• Expansion of Protists and Fungi with hundreds of annotated genomes
• Variation data for bread wheat, rice, Aedes aegypti, and Ixodes scapularis
• Whole genome alignments for O. longistaminata and T. cacao
• Non-coding RNA gene models in Bacteria
• New assembly of tomato (version 2.50)
• Full support for UCSC Track Hub format for hosting your own data in Ensembl

More at http://www.ensembl.info/blog/2015/06/16/ensembl-genomes-release-27-is-out/

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While your PhD or PostDoc application, it is more common that you got rejected by many professors. Don't disappoint reply it calmly.

In grad school, I shared a house with three Bioinformatics PhD students. One, when he applied to a particular professor, received a letter that said, essentially, "If you are applying because you want to enrich yourself, great. If you are applying because you want a job, you should know that you won't get one." I am trying to tell you this is because if you, with a good background in Bioinformatics, are passing up opportunities, you must be a strong candidate in many areas. Enrich yourself.

So, my suggestion is take a deep breath, forgot about all. Don’t take it personally. It's been usual processes while hunting for a good lab and professor. Take is positive, I am not sure why they reject, but don't worry perhaps the lab don't deserve you. Always remember there are billions of reasons not to hire someone for projects, especially in a research sector.

My suggestion, please do not whine about how you were a great research candidate for the post, and you just can't understand why they were so stupid as to have rejected you! This feeling will not win you any points in research, community. Especially, when in todays socially connected era everyone is linked. Remember, a nice E-mail saying, "I really wished to working with you on this project and I hope we cross paths again," is all you need to send to the professor. Send a thank you note to the professor. Thank them for the time they spend to judge you. In the future, If you and the professor (of your dream) are attending a bioinformatics conference, invite him/her to lunch (please remember to pay the bill). In today evolving scientific ere, always remember to build your solid network in order to get a job of interest. Join all possible networking sites like LinkedIn, ResearchGate, Acamedia, FB for the same reason. You as a researcher always build a bridge with student/researcher/colleague/professor who have the research potential to lead in research and hire you. Just because you didn't get this project, doesn't mean there isn't another that will open up in couple of month.

Mostly, jobs that are hard to get are hard to get. Only you can decide if the continued sacrifices are worth the expected payout. If it is, keep on plowing. Build relationships. Attend conferences.

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Customized training in Bioinformatics for researchers and faculty members
Support in Installing, implementing and maintaining software on computer.
Create awareness for taking preventive measure against data security
Organize workshops on thrust ares of Bioinformatics
Research Training to students of Biotechnology and Bioinformatics

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Applications with complete bio-data from candidates possessing the required qualifications are invited for the posts of JRF (1) 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(1 no.):

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. Prof. Pramod Tandon, PI/Mr. Devendra Kumar Biswal (Co-PI) email: bicnehu@gmail.com

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Jawaharlal Nehru University has been granted funds by the Department of Biotechnology (DBT), Govt. of India to initiate an Inter-School programme in JNU to strengthen training and research called "DBT-Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi-Interdisciplinary Life Science Programme for Advanced Research and education" with the broad project area entitled "From Molecules to Systems: Exploring biological space using chemical and synthetic biology" cutting across Physical, Chemical and Biological Sciences.

Applications are invited for the following purely temporary posts at various levels in the various Group projects for Research and Technical positions. The project is upto March 2017, but the appointments shall be initially for a period of one year, renewable every year depending on the performance of project staff:

Project Sub-Title: Synthetic Genomics: Making sense out of 'junk' DNA

Senior Research Fellow (SRF) - 01 Post

Qualifications: M.Sc in Bioinformatics, with minimum 2 year research experience, specialization in microRNA, molecular modelling, systems and/or Synthetic biology with publication in the relevant area would be desirable.

Investigator: Prof. Pawan Kumar Dhar

Fellowship: Rs. 14000+30% HRA p.m.

Project Sub-Title: "Structure, function, and dynamics of biomolecules and Molecular engineering"

Postdoctoral Fellow (PDF) - 01 Post

Essential Qualifications: PhD in Science(Bioinformatics/Computational Biology, Physics, Chemistry, Mathematics, & Statistics), specialized in the area of Computational Biology/Structural Bioinformatics/ Quantum Chemistry/Molecular Dynamics & Simulation /Systems Biology , reflected by thesis topics and or publication of papers during PhD and/or Post doctoral experience.

Desirable Qualifications: Computational methods and designing experience in the field of Structure based or ligand based drug design, Chemoinformatics, Programming capabilities as required for developing tools in the computational & systems Biology.

Investigator: Prof. Indira Ghosh, SCIS

Salary: Rs. 22, 000 + 30% HRA

(Note: Revised emoluments shall be payable if Educational Qualifications or Eligibility Criteria as per DST OM No. A.20020/11/97-IFD dated 31-03-2010 are met by the research personnel)

The applications on plain paper indicating name, date of birth/age, address, essential / technical / professional qualifications, experience, research work, should reach the Programme Coordinator on or before 27th August 2015 at the following address:

The Envelop should be marked for the Post applied for. Any clarifications regarding projects may be sought from the respective project investigators as mentioned.

Address for correspondence:
Programme Coordinator
DBT-JNU BUILDER programme
School of Biotechnology
Jawaharlal Nehru University
New Delhi 110067

More at http://www.jnu.ac.in/career/currentjobs.htm

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https://www.bioconductor.org/help/workflows/liftOver/

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ICRISAT is headquartered in Patancheru near Hyderabad, India, with two regional hubs and five country offices in sub-Saharan Africa. ICRISAT, established in 1972, is a member of the CGIAR Consortium. For more details, see www.icrisat.org.

Responsibilities:Design efficient SQL queries for pulling large sequencing projects.
Serve as a technical adviser to the project leadership and provide computational perspective on product design and deliverability.
Develop and oversee a rapid and incremental software development and release schedule.
Design the software architecture, oversee the implementation and evolution of the design on appropriate hardware platforms.
Working collaboratively in a team environment to design, code, test, debug, and document programs for an integrated genomic analysis pipeline in a rapid and incremental software development and release schedule.
Supervise and review code development and ensure that software products meet project objectives in terms of functionality, scalability, robustness and user experience.
Implement and oversee the QA/QC practices to ensure the development team is adhering to quality standards.
Work closely with the application specialist to integrate feedbacks from teams in each CGIAR center into software customization and improvement.
Assist in training of breeders in the CGIAR centers to use software developed.
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The applicant should have:

Understanding of genomics data and advanced knowledge of Java, and C/C++ as the programming languages and any of the scripting language like perl and/or Python, SQL
High Performance Computing, data architecture, database platforms and QA/QC practices in software engineering.
She/he should have solid experience in software development projects, preferably as a senior programmer or in the software project management role, and in projects involving big data.
Excellent communication skills are needed to work in this multi-disciplinary, multi-location and multi-cultural team.
Ability to mentor colleagues in quality software development practices is desired.
Educational Qualification : Ph. D or Masters Degree in Computational Biology / Computational Genomics or Equivalent with Research Experience in Mentioned Areas.

More at http://www.icrisat.org/careers/