Essential Qualifications: Ph.D. (Bioinformatics/ Biophysics/ Biotechnology or any other stream of biological/ physical sciences) with a minimum of two publications in reputed peer reviewed journals in the area of structural bioinformatics or biophysics or biomolecular modeling/ simulation.

Job description: Development of bioinformatics tools and algorithms/software for structure based analysis of biomolecular systems. Programmatic access to major biomolecular databases using APIs Knowledge based prediction and analysis of biomolecular structure, function and interactions. Docking/simulations for inhibitor design.

Desirable Qualifications (Research Associate/s): i) Strong computer programming skills (in Python/PERL/PHP or C++ or object oriented database management systems like MySQL etc or scripting languages under LINUX/UNIX environment).

ii) Extensive experience in computational analysis of biomolecular structure/interactions and usage of advanced biomolecular simulation softwares. iii) Adequate knowledge of major databases, webservers and softwares in the area of biomolecular structure/function and drug design. iv) Familiarity with Parallel Programming environments and experience in usage of high-end HPC clusters.

The candidates must highlight their experience in above mentioned fields/topics in their CV. Initial appointment will be for a period of 1 year, subject to extension after review of performance.

Emoluments: As per DST, GOI norms and commensurate with experience.

More at https://www.iisc.ac.in/positions-open/

Dr Altan Kara is a Bioinformatics specialist at the faculty of Gene Engineering and Biotechnology Institute at TUBITAK MAM Research Center. His research interest revolves around the cancer informatics and computational aided-drug design. I applaud Dr Altan for clearly setting out both his expectations of people that join his lab/university in addition to listing his responsibilities to his research members at TUBITAK MAM Research Institüte. Hopefully, this interview will prove useful to others in the field, especially to those who are just starting their bioinformatics careers.

You can find out more about Dr Altan by visiting his (well documented) lab page (http://gmbe.mam.tubitak.gov.tr/en) and BOL page http://bioinformaticsonline.com/profile/altan . And now, on to the BOL:“Tryst with a Bioinformatician” interview series ...

• What push you to join Computational Biology/Bioinformatics?

According to me, bioinformatics is the center of modern biological research and if a researcher wants to discover new biological insights by evaluating the globally produced biological data to derivate unified solutions for specific biological problems, learning bioinformatics is the only way to achieve this goal.

• What fascinates you about Computational Biology/Bioinformatics?

It's flexibility. As well known, there are highly diverse and complex biological questions are waiting to be enlightened and it's impossible to bring solutions to this diversity by using similar approaches. Thus, the employed method has to be unique for the targeted biological problem and by using bioinformatics tools this can be easily achieved. 

• What is the one word you would use to describe yourself?

Bioinformatician. :)

• Can you please describe your research work in a nutshell for BOL users.

At my current Institute, I am working in the field of cancer bioinformatics. Briefly, the overall aim of the project which I am working for (AKMARK (Project CODE:5153403)) is, applying a bioinformatics-supported genome, transcriptome, proteome, and metabolome analysis to reveal the molecular profile of the disease through an integrated approach, and to develop an early diagnosis and scanning kit based on this profile. Alterations in the gene, transcript, protein, and metabolite profiles between normal tissue, normal tissue adjoined to the tumor (reactive stroma), tumor tissue, lymph node metastasis, and blood samples taken from the same patient and the reflection of these changes in some other selected body fluids will be revealed within the scope of the project. The molecular structures involved in the development and progression of NSCLC will be determined and relations with the clinical, tumor-node-metastasis (TNM) staging and histology will be made. The development of a diagnostic kit for immediate clinical purposes and an electrochemical biosensor for quick on-site applications are targeted through the development of a number of antibody and aptamer formed against the most specific biomarker selected from the panel.

• Is there anything else we should know about you and your research?

Besides AKMARK, I am also in preparation of having a side project that aims for the development of a computational method to design inhibitors for prokaryotic two-component systems. In this project, I will be in collaboration with Prof. Maria Kontoyianni, SIUE: Southern Illinois University Edwardsville, School of Pharmacy.

• What was your greatest scientific disappointment in life till now?

So far I do not experience any memorable scientific disappointment in my life. :)

• What major research challenges and problems did you face yet? How did you handle them?

The major challenge which I faced so far in my scientific career was predicting the interaction between the prokaryotic two-component proteins. To be able to accurately predict the interactions between these proteins, I create a meta-predictor by using a support vector machine. By using this technique I integrated six different protein-protein interaction methods in a way to cover disadvantage of one method with the advantage of another one. The meta-predictor which I developed during this work is accessible via http://metapred2cs.ibers.aber.ac.uk/ and for more detailed information about the system the articles with the PMID IDs; PMID: 27378293 and PMID: 26384938 can be read.

• What's your all-time favourite bioinformatics package, and why?

For me, the best bioinformatics package is R/Bioconductor. The reason why I like this package is, it provides lots of useful tools for comprehensive analysis and comparison of high-throughput experimental data in an integrated manner and besides lots of the packages it provides, it is open source and also open for development. As a result, it provides strong and flexible ways to do science.

• In bioinformatics, do you see yourself in which of the following roles-scientist, analyst, developer, engineer or pure academician?

Scientist / Developer.

• What will you like to accomplish in next five years / ten years?

For my current research, I would like to design a pipeline to automatically integrate and analyse omics data for cancer research which will be specifically aiming for biomarker and novel drug target discovery. In addition to this, I also like to develop another pipeline for prokaryotic TCS protein structure prediction and inhibitor design.

• When you will be retired, what would you tell next generation bioinformaticians?

Bioinformatics is not all about scripting and researchers who study in this field should never expect a tool to do their analyses for them. Besides computational skills, a bioinformatician must have a strong biological background in his/her research area which will allow them to understand if anything went wrong during their run by only looking at the results instead of just blindly trusting the output of the bioinformatics tools.

• What you always miss in bioinformatics when you will no longer working in this field?

Bioinformatics is open to doing multi-discipliner research with scientists all around the world. As a result, while I studying in this field I can interactively learn a lot from wide range research community. I think this is the one thing which I will miss the most.

• If there will be bioinformatics company owned by you in future, What are your company focus and aim?

With the increasing amount of data in databases, there is already a massive need for effective methods to eliminate the manipulated data and reach to clean/useful information. As days pass, the requirement of data mining will be the first step of any research project. For this reason, the major goal of my bioinformatics company will be developing effective tools to eliminate manipulated datasets and information that exist in the literature and provide trustworthy clean information/datasets for researchers.

• How much bioinformatics change in 2050, according to your wild imagination?

Bioinformatics is a field that constantly and dynamically changes. As the bioinformatics progress, new tools and methods become available and they provide a better application of existing methods or totally new methods that offer an alternative solution to various biological problems. A long with these updates, developers also provide easy to use GUIs for most of the tools. Considering this, if the field carries on developing like this, every single researcher with a strong biological background can be able to perform bioinformatics analyses by him/herself without needing a professional help. As a result, almost all of the bioinformaticians will be responsible just for development of new methods/tools.

• What would one piece of advice you give someone who's trying to reinvent themselves and enter into bioinformatics sector?

Bioinformatics is a wide field with a lot of career options. Thus, if a researcher likes to step into this field first he/she should be clear about the branch of the bioinformatics they like to study in. Following to this decision they should first learn at least one programing language and investigate the ways of how other researcher employed that language in their researches and WHY? A researcher, in this field, should never create and use copy paste scripts but always must understand WHY the other researcher worked in that way. Knowing the answer of this question is the only way to learn bioinformatics. Besides, a researcher in the field of bioinformatics (from any branch) must always be good about the environmental control. In other words, one should always easily control input output directories, modify files or directories, annotate and modify employed scripts during the research and should not allow any confusion during the different stages of the research. Finally, they should not blindly trust the output of a tool/software but do a benchmarking test for each of the tools which they decided to utilise in their research. In addition to this, even if the tools pass the benchmarking, researchers should have a good biological background in their field to tell if anything when wrong during the process by only looking the output(s) of the employed pipelines/packages/tools.  

NO: 340/ESTB/ADMN/NIBMG/2015-16
Doctoral Research In Biomedical Genomics, Including Statistical Genomics conduct National Institute of Biomedical Genomics (NIBMG)
Information For Students Interested To Pursue Doctoral Research In Biomedical Genomics, Including Statistical Genomics, At The National Institute Of Biomedical Genomics (Nibmg), Kalyan
Eligibility conditions for specific areas of research are :
Statistical Genomics : An applicant who wishes to pursue research in Statistical Genomics should hold a Master's degree (First class or equivalent) in a relevant discipline (Statistics, Mathematics, Bioinformatics, or a related discipline)
Biomedical Genomics : An applicant who wishes to pursue research in any area of biomedical genomics, other than statistical genomics, should hold a Master's degree (First class or equivalent) in a relevant discipline (Biochemistry, Biotechnology, Molecular Biology, Genetics, Zoology, Physiology, or a related discipline)
Fellowship : An applicant should have passed the NET conducted by CSIR/UGC/ICMR/DBT within the past ONE year AND should have been awarded a valid Junior Research Fellowship from CSIR, UGC, ICMR, DBT (Category-I only), DST (INSPIRE), NBHM. Preference will be given to candidates with demonstrable research training in the form of summer training or short-term courses in established research laboratories in preparation for a research career in biomedical sciences
How to apply
Online application will be accepted until 5 PM of December 31, 2015. A formal interview of the short-listed candidates will be held on January 12, 2016

More at http://www.nibmg.ac.in/?q=Career%20Opportunities

About Fellowship:
CSIR Nehru Science Postdoctoral Research Fellowship Scheme is an Research Fellowship awarded/given by HRD Ministry, Govt. of India every year to more than 100 fellows.

It was started to identify promising and young researchers with novel ideas and provide them research opportunities in the areas of basic science, engineering, medicine & agriculture.

The fellowship aims at facilitating their transition from mentored to independent research career.

In addition, check these ICTS Research Fellowships:
1.) Max-Planck Partner Group Fellowships 2017-18
2.) ICTS-Simons Postdoctoral Fellowships 2017
3.) ICTS Post Doctoral Fellowships 2017
4.) Airbus Prize Postdoctoral Fellowship 2017-18

Eligibility: To be eligible for this fellowship, you:
1.) PhD degree (within 3 years of award of PhD degree), OR
2.) Those who have submitted PhD theses.
3.) Applicants should have research publications in good impact factor SCI journals.
4.) Indian nationals, Persons of Indian Origin (PIO) & Overseas Citizen of India (OCI), a can also apply.
5.) Maximum Age Limit: 32 years.

Duration:
– 2 Years.
– extendable for a maximum of 1 more year based on performance.

Remuneration:
– Rs. 50,000/- per month plus House Rent Allowance (HRA)
– A contingency grant of Rs. 3.0 lakh per annum.
– 25% of the contingency grant can be used for domestic and international travel.

Mode of Selection: You can apply throughout the year, but selection will be made twice a year, in June and December.

How to Apply:
– Read the instructions, given at Annexure-I in this PDF file.
– And, application form is given as, Annexure-II.
– Fill the form & send it to the given address in the PDF file.

Deadline: Rolling Deadline (Applications accepted throughout the year)

Also See: Research Internship/ Fellowship in India:
1.) IIT Bombay Research Internship Awards Programme 2016-17
2.) IIT Delhi Internship Program 2016-17
3.) DAAD WISE – International Internship in Germany
4.) Summer Research Fellowship Programme| JNCASR Bangalore
5.) Indian Academy of Sciences Summer Internships 2017
6.) Winter Internship – IIT Bombay NPDE-TCA
7.) Viterbi – India Program 2017 | Research Internship in US
8.) Internship – Centre for Stem Cell Research, Vellore

Accommodation & other benefits:
– Accommodation may be provided by CSIR, if available.
– Medical benefits as per CSIR norms.

For more details:
– Check this PDF Notification of Fellowship.
– List of CSIR Labs & their work/activities can be seen at www.csir.res.in.

More at https://leidosbiomed.csod.com/ats/careersite/jobdetails.aspx?site=4&c=leidosbiomed&id=2040

Eligibility

Interested applicants must

Have around 10 years of experience as independent investigator, and can be of any age or nationality
Have Sponsor(s) at not-for-profit Host Institution(s) in India, who is willing to extend the desired commitment and resources for program implementation
Provisions

The 5 year Fellowship provides

Generous personal support for the Fellow
Salary support for personnel, which may include Assistant Professors
Large quantum of funds for equipment, animals and consumables
Funds to attend scientific gatherings, for collaborative visits and to organize meetings
Overheads for the Host Institution
Process

A joint online application is invited from the Applicant and the Sponsor(s). The details of the scheme and the funding mechanism are available on the website at http://wellcomedbt.org/fellowshiptype/margdarshi-fellowships.

Application form can be accessed at https://fellowships.wellcomedbt.org/Login.aspx

Sponsored applications due by 2 May 2016

Send your inquiries to margdarshi@wellcomedbt.org

• January 20th, 2016 - New! Bpipe 0.9.9 released!
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Sadedin S, Pope B & Oshlack A, Bpipe: A Tool for Running and Managing Bioinformatics Pipelines, Bioinformatics

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http://www.disi.unige.it/person/MasulliF/ricerca/PhDinGenova2017.html

The call for some funded positions for the 3 years PhD studies at the Department of Informatics, Bioengineering, Robotics and System Engineering (DIBRIS) in Genova is available at

http://www.studenti.unige.it/postlaurea/dottorati/XXXIII/ENG/

The deadline for applications is June13, 2017 and the PhD courses and fellowships should start on Nov 2017.

Details for the application to the PhD Program in Computer Science and Systems Engineering (CODICE 6608) are at http://phd.dibris.unige.it/csse/index.php/how-to-apply

The research activity of my research group is focused on Computational Intelligence, Machine Learning, Bioinformatics, Systems Biology, and Positive Technology as described at http://www.disi.unige.it/person/MasulliF/ricerca/index.html

The research themes proposed by me and Prof. Stefano Rovetta are:

- Computational Intelligence and Machine Learning (see http://www.disi.unige.it/person/MasulliF/ricerca/Phd2017-T1.html)

- Computational Intelligence and Health and Wellbeing Support( see http://www.disi.unige.it/person/MasulliF/ricerca/Phd2017-T3.html)

You can also propose a different research theme belonging to the research activity of my group.

Looking for self-motivated PhD candidates, interested to the mathematical aspects of their research and to the development of new algorithms for intelligent data analysis, and skilled in programming and in thorough experimental data analysis. They will be part of my research group and will collaborate to our research projects and publications.

Italian and international students interested to work are invited to send their cv and the name/email-addresses of 3 referees to my email address francesco.masulli@unige.it A.S.A.P.