DEG is freely available at the website http://tubic.tju.edu.cn/deg or http://www.essentialgene.org.

Address of the bookmark: http://www.essentialgene.org/

Deadline for applications : January 15, 2014.

Description :

We seek a talented and motivated post-doc to develop computational methods for inferring the molecular basis of genetic diseases by integration of personal omics data. Research topics include: identifying causal mutations of rare disease patients by meta-analysis; inferring disease-causing molecular pathways from genotype, human phenotypes, and omics profile of patient-derived cell lines; and causal inference from longitudinal omics studies of patients. The developed methods will be applied to analyze data from our medical collaborators.

Candidates must either hold a PhD in computational biology or bioinformatics, or hold a PhD in physics, statistics, or applied mathematics with practical experience with high-dimensional data analysis. Experience in quantitative genetics is a plus. Applicants must have a proven publication record and an interest for translational research.

The Gagneur lab is a young, lively and multidisciplinary group with a research focus on systems genetics and gene regulation. It is located at the Gene Center of the LMU (University of Munich), an interdisciplinary institution whose 16 independent research groups investigate the regulation of gene expression at all levels - from the underlying molecular mechanisms to the biological system. The institute is located on the biomedical research campus Munich-Grosshadern, offering a dynamic, interactive and internationally oriented research environment. The dynamism of Munich and the proximity of the Alps provide an excellent quality of life.

The salary is according to the TV-L (German academic salary scale).
Applications including a cover letter, CV, and references must be sent by January 15th 2014 to Julien Gagneur (gagneur@genzentrum.lmu.de)

About the lab: http://www.gagneur.genzentrum.lmu.de

Address of the bookmark: https://bioconductor.org/packages/release/bioc/html/doubletrouble.html

Disclaimer: This cartoon is solely designed to create humour and fun, not to offend any computer experts.

(1) Convert genome position from one genome assembly to another genome assembly

In most scenarios, we have known genome positions in NCBI build 36 (UCSC hg 18) and hope to lift them over to NCBI build 37 (UCSC hg19).

(2) Convert dbSNP rs number from one build to another

(3) Convert both genome position and dbSNP rs number over different versions

Run:

liftOver input.bed hg18ToHg19.over.chain.gz output.bed unlifted.bed

The outformat is as follow:

Deleted in new:
    Sequence intersects no chains
Partially deleted in new:
    Sequence insufficiently intersects one chain
Split in new:
    Sequence insufficiently intersects multiple chains
Duplicated in new:
    Sequence sufficiently intersects multiple chains
Boundary problem:
    Missing start or end base in an exon

For example:

If you liftOver chr4:6497-6497 from hg19 to GRch38 and it return "deleted in new". 

It means chr4:6497-6497 is part of a genomic contig on hg19 that is not anymore mapped on GRch38 because the new assembly is now better built without including this contig.

Problem :

The CG island is a stretch of DNA (usually longer than 200 bases) in which the frequency of the CG sequence is higher than other regions. It is also called the CpG island, where "p" simply indicates that "C" and "G" are connected by a phosphodiester bond.

CpG islands are often located around the promoters of housekeeping genes (which are essential for general cell functions) or other genes frequently expressed in a cell. At these locations, the CG sequence is not methylated. By contrast, the CG sequences in inactive genes are usually methylated to suppress their expression. The methylated cytosine may be converted to thymine by accidental deamination. Unlike the cytosine to uracil mutation which is efficiently repaired, the cytosine to thymine mutation can be corrected only by the mismatch repair which is very inefficient. Hence, over evolutionary time scales, the methylated CG sequence will be converted to the TG sequence.

Find step wise explanationand implementation steps at http://dna.cs.byu.edu/bio465/Labs/hmm.shtml

Source code with explanation http://www.tannerhelland.com/1187/hidden-markov-models-viterbi-algorithm-cpg-islands-in-vb6/

Fore detail understanding of HMM read this excellent tutorial http://www.cs.ubc.ca/~murphyk/Software/HMM/labman2.pdf

Viterbi Algo at http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Viterbi_path

For firther reading Wiki page http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hidden_Markov_model

On CpG island paper and for indepth understanding http://www.biomedcentral.com/1471-2164/12/S2/S10

If you are more interested in exploring Markov Chain Exploration and understand it with graphical version please visit http://www.planet-source-code.com/vb/scripts/ShowCode.asp?txtCodeId=75049&lngWId=1

Reference:

1.http://www.planet-source-code.com

2. http://www.tannerhelland.com

the study of the sequence-structure relationship
(application -> structure prediction)
the study of the structure-function relationship
(application -> function prediction)

Therefore, anything related to the configuration (sequence) and conformation (structure) in atomic systems of proteins and nucleic acids, and the interaction of these with other elements (function) is of our major interest.

Lab page @ http://melolab.org/mbl/

Please note that the CrowdGO snakemake workflow is currently only tested on Ubuntu. It should work on OSX, but please report any errors to maarten.reijnders@unil.ch or create an issue.

https://journals.plos.org/ploscompbiol/article?id=10.1371/journal.pcbi.1010075

Address of the bookmark: https://gitlab.com/mreijnders/crowdgo

1 Scientist E 3

50,000/-

M.Sc. in Life sciences or Plant Sciences or Biotechnology or Microbiology or Bioinformatics or Ph.D. from a recognized university in any of above subject.

Minimum 8 Yrs. of experience after M.Sc. or 5 Yrs. of experience after Ph.D. in responsible position of work in R & D in the area of genomics/ conservation biotechnology/bioinformatics/Planning/Scientific Administration in Science and technology organization. Highly qualified in the area of modern biology, as evidenced through research experience and proven ability to carry out work in the area of conservation biotechnology. Age limit not exceeding 40yrs.

2 Scientist B 6

30,000/-

M.Sc. in Life sciences or Plant Sciences or Biotechnology or Microbiology or Bioinformatics or Ph.D. from a recognized university in any of above subject shall be preferred.

Minimum 3 Yrs. of experience after M.Sc. in responsible position of work in R & D in the area of genomics/ conservation biotechnology/ bioinformatics /Planning/Scientific Administration in Science and technology organization. Highly qualified in the area of modern biology, as evidenced through research experience and proven ability to carry out work in the area of conservation biotechnology. Age limit not exceeding 35yrs.

The positions are purely on contractual basis for 11 months. Interested candidates can apply online in specified format available at "http://leogen.in/recruit/" The last date of applying is 24th December, 2013. Applications must be submitted online only. Applications submitted in any other format except online prescribed performa will be rejected. Candidates in service must apply through proper channel. Candidates will be required to provide original documents along with duly filled and signed application Performa, as and when called for interview.

For more details please visit the website URL : http://leogen.in/recruit

Address of the bookmark: https://www.kegg.jp/kegg/tool/map_pathway.html