<![CDATA[BOL: Related items]]> https://bioinformaticsonline.com/related/42877?offset=20 https://bioinformaticsonline.com/videolist/watch/4155/genetics-for-fun-and-profit-andrew-hessel-at-tedxvilnius Sun, 01 Sep 2013 19:15:06 -0500 https://bioinformaticsonline.com/videolist/watch/4155/genetics-for-fun-and-profit-andrew-hessel-at-tedxvilnius <![CDATA[Genetics for Fun and Profit: Andrew Hessel at TEDxVilnius]]> Andrew Hessel co-chairs the Bioinformatics and Biotechnology track at the Singularity University, an institution founded by futurist Ray Kurzweil and X Prize Foundation CEO Peter Diamandis, with sponsorship from world-leading organizations that include Google, Autodesk, and NASA. He is also the founder of the Pink Army Cooperative, a venture aiming to make open source personalized cancer therapies. His work has been featured in The New York Times, Futurist Magazine, H+, and Wired News. In the spirit of ideas worth spreading, TEDx is a program of local, self-organized events that bring people together to share a TED-like experience. At a TEDx event, TEDTalks video and live speakers combine to spark deep discussion and connection in a small group. These local, self-organized events are branded TEDx, where x = independently organized TED event. The TED Conference provides general guidance for the TEDx program, but individual TEDx events are self-organized.* (*Subject to certain rules and regulations)]]> https://bioinformaticsonline.com/opportunity/view/43292/bioinformatics-scientist-production-bioinformatics-south-san-francisco-ca Thu, 19 Aug 2021 08:45:24 -0500 <![CDATA[Bioinformatics Scientist, Production Bioinformatics @ South San Francisco, CA]]> wist is looking for a Bioinformatics Scientist to join our Production Bioinformatics Team. You will work alongside research scientists, software engineers and data scientists to further deliver on our mission to expand access to best-in-class synthetic biology and next-generation sequencing applications. You will be developing and engineering tools to better evaluate and build hardened, production quality pipelines, optimize data quality, and automate lab and bioinformatics processes. Our ideal candidate is an organized problem solver with a background in developing and building novel production-quality bioinformatics tools and packages. Equally excellent communication skills and a proven ability to work independently are required.

More at https://boards.greenhouse.io/twistbioscience/jobs/3135495?gh_src=9ecc0b941us

]]> https://bioinformaticsonline.com/file/view/38029/biologist-versus-computational-biologist Mon, 29 Oct 2018 04:23:24 -0500 https://bioinformaticsonline.com/file/view/38029/biologist-versus-computational-biologist <![CDATA[Biologist versus computational biologist !]]> This is how it work :)

]]> Abhimanyu Singh https://bioinformaticsonline.com/fun/view/23959/bioinformatics-jokes Fri, 21 Aug 2015 01:26:54 -0500 https://bioinformaticsonline.com/fun/view/23959/bioinformatics-jokes <![CDATA[Bioinformatics Jokes !!]]> Why was the Bioinformatics fired from his job?

A: He was getting too Sassy.

 

What did the bioinformatician say when he found out his team stopped using version control?

A: Y’all better Git!

 

Why did the computational biologist stay home from work?

A: He had a code!

 

Why was the bioinformatician's paper was rejected?

A: Journal thought it seemed scripted.

 

How can you tell that a Bioinformatics is working?

A: You can hear him Grunting!

 

Why bioinformatician always silence?

A: Because bioinformatician calmly whisper, “SSH”

 

Why was the bioinformatician always so sleepy?

A: He/She wasn’t given any Java.

 

Why did the program/software hanged?

A: Because genome float.

 

Why was the class upset that its parent died?

A: Because it wouldn’t be getting the inheritance!

 

Why did bioinformatician always works on the command line?

A: Because they don't want to scare you with huge amount of data!

 

Why did the bioinformatician attend the gay pride parade?

A: They supported polymorphism.

 

Why did bioinformatician prefer awk, PerlOneliner?

A: Because even computer can't handle to load the data.

 

Why don’t bioinformatician get along with others?

A: They’re too MEAN.

 

Why computational biologist are cool?

A: Because they are scripted!!

 

Why they talk $ unzip; strip; touch; finger; grep; mount; fsck; more; yes; fsck; fsck; umount; clean; sleep;

A: Ah, Ohhh, dude, these are *NIX commands

 

Did they really hack genome?

A: Yes, I guess so.

]]> Jitendra Prajapati https://bioinformaticsonline.com/bookmarks/view/27463/bpipe-a-tool-for-running-and-managing-bioinformatics-pipelines Sat, 21 May 2016 22:42:16 -0500 https://bioinformaticsonline.com/bookmarks/view/27463/bpipe-a-tool-for-running-and-managing-bioinformatics-pipelines <![CDATA[Bpipe - a tool for running and managing bioinformatics pipelines]]> Bpipe provides a platform for running big bioinformatics jobs that consist of a series of processing stages - known as 'pipelines'.

Bpipe has been published in Bioinformatics! If you use Bpipe, please cite:

Sadedin S, Pope B & Oshlack A, Bpipe: A Tool for Running and Managing Bioinformatics Pipelines, Bioinformatics

Address of the bookmark: http://docs.bpipe.org/

]]> Radha Agarkar https://bioinformaticsonline.com/view/19838 Sat, 27 Dec 2014 13:30:15 -0600 https://bioinformaticsonline.com/view/19838 <![CDATA[Interview with a bioinformatician series ...]]> 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.



]]> Jitendra Narayan https://bioinformaticsonline.com/opportunity/view/44669/bioinformatician-at-qub-uk Tue, 01 Oct 2024 21:43:23 -0500 <![CDATA[Bioinformatician at QUB, UK]]> The post-holder will work under the direction of the Precision Medicine Centre of Excellence's (PMC) Bioinformatics lead and collaborate closely with the Scientific and Clinical leads. The primary responsibilities will be to develop, validate and maintain data analysis pipelines and algorithms that enable the comprehensive analysis of genomic information derived from cancer specimens, within the context of clinical studies. The PMC is an ISO 15189:2012 accredited medical laboratory (Ref 20634), providing an integrated cancer diagnostic and clinical research service that combines high throughput genomics and digital pathology (www.qub.ac.uk/research-centres/PMC).

About the person:

Essential criteria:

Hold or be about to obtain* a PhD in Computational biology, Bioinformatics, computing science or related subjects. (*must be obtained within 3 months of the closing date for the post) or MSc equivalent with at least 3 years' work experience in a relevant role.
Significant relevant research experience in genomics or work experience in a relevant technical/scientific role.
Significant experience in managing and analysing NGS data and other big data.
Experience in developing and maintaining analysis pipelines.
Experience working with Linux/UNIX environments.
Proficiency with python, bash, R and/or equivalent languages.
To be successful at shortlisting stage, please ensure you clearly evidence in your application how you meet the essential and, where applicable, desirable criteria listed in the Candidate Information document linked on our website.

More at https://hrwebapp.qub.ac.uk/tlive_webrecruitment/wrd/run/ETREC107GF.open

]]> https://bioinformaticsonline.com/file/view/2780/life-of-bi Thu, 22 Aug 2013 16:13:36 -0500 https://bioinformaticsonline.com/file/view/2780/life-of-bi <![CDATA[Life of BI !!!]]> Hmm .. Don't worry you read it right .. this is not pi but bi ... "life of Bioinformatician(BI)". 

Disclaimer: This cartoon is solely designed to create humour and fun, not to offend any PI, supervisor or student.

]]> Jitendra Narayan https://bioinformaticsonline.com/fun/view/2383/golden-rules-of-bioinformatics Wed, 14 Aug 2013 21:11:33 -0500 https://bioinformaticsonline.com/fun/view/2383/golden-rules-of-bioinformatics <![CDATA[Golden Rules of Bioinformatics]]>
  • All constant are variable.
  • Copy and paste is a genetic error.
  • First solve the problem, then write the code.
  • No matter what goes wrong, it will probably look right.
  • Any simple problem can be insoluble if enough metting are held to discuss it. :P
  • Stastics is a systematic method of comming to the wrong conclusion with confidence.
  • Bug is a undocumented feature in programming languages.
  • Good biological programmer goes on summer holiday with raincoat. [because see 1]
  • Thanks god Google know python is not a python and multiplication and division are the same thing.
  • Don' be clever, complex biology will trick you.
    • ]]>     Jitendra Narayan     https://bioinformaticsonline.com/opportunity/view/4575/hiv-phd-and-msc-research-positions Mon, 16 Sep 2013 18:55:44 -0500 <![CDATA[HIV PhD and MSc Research Positions]]> SANBI are looking to recruit two MSc students and a PhD student who are interested in implementing a computational biology approach to explore HIV’s glycan shield. Successful candidates for the MSc should hold an honours degree in physics, computer science or biological sciences while PhD applicants should hold an honours degree and a MSc in one or more of physics, computer science or biological sciences.

    As these positions are funded by the South African National Research Foundation (NRF) priority will be given to South African citizens and permanent residents however exceptional applicants who do not fulfil these criteria may be considered.

    Applications including a CV outlining your experience together with a cover letter detailing why you are a suitable candidate should be sent to simon_at_sanbi.ac.za by 30th September 2013.

    More @ http://www.sanbi.ac.za/hiv-phd-and-msc-research-positions/

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