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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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Rosalind Bioinformatics problems !!!

Abhi — Thu, 18 Dec 2014 10:32:48 -0600

Rosalind is a platform for learning bioinformatics and programming through problem solving. Take a tour to get the hang of how Rosalind works.

http://rosalind.info/problems/list-view/

Address of the bookmark: http://rosalind.info/problems/list-view/

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.

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/

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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Interview with a bioinformatician series ...

Jitendra Narayan — Sat, 27 Dec 2014 13:30:15 -0600

The aim of this series to interviews some notable bioinformaticians to get their views on various aspects of bioinformatics research. Hopefully these answers will prove useful to others in the field, especially to those who are just starting their bioinformatics careers.

This series will be available at BOL every fortnight.

BINC examination 2015 !!!

Jitendra Narayan — Mon, 29 Dec 2014 12:23:37 -0600

Pondicherry University,Puducherry,on behalf of Department of Biotechnology, Government of India, will conduct the BINC examination in 2015. The objective of this examination is to certify bioinformatics professionals, trained formally as well as self-trained.Registration for BINC examination 2015 will open soon.

Pondicherry University Puducherry has been identified as a nodal agency by the Department of Biotechnology, Govt. of India to coordinate this examination along with nine centres namely, Pune University, Pune; Anna University, Chennai; Calcatta University (WBUT) Kolkata; Institute of Bioinformatics & Applied Biotechnology, Bangalore; North-Eastern Hill University, Shillong, University of Hyderabad, Hyderabad; University of Kerala, Thiruvananthapuram; Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi and Assam Agricultural University, Guwahati.

In the BINC 2013 examination,17 candidates were certified. DBT has agreed to fund Research fellowships for all the BINC qualified Indian nationals to pursue Ph.D. in Indian Institutes/Universities. Note that the candidate must possess a postgraduate degree(or equivalent) & meet the criteria of the institutes/universities in order to avail research fellowship. In addition, cash prize of Rs. 10,000/- will be awarded to the top 10 BINC qualifiers.

More at http://210.212.230.224:9999/BINC/

JRF in Bioinformatics @ NEHU

Tue, 20 Jan 2015 22:57:49 -0600

Department of Botany & Bioinformatics Centre
NORTH-EASTERN HILL UNIVERSITY, SHILLONG 793022

Applications with complete bio-data from candidates possessing the required qualifications are invited for the posts of JRF (2) and Project Assistant (1) in

DBT, GOI-funded research project “Next Generation Sequencing (NGS)- based de novo assembly of expressed transcripts and genome information of Orchids in North-East India” in DBT’s Twinning programme for NE as per DBT sanction order and norms.

(i) JRF(2 nos.):

Qualifications: M.Tech/M.Sc in Life Sciences/ Botany/ Zoology/Biochemistry/ Biotechnology/ Bioinformatics; Desirable: Aptitude for Bioinformatics and Computer Programming/ Next generation sequencing data analysis

(ii) Project Assistant (1 no.):

Qualifications: Graduation in Science, Desirable: Experience of working in a Life Science/Plant Biotechnology lab. and familiarity with computers and field work viz. collection of samples.

The applications through email bicnehu@gmail.com or post must reach the undersigned
within 15 days from the date of publication of this advertisement. The advertised posts are purely temporary for the duration of the project and subject to availability of the funds from DBT. The appointment does not confer any entitlement or right over the posts for absorption in the University service.

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20th International BioInformatics Workshop on Virus Evolution and Molecular Epidemiology (VEME)

Mon, 12 Jan 2015 01:39:45 -0600

20th International BioInformatics Workshop on Virus Evolution and Molecular Epidemiology (VEME)
9 - 14 August 2015 St. Augustine, Trinidad and Tobago

Organiser: Christine Carrington (University of the West Indies - UWI, St. Augustine, Trinidad and Tobago)
Co-organisers: Anne-Mieke Vandamme, Philippe Lemey (Katholieke Universiteit Leuven, Belgium), Marco Salemi, Mattia Prosperi (University of Florida, Gainesville, USA) and Karen E. Nelson (J. Craig Venter Institute, Rockville, USA)

Requests for information directly to:
Christine Carrington
Department of Preclinical Sciences
Faculty of Medical Sciences
University of the West Indies (UWI)
St. Augustine
Trinidad and Tobago
Telephone: +1-868-6452640 ext. 5009, +1-868-6848803
Fax: +1-868-6621873
E-mail: veme2015@sta.uwi.edu

Deadline for receipt of applications by local organiser: 15 March 2015
CALL FOR APPLICATIONS NOW OPEN
http://www.icgeb.org/course-application-trinidad-and-tobago-2015.html

http://rega.kuleuven.be/cev/veme-workshop/2015

WuXi has acquired NextCODE Health

Pranjali Yadav — Mon, 19 Jan 2015 08:17:35 -0600

Shanghai, China-headquartered pharmatech company WuXi (NYSE: WX) has acquired NextCODE Health, a genomic analysis and bioinformatics company based in the USA.

The acquisition was made for $65 million in cash, and WuXi plans to merge its genome center with NextCODE Health to form a new company, WuXi NextCODE Genomics. The business will be headquartered in Shanghai and have operations in Cambridge, Massachusetts, and Reykjavik, Iceland.

With the huge unmet medical needs in diseases with a genetic component and the rapid advances in genomics and bioinformatics, now is the right time for WuXi to make a strategic investment in this field, and NextCODE is the right partner. This new venture of WuXi NextCODE Genomics will create important new genomic and bioinformatic products and services to help make personalized treatment and medicine a reality. It will also enable doctors to provide better treatments to patients.