last 10 lines of file
  tail -f file — output the contents of file as it grows, starting with the last 10 lines
  vim file — edit file
  alias name 'command' — create an alias for a command
  
• System
  shutdown — shut down machine
  reboot — restart machine
  date — show the current date and time
  whoami — who you are logged in as
  finger user — display information about user
  man command — show the manual for command
  df — show disk usage
  du — show directory space usage
  free — show memory and swap usage
  whereis app — show possible locations of app
  which app — show which app will be run by default
  
• Process Management
  ps — display your currently active processes
  top — display all running processes
  kill pid — kill process id pid
  kill -9 pid — force kill process id pid
  
• Permissions
  ls -l — list items in current directory and show permissions
  chmod ugo file — change permissions of file to ugo - u is the user's permissions, g is the group's permissions, and o is everyone else's permissions. The values of u, g, and o can be any number between 0 and 7.
  7 — full permissions
  6 — read and write only
  5 — read and execute only
  4 — read only
  3 — write and execute only
  2 — write only
  1 — execute only
  0 — no permissions
  chmod 600 file — you can read and write - good for files
  chmod 700 file — you can read, write, and execute - good for scripts
  chmod 644 file — you can read and write, and everyone else can only read - good for web pages
  chmod 755 file — you can read, write, and execute, and everyone else can read and execute - good for programs that you want to share
  
• Networking
  wget file — download a file
  curl file — download a file
  scp user@host:file dir — secure copy a file from remote server to the dir directory on your machine
  scp file user@host:dir — secure copy a file from your machine to the dir directory on a remote server
  scp -r user@host:dir dir — secure copy the directory dir from remote server to the directory dir on your machine
  ssh user@host — connect to host as user
  ssh -p port user@host — connect to host on port as user
  ssh-copy-id user@host — add your key to host for user to enable a keyed or passwordless login
  ping host — ping host and output results
  whois domain — get information for domain
  dig domain — get DNS information for domain
  dig -x host — reverse lookup host
  lsof -i tcp:1337 — list all processes running on port 1337
  
• Searching
  grep pattern files — search for pattern in files
  grep -r pattern dir — search recursively for pattern in dir
  grep -rn pattern dir — search recursively for pattern in dir and show the line number found
  grep -r pattern dir --include='*.ext — search recursively for pattern in dir and only search in files with .ext extension
  command | grep pattern — search for pattern in the output of command
  find file — find all instances of file in real system
  locate file — find all instances of file using indexed database built from the updatedb command. Much faster than find
  sed -i 's/day/night/g' file — find all occurrences of day in a file and replace them with night - s means substitude and g means global - sed also supports regular expressions
  
• Compression
  tar cf file.tar files — create a tar named file.tar containing files
  tar xf file.tar — extract the files from file.tar
  tar czf file.tar.gz files — create a tar with Gzip compression
  tar xzf file.tar.gz — extract a tar using Gzip
  gzip file — compresses file and renames it to file.gz
  gzip -d file.gz — decompresses file.gz back to file
  
• Shortcuts
  ctrl+a — move cursor to beginning of line
  ctrl+f — move cursor to end of line
  alt+f — move cursor forward 1 word
  alt+b — move cursor backward 1 word
  

1. https://www.ulster.ac.uk/doctoralcollege/find-a-phd/510894
2. https://www.ulster.ac.uk/doctoralcollege/find-a-phd/511458
3. https://www.ulster.ac.uk/doctoralcollege/find-a-phd/512618

Looking for students with good computational/programming skills (preferable in Linux/Shell, Python and/or R) and knowledge in computational biology and statistics. However, students from more biology oriented background but strong interest to learn bioinformatics and programming are also encouraged to apply.

Informal inquiries are welcomed at: p.shukla@ulster.ac.uk

Dr Priyank Shukla PhD FHEA FCHERP
Lecturer (Asst Prof) in Stratified Medicine (Bioinformatics)

Northern Ireland Centre for Stratified Medicine
Biomedical Sciences Research Institute
University of Ulster (Magee Campus)
C-TRIC Building, Altnagelvin Area Hospital
Glenshane Road, Derry/Londonderry
BT47 6SB, Northern Ireland, United Kingdom

T: +44 28 7167 5690
E: p.shukla@ulster.ac.uk
W: https://www.ulster.ac.uk/staff/p-shukla

Read more: https://edu.t-bio.info/amity-university-summer-bioinformatics-program-registrations-are-open/

No.: SPU/CISST/Advt./2014-15/519

ADVERTISEMENT for Teaching Positions (Contractual)

Applications for the following Contractual Teaching Position are invited for Centre for Interdisciplinary Studies in Science and Technology (CISST), Sardar Patel University:

2. Assistant Professor (ONE) (Contractual)

For the subject of Bioinformatics

Qualifications:

(I) Good academic record as defined by the concerned university with at least 55 % marks (or an equivalent grade in a point scale wherever grading system is followed) at the Master’s level

(II) Ph.D. degree in the concerned subject or in a relevant interdisciplinary subject
from an Indian University or NET/SLET clearance Contractual appointment carries a total Fixed Emoluments of Rs. 30,000/- p.m without any assurance of permanent Positions and related benefits.

An Application Form in prescribed Performa, available on University Website: www.spuvvn.edu should be filled in completely in Twelve Copies with self attested copies of certificates of qualifications and experience. Only one copy of each mark sheet be attached with the first copy of the application form. All 12 (Twelve) Application forms should be sent to Registrar’s office along with Demand Draft of Application form fee of Rs. 250/- (Non-refundable) in favour of “REGISTRAR, SARDAR PATEL UNIVERSITY, VALLABH VIDYANAGAR”. The S.C. and S.T. category candidates need not to pay Application fee.

Applicants who are in service should apply through their present employers. Candidates called for interview shall be required to attend at their own cost.

In absence of suitable candidate, the University may relax the eligibility criteria, for conditional appointment.

The last date of receipt of application by the University is 30th April, 2014

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Qualification: Highly motivated M.Sc. (Bioinformatics/ Biotechnology/ Life Sciences/ Botany/ Agriculture) students are encouraged to apply. Prior experience in Bioinformatics/Plant tissue culture work is preferable. Preferences would be given to DBT/ CSIR / UGC NET qualified students.

Application Procedure: A detailed CV indicating name, date of birth, address, contact number, e-mail address, educational qualifications, NET qualified or not, research experiences if any, should be e-mailed to This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. on or before 24th December 2014.

Important Note: Only short listed candidates will be called for interview at Akbar Bhawan, Chanakyapuri, New Delhi. No TA/DA will be paid for attending the interview. SAU Selection Committee reserves the rights to relax any of the qualifications in case the candidate is found otherwise well qualified. The above- mentioned post is temporary and will be initially offered for a period of one year, which can be extended to one more year.

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