Applications are invited for the post of Senior Research Fellow- SRF (1) and Junior Research Fellow- JRF (1) to be appointed in a SERB-funded major research project entitled “Biochemical and functional properties of Synechocystis Glutathione S-transferase(s)” sanctioned to Dr. Timir Tripathi, Molecular and Structural Biophysics Laboratory, Department of Biochemistry, NEHU, Shillong.

Essential Qualifications: For both positions M.Sc. or equivalent with a good academic record is a prerequisite.

For Project-SRF, experience in bioinformatics/computational biology is required, which should be evident by atleast one good publication.

For JRF position, freshers can also apply.

Stipend: As per SERB norms.

Interested students can email their detailed bio-data including mobile number and recent photograph to msb.biochem@gmail.com, latest by 20.06.15. The hard copy is not required. The date of interview will be informed after primary scrutiny of the applications. No TA/DA will be paid if called for interview. For details of the research work of the PI’s group kindly visit www.ttripathi.webs.com

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gapFinisher can fill gaps in draft genomes quickly and reliably.

Address of the bookmark: https://github.com/kammoji/gapFinisher

#Find the reverse complement of a DNA string.
#Given: A DNA string Pattern.
#Return: Pattern, the reverse complement of Pattern.

use strict;
use warnings;

my $string="AAAACCCGGT";
my $finalString="";
my %hash = (
    "C" => "G",
    "A" => "T",
    "T" => "A",
    "G" => "C",
);

for (my $aa=0; $aa<=(length($string)-1); $aa++) {
    my $char=substr $string, $aa, 1;
    #print $hash{$char};
    $finalString="$hash{$char}"."$finalString";
}

print $finalString;
print "\n";

ashr - https://github.com/stephens999/ashr, https://cran.r-project.org/web/packages/ashr/index.html

consensusDE - https://bioconductor.org/packages/release/bioc/html/consensusDE.html

DESeq2 - https://bioconductor.org/packages/release/bioc/html/DESeq2.html

edgeR - https://bioconductor.org/packages/release/bioc/html/edgeR.html

limma - https://kasperdanielhansen.github.io/genbioconductor/html/limma.html  https://bioconductor.org/packages/release/bioc/html/limma.html

MetaCycle - https://cran.r-project.org/web/packages/MetaCycle/index.html, https://github.com/gangwug/MetaCycle

RUVSeq - https://bioconductor.org/packages/release/bioc/html/RUVSeq.html

SARTools - https://github.com/PF2-pasteur-fr/SARTools

tximport - https://github.com/mikelove/tximport

Monthly fellowship (in rupee): 5,000/-

Traineeship

First Class M.Sc Bioinformatics/ Biotechnology/ Botany

Studentship: 5,000/-

M.Phil/M.Tech Bioinformatics/ Biotechnology/ any branch of Life Science students for doing their thesis work in the area of Bioinformatics.

Age limit as on 1.1.2015, 28 years. Age relaxation will be provided for SC, ST, OBC candidates as per Govt. norms.

Interested candidates may appear for walk-in-interview on 16th June 2015 at 10.30 am at JNTBGRI, Palode, Thiruvananthapuram. The candidate should report to the Office at Palode before 10.00 am

More at http://www.jntbgri.in/jntbgri/news/File0001.pdf

Following are the comprehensive list of visualization tools for biological pathways:

BiNA

Drawings of metabolic networks supporting hiding of cofactors and drawing of chemical structures

http://bina.unipax.info/

BioTapestry

Interactive tool for building, visualizing and sharing gene regulatory network models over the web

http://www.biotapestry.org/

Caleydo

Visual analysis framework targeted at biomolecular data. Visualization of interdependencies between multiple datasets

http://www.caleydo.org/

CellDesigner

A modeling tool for biochemical networks

http://www.celldesigner.org/

Edinburgh Pathway Editor

Edit and draw pathway diagrams

http://epe.sourceforge.net/SourceForge/EPE.html

GenMAPP

Visualization of gene expression and other genomic data on maps representing biological pathways and groupings of genes

http://www.genmapp.org/

Ingenuity IPA

Data integration platform and manually annotated pathways

http://tinyurl.com/IngenuityPath

JDesigner

Graphical modeling environment for biochemical reaction networks

http://jdesigner.sourceforge.net/Site/JDesigner.html

KaPPA View

Plant pathways

http://kpv.kazusa.or.jp/

KEGG Atlas

Interactive Kyoto Encyclopedia of Genes and Genomes pathways

http://www.genome.jp/kegg/

Omix 

Visualizing multi-omics data in metabolic networks

https://www.omix-visualization.com

PathVisio 

Biological pathway analysis software that allows drawing, editing and analysis of biological pathways

http://www.pathvisio.org/

VitaPad 

Application to visualize biological pathways and map experimental data to them

http://tinyurl.com/vitapad/

Web tools for pathways

ArrayXPath 

Mapping and visualizing microarray gene-expression data and integrated biological pathway resources using SVG

http://tinyurl.com/ArrayXPath/

GEPAT 

Integrated analysis of transcriptome data in genomic, proteomic and metabolic contexts

http://gepat.sourceforge.net/

iPath 

Web-based tool for the visualization, analysis and customization of pathway maps

http://pathways.embl.de/

Kegg-Based Viewer 

KEGG-based pathway visualization tool for complex high-throughput data

http://www.g-language.org/data/marray/

MapMan 

User-driven tool that displays large datasets onto diagrams of metabolic pathways or other processes

http://mapman.gabipd.org/web/guest/mapman

MetPA 

Analysis and visualization of metabolomic data within the biological context of metabolic pathways

http://metpa.metabolomics.ca

Omics Viewer 

Data mapping on BioCyc pathways (collection of 5500 pathway/genome databases)

http://www.biocyc.org/

Pathway Explorer

Interactive Java drawing tool for the construction of biological pathway diagrams in a visual way and the annotation of the components and interactions between them

http://genome.tugraz.at/pathwayexplorer/pathwayexplorer_description.shtml

Pathway projector 

Zoomable pathway browser using KEGG atlas and Google Maps API

http://www.g-language.org/PathwayProjector/

PATIKA 

Integrated environment composed of a central database and a visual editor, built around an extensive ontology and an integration framework

http://www.cs.bilkent.edu.tr/~patikaweb/

Reactome SkyPainter 

Visualization of over-represented pathways and reactions from gene lists

http://www.reactome.org/skypainter-2

WikiPathways

Wiki-based, open, public platform dedicated to the curation of biological pathways by and for the scientific community

http://www.wikipathways.org/

Sr Research Fellow & Technical Asst Posts: Indian Institute of Maize Research (IIMR), New Delhi has advertised a notification for the recruitment of Senior Research Fellow & Technical Assistant vacancies for the project titled “Genetic modifications to improve biological nitrogen fixation for augmenting nitrogen needs of cereals” on contractual basis. Eligible candidates may apply in prescribed application format on or before 25-06-2015. Other details like age, educational qualification, selection process, how to apply are given below…

Indian Institute of Maize Research Vacancy Details:
Total No. of Posts: 03
Name of the Posts :
1. Senior Research Fellow: 02 Posts
2. Technical Assistant: 01 Post

Age Limit: Candidates age should be 35 years for Senior Research Fellow, Minimum 21 years and maximum 45 years for Technical Assistant as on the closing date of the application. Age relaxation is 5 years to SC/ST and women candidates and 3 years to OBC candidates as per ICAR rules.

Educational Qualification: Candidates should possess Post graduate degree in Biotechnology/ Molecular Biology/ Bioinformatics/ Plant physiology for Senior Research fellow, Graduate degree in Agriculture/ Biotechnology/ any discipline of life sciences for Technical Assistant with relevant experience.

Selection Process: Candidates will be selected based on their performance in interview.

How to Apply: Eligible candidates can send their application in prescribed format along with bio-data to Dr. Pranjal Yadava, Principal Investigator, ICAR Indian Institute of Maize Research, Pusa Campus, New Delhi-110012 or mail to pranjal.yadava@gmail.com on or before 25-06-2015 & attend the interview along with application in the attached format at the time of interview, one passport size photograph, self attested copies of certificates for age, and qualifications, reprints of publications and ‘No Objection Certificate’, original documents on 01-07-2015. Venue details are mentioned below.

Important Dates:
Last Date for Receipt of Application: 25-06-2015
Date & Time of Interview : 01-07-2015.
Venue: IIMR, Pusa Campus, New Delhi

Following are the list of standalone applications for network analysis:

Arena 3D

3D visualization of multi-layer networks

http://www.arena3d.org

Biana

Data integration and network management

http://sbi.imim.es/web/BIANA.php

BioLayout Express 3D 

2D/3D network visualization

http://www.biolayout.org/

BiologicalNetworks 

Efficient integrated multi-level analysis of microarray, sequence, regulatory and other data

http://www.biologicalnetworks.org

BioMiner

Modeling, analyzing and visualizing biochemical pathways and networks

http://www.zbi.uni-saarland.de/chair/projects/BioMiner

Cell Illustrator 

Petri nets for modeling and simulating biological networks

http://www.cellillustrator.com

COPASI

Analysis of biochemical networks and their dynamics

http://www.copasi.org/

Cytoscape 

Network visualization and analysis. Over 200 plugins [60]

http://www.cytoscape.org/

Dizzy

Chemical kinetics stochastic simulation software

http://magnet.systemsbiology.net/software/Dizzy/

DyCoNet

Gephi plugin that can be used to identify dynamic communities in networks

https://github.com/juliemkauffman/DyCoNet

GENeVis 

Network and pathway visualization

http://tinyurl.com/genevis/

GEPHI 

Interactive visualization and exploration for any network and complex system, dynamic and hierarchical graph.

https://gephi.org

Igraph

Collection of network analysis tools with the emphasis on efficiency, portability and ease of use

http://igraph.sourceforge.net

Medusa

Semantic and multi-edged simple networks

https://sites.google.com/site/medusa3visualization/

NAViGaTOR

Visualizing and analyzing protein-protein interaction networks

http://tinyurl.com/navigator1/

N-Browse

Interactive graphical browser for biological networks

http://www.gnetbrowse.org/

NeAT

Topological and clustering analysis of networks

http://rsat.ulb.ac.be/neat/

Ondex 

Data integration and visualization of large networks

http://www.ondex.org/

Osprey

Visualization and annotation of biological networks

http://biodata.mshri.on.ca/osprey/servlet/Index

Pajek 

Analysis and visualization of large networks and social network analysis

http://vlado.fmf.uni-lj.si/pub/networks/pajek/

PathwayAssist 

Navigation and analysis of biological pathways, gene regulation networks and protein interaction maps.

http://www.ariadnegenomics.com/downloads/

PIVOT 

Layout algorithms for visualizing protein interactions and families

http://acgt.cs.tau.ac.il/pivot/

ProCope 

Prediction and evaluation of protein complexes from purification data experiments

http://www.bio.ifi.lmu.de/Complexes/ProCope/

ProViz 

Visualization and exploration of interaction networks. Gene Ontology and PSI-MI formats supported

http://cbi.labri.fr/eng/proviz.htm

SpectralNET 

Network analysis and visualizations. Scatter plots and dimensionality reduction algorithms

https://www.broadinstitute.org/software/spectralnet

Tulip 

Enables the development of algorithms, visual encodings, interaction techniques, data models and domain-specific visualizations

http://tulip.labri.fr/TulipDrupal/

VANESA 

Automatic reconstruction and analysis of biological networks and Petri nets based on life-science database information

http://agbi.techfak.uni-bielefeld.de/vanesa/

VANTED 

Network reconstruction, data visualization, integration of various data types, network simulation

http://tinyurl.com/vanted/

yEd

Creation of diagrams manually and import external data

http://tinyurl.com/yEdGraph/

Web tools for network analysis

APID 

Unified protein-protein interactions from BIND, BioGRID, DIP, HPRD, IntAct and MINT

http://bioinfow.dep.usal.es/apid/

Arcadia 

Translates text-based descriptions of biological networks (SBML files) into standardized diagrams (Systems Biology Graphical Notation Process Description maps)

http://arcadiapathways.sourceforge.net/

AVIS 

Viewer for signaling networks

http://actin.pharm.mssm.edu/AVIS2

bioPIXIE 

Discovery of biological networks from diverse functional genomic data

http://pixie.princeton.edu/pixie

CellPublisher

Interactive representations of biochemical processes

http://cellpublisher.gobics.de/

Graphle

Distributed network exploration and visualization of interactive large, dense graphs

http://tinyurl.com/graphle/

GraphWeb 

Web server for graph-based analysis of biological networks

http://biit.cs.ut.ee/graphweb/

Hubba

Web-based service to explore the essential nodes in a network

http://hub.iis.sinica.edu.tw/Hubba

NetworkBLAST 

Analysis of protein interaction networks across species to infer protein complexes that are conserved in evolution

http://www.cs.tau.ac.il/~bnet/networkblast.htm

Pathview 

Tool set for pathway-based data integration and visualization

http://Pathview.r-forge.r-project.org/

PINA 

Integrated platform for protein interaction network construction, filtering, analysis, visualization and management

http://cbg.garvan.unsw.edu.au/pina/home.do

ReMatch 

Web-based tool for integration of user-given stoichiometric metabolic models into a database collected from public data sources

http://www.cs.helsinki.fi/group/sysfys/software/rematch/

SNOW 

Gene mapping on a reference or human protein-protein interaction network that SNOW hosts

http://snow.bioinfo.cipf.es

STITCH 

Resource to explore known and predicted interactions of chemicals and proteins

http://stitch.embl.de/

STRING

Protein interaction networks and integration of data such as genomic context, high-throughput experiments, conserved coexpression and previous knowledge derived from the literature

http://string-db.org

TVNViewer 

An interactive visualization tool for exploring networks that change over time or space

http://www.sailing.cs.cmu.edu/main/?page_id=545

tYNA 

System for managing, comparing and mining multiple networks

http://tyna.gersteinlab.org/tyna/

VisANT 

Visualization, mining, analysis and modeling of biological networks, metabolic networks and ecosystems

http://visant.bu.edu/

Eligibility : BE/B.Tech(CSE, ECE, IT)

Location : Pondicherry

Last Date : 26 Jun 2015

Hiring Process : Face to Face Interview
Pondicherry University - Job DetailsDate of posting:19 May 15

Senior Technical Assistant Job position in Pondicherry University on temporary basis

Project Title : "Bioinformatics National Certification (BINC) for certifying quality human resource in Bioinformatics"

Qualification : i) B.E/ B.Tech Computer Science/ Electronics & Communication Engineering/ Information Technology with 55% or equivalent marks. ii) One year Experience in relevant field in Government/ Public Sector or reputed Private Organizations. Desirable : Working experience in JSP and ASP/PHP

No. of Post : 01

Department : Biotechnology

Pay : Rs. 27,800/-

Age Limit : 30 Yrs
How to apply

Both above-mentioned posts are purely on temporary basis, extended by one year based on performance and will be terminated with the completion of BINC Program at Pondicherry University. Interested Candidates may send their application in the prescribed format with self-attested copies of all mark sheets and certificates to Dr. Basant K. Tiwary, Coordinator (BINC), Centre for Bioinformatics, Pondicherry University, Puducherry-605 014 before June 26, 2015.

Click Here http://www.pondiuni.edu.in/news/requirement-post-one-senior-technical-assistant-one-computer-assistant-–-dept-biotechnologygove

A list of programs for genotype and SNP calling :

SOAP2 http://soap.genomics.org.cn/index.html

Single-sample High-quality variant database (for example, dbSNP) Package for NGS data analysis, which includes a single individual genotype caller (SOAPsnp)

realSFS http://128.32.118.212/thorfinn/realSFS/

Single-sample Aligned reads Software for SNP and genotype calling using single individuals and allele frequencies. Site frequency spectrum (SFS) estimation

Samtools http://samtools.sourceforge.net/

Multi-sample Aligned reads Package for manipulation of NGS alignments, which includes a computation of genotype likelihoods (samtools) and SNP and genotype calling (bcftools)

GATK http://www.broadinstitute.org/gsa/wiki/index.php/The_Genome_Analysis_Toolkit Multi-sample Aligned reads Package for aligned NGS data analysis, which includes a SNP and genotype caller (Unifed Genotyper), SNP filtering (Variant Filtration) and SNP quality recalibration (Variant Recalibrator)

Beagle http://faculty.washington.edu/browning/beagle/beagle.html

Multi-sample LD Candidate SNPs, genotype likelihoods Software for imputation, phasing and association that includes a mode for genotype calling

IMPUTE2 http://mathgen.stats.ox.ac.uk/impute/impute_v2.html

Multi-sample LD Candidate SNPs, genotype likelihoods Software for imputation and phasing, including a mode for genotype calling. Requires fine-scale linkage map

QCall ftp://ftp.sanger.ac.uk/pub/rd/QCALL

Multi-sample LD ‘Feasible’ genealogies at a dense set of loci, genotype likelihoods Software for SNP and genotype calling, including a method for generating candidate SNPs without LD information (NLDA) and a method for incorporating LD information (LDA). The ‘feasible’ genealogies can be generated using Margarita (http://www.sanger.ac.uk/resources/software/margarita)

MaCH http://genome.sph.umich.edu/wiki/Thunder

Multi-sample LD Genotype likelihoods Software for SNP and genotype calling, including a method (GPT_Freq) for generating candidate SNPs without LD information and a method (thunder_glf_freq) for incorporating LD information