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PLINK2

Jit — Thu, 27 Oct 2016 11:24:45 -0500

This is a comprehensive update to Shaun Purcell's PLINK command-line program, developed by Christopher Chang with support from the NIH-NIDDK's Laboratory of Biological Modeling, the Purcell Lab at Mount Sinai School of Medicine, and others. (What's new?) (Credits.) (Methods paper.)

Address of the bookmark: https://www.cog-genomics.org/plink2/

Information Officer at IIAR, Gujarat

Fri, 04 Nov 2016 05:19:13 -0500

Walk in interview at 10.30 am on Nov 11th, 2016 for the following position at Distributed Information Sub-Centre (DISC) established by Dept. Of Biotechnology, Govt. of India at Indian Institute of Advanced Research, Gandhinagar, Gujarat

Position (scale), qualifications and experience

1. Information Officer (Rs 8000-275-13500): one post
Qualifications and experience: MCA, Post-Graduate in any field of biosciences, bioinformatics with at least two years of experience in working in a bioinformatics setup and good knowledge of linux operating system and computer networking.

General terms and conditions:
1. The above engagements is presently till March 31st, 2017. However on extension of project grant and satisfactory performance of the candidate, your services can be extended beyond March 31st, 2017 based on the terms and conditions of extension of project grant.

2. It is not an appointment with the institute and will not confer any right to the incumbent to any claim implicit or explicit on any position.

3.No TA/DA will be paid for attending the interview. Outstation candidates have to make their own arrangement for their stay.

4.Candidates, appearing in the walk-in interview are requested to bring the hard copy of application addressed to Dr. Anju Pappachan with latest photograph, CV mentioning qualifications, work experience and name of two referees and one page write up as to why you would like to join the project.

Address:
Dr. Anju Pappachan
Indian Institute of Advanced Research (IIAR),
University and Institute of Advanced Research,
The Puri Foundation for Education in India,
Koba Institutional Area,
Gandhinagar- 382 007, Gujarat, India. Contact no. 079-30514152
e-mail- anju@iiar.res.in

Statistics and probability

Jit — Tue, 08 Nov 2016 07:34:25 -0600

Topics

Displaying and describing data

Modeling distributions of data

Describing relationships in quantitative data

Designing studies

Probability

Random variables

Sampling distributions

Confidence intervals (one sample)

Significance tests (one sample)

Significance tests and confidence intervals (two samples)

Inference for categorical data (chi-square tests)

Advanced regression (inference and tran

Address of the bookmark: https://www.khanacademy.org/math/statistics-probability

Bioistats Online course

Abhimanyu Singh — Thu, 10 Nov 2016 04:22:51 -0600

One of our primary focuses will be to develop an understanding of the various ways in which we can assign a probability to some chance event. We'll also learn the fundamental properties of probability, investigate how probability behaves, and learn how to calculate the probability of a new chance event.

This book is handy understanding basic concepts.

Address of the bookmark: https://onlinecourses.science.psu.edu/stat414/node/287

Research Officer at National Tea Research Foundation

Fri, 18 Nov 2016 04:19:24 -0600

National Tea Research Foundation (NTRF) a registered body, requires qualified and experienced agricultural research scientist for contractual appointment as per details below :

Post Research Officer, NTRF, Kolkata

Essential Post Graduate degree in Life Science having special paper in Bioinformatics. Post Graduate degree in Bioinformatics.

Desirable Ph. D. in the area of computational biology or bioinformatics.

Job Experience Work experience on database development, capable to work independently and efficient in bioinformatics related project.

Job Responsibility

To develop database on various aspects of tea research.

Screening of the In-house projects of NTRF at the preliminary level.

Review and evaluation of In-house projects of NTRF. Technical monitoring of the In-house projects of NTRF.

Reviewing the final technical report of the In-house projects of NTRF.

Putting-up of same proposals for taking approval and sanction of the competent authority.

Physical and technical verification of the In-house projects of NTRF.

To assist in organizing seminars / workshops / meetings etc.

Interested candidate may appear for walk-in Interview on 17 th November, 2016

More Info :

http://www.teaboard.gov.in/pdf/Recruitment_for_the_post_of_Research_Officer_pdf7538.pdf

CISA: Contig Integrator for Sequence Assembly

Neel — Thu, 15 Dec 2016 05:42:21 -0600

A plethora of algorithmic assemblers have been proposed for the de novo assembly of genomes, however, no individual assembler guarantees the optimal assembly for diverse species. Optimizing various parameters in an assembler is often performed in order to generate the most optimal assembly. However, few efforts have been pursued to take advantage of multiple assemblies to yield an assembly of high accuracy. In this study, we employ various state-of-the-art assemblers to generate different sets of contigs for bacterial genomes. A tool, named CISA, has been developed to integrate the assemblies into a hybrid set of contigs, resulting in assemblies of superior contiguity and accuracy, compared with the assemblies generated by the state-of-the-art assemblers and the hybrid assemblies merged by existing tools. This tool is implemented in Python and requires MUMmer and BLAST+ to be installed on the local machine. The source code of CISA and examples of its use are available at http://sb.nhri.org.tw/CISA/.

Address of the bookmark: http://sb.nhri.org.tw/CISA/en/CISA

Gene Synteny Database

Jit — Fri, 16 Dec 2016 11:09:39 -0600

Comparative genomics remains a pivotal strategy to study the evolution of gene organization, and this primacy is reinforced by the growing number of full genome sequences available in public repositories. Despite this growth, bioinformatic tools available to visualize and compare genomes and to infer evolutionary events remain restricted to two or three genomes at a time, thus limiting the breadth and the nature of the question that can be investigated. Here we present Genomicus, a new synteny browser that can represent and compare unlimited numbers of genomes in a broad phylogenetic view. In addition, Genomicus includes reconstructed ancestral gene organization, thus greatly facilitating the interpretation of the data.

Availability: Genomicus is freely available for online use at http://www.dyogen.ens.fr/genomicus while data can be downloaded at ftp://ftp.biologie.ens.fr/pub/dyogen/genomicus

Contact: rf.sne.eigoloib@crh

Address of the bookmark: https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2853686/

Postdoc at UBritishColumbia in TroutGenomics

Thu, 22 Dec 2016 08:18:46 -0600

Landscape Genomics Postdoc at UBC A research team at the University of British Columbia’s Department of Zoology and Biodiversity Research Centre is seeking a postdoctoral researcher in landscape genetics of native rainbow trout (Oncorhynchus mykiss).

This project is part of a larger Genome Canada project on genetics and physiology of adaptation to climate change in rainbow trout, and the population genomics component is in the labs of Eric Taylor and Michael Whitlock. The landscape genomics component primarily involves whole genome sequencing approaches to understanding the genomic basis of adaptation to features of habitat, but also to provide insights into phylogeography and the influence of watershed structure on population subdivision in rainbow trout. A PhD in a related field with expertise in basic theory and bioinformatic analysis of population genomics data is required.

The position is available for one year with renewal for up to three additional years. Salary is $55,000 per year plus benefits. To apply, please send a brief cover letter summarizing your qualifications for the position, a CV, and the names, addresses, phone numbers and emails of three references.

Review of applications will begin January 16, 2017. Address application materials to etaylor@zoology.ubc.ca to whom any questions can also be addressed. etaylor@zoology.ubc.ca

GenomeRing: alignment visualization based on SuperGenome coordinates

Neel — Wed, 18 Jan 2017 10:24:10 -0600

The number of completely sequenced genomes is continuously rising, allowing for comparative analyses of genomic variation. Such analyses are often based on whole-genome alignments to elucidate structural differences arising from insertions, deletions or from rearrangement events. Computational tools that can visualize genome alignments in a meaningful manner are needed to help researchers gain new insights into the underlying data. Such visualizations typically are either realized in a linear fashion as in genome browsers or by using a circular approach, where relationships between genomic regions are indicated by arcs. Both methods allow for the integration of additional information such as experimental data or annotations. However, providing a visualization that still allows for a quick and comprehensive interpretation of all important genomic variations together with various supplemental data, which may be highly heterogeneous, remains a challenge.

More at https://academic.oup.com/bioinformatics/article/28/12/i7/268598/GenomeRing-alignment-visualization-based-on

Address of the bookmark: http://it.informatik.uni-tuebingen.de/?page_id=185

SRF Bioinformatics at JNU

Tue, 24 Jan 2017 07:34:35 -0600

School of Life Sciences
Jawaharlal Nehru University
New Delhi 110067

Positions available

Applications were invited from for the following posts in an industry sponsored project. The project entitled "OsHK3b technology and Know How", valid for a period upto February, 2018.

Post 3: Senior Research Fellow (Computational Biologist / Metabolic engineering)

Salary: As per DBT rule.

Duration: All the above posts are purely temporary and liable to be terminated at any time without prior notice or ceased/withdrawn by the funding agency.

Age limit: The upper age limit for SRF shall be 32 years, which is relaxed upto 5 years in the case of candidates belonging to Schedule Castes/Schedule Tribes, Women, Physically Handicapped and OBC applicants.

Essential Qualifications: Masters/B Tech/Mtech in Basic Sciences with at least 2yrs of research experience in Bioinformatics/Computational Biology related to Database /portal building & maintenance, high throughput data handling and analysis etc. For M.Sc/B.Tech, Published paper in peer-reviewed Journal and for M.Tech, thesis submission in computational biology is a must. Selection preference will be given to candidates with a good knowledge of Python and/or R. Knowledge of JAVA will also get a special consideration.

Desired Skills: Will be expected to manage ongoing research activities in the project, interact with Experimental group, manage the project data analysis, prepare file reports and associated project work etc. Familiarity with plant systems biology and genomics /metabolite resources related to plant metabolomics is desirable.

1. The post applied for must be clearly written on the Envelope containing the application
2. Applications received after last date shall not be entertained, School will not be responsible for any postal delay.
3. No application will be accepted via hand delivery or via e-mail. Please send printed & signed applications with detailed CV on or before 31st January, 2017 by post to the following address:

Prof. Ashwani Pareek
(Project Investigator)
Stress Physiology and Molecular Biology Laboratory (Room No-413),
School of Life Sciences,
Jawaharlal Nehru University,
New Delhi, India – 110067
Email: ashwanipareek@gmail.com