Dear collegues,
At the University of Amsterdam, Swammerdam Institute of Life Science,
MAD/RNA Biology & Applied Bioinformatics the following position is
available:
*Bioinformatician*
*Faculty of Science - Swammerdam Institute for Life Sciences*
Level of education
Higher professional education / University
Salary indication
EUR2,542 to EUR3,831 gross per month, based on 38 hours per week
Closing date
15 June 2014
Hours
32 to 38 hours per week
Vacancy number
14-176
The _Swammerdam Institute for Life Sciences (SILS)_
<http://sils.uva.nl/>is one of the _Faculty of Science's_
<http://www.uva.nl/en/about-the-uva/organisation/faculties/faculties/faculti…>largest
institutes. Its approximately 230 scientists and staff members work in
14 research groups that perform excellent research centered on four
themes: 1) The Living Cell, 2) Plant Signaling, 3) Neuroscience, and 4)
Life Science Technologies.
The MAD: Dutch Genomics Service & Support Provider is the genomics
technologies and applied bioinformatics expertise center of SILS. Since
2000 an enthusiastic team of over 15 diverse specialists focuses on the
innovation, implementation and application of microarray technology,
next-generation sequencing technology, and bioinformatics methods. This
includes the use of these approaches in biological and biomedical
research in collaboration with many other research groups. As such, the
MAD operates as a genomics scientific collaborator in numerous research
projects within SILS, other universities and academic hospitals, as well
as various companies in the Netherlands.
In the context of these collaborations, we are seeking a Bioinformatician.
*Job description *
The MAD has a long-standing expertise in advanced transcriptomics as
well as genomics analysis using several well-established microarray
technology and next-generation sequencing platforms. Also proficient
bioinformatics expertise and an extensive ICT infrastructure, have been
set-up. This offers a unique starting point for an exciting mixture of
established and innovative genomics experimentation both for our own
research and that of our collaborators. These experiments concern
transcriptome research, cancer research, toxicogenomics, food safety,
ageing, plant sciences, ecogenomics, neurosciences, etc. MAD is
intertwined with the recently established research group 'RNA Biology
and Applied Bioinformatics (RB&AB)'.
The applied bioinformatician will play a key role in the bioinformatics
analysis of transcriptomics and genomics experiments. He/she will employ
all necessary bioinformatics methods, tools and infrastructure in close
cooperation with MAD and RB&AB wet-lab scientists as well as scientists
from collaborating institutes and companies. The bioinformatician will
be embedded in and supported by the whole MAD/RB&AB dry-lab team.
*Requirements *
*
Higher professional education (HBO) or MSc. in bioinformatics or
expertise at a comparable professional level;
*
Experience with scripting in R, Python or Perl;
*
Affinity with life-science research;
*
Good communicative skills.
*Further information *
For more detailed information regarding this position you are invited to
contact:
*
_Dr. Timo Breit_ <mailto:t.m.breit@uva.nl>, group leader MAD, RB&AB
T: +31 (0)20 525 7058
*
_Dr. Martijs Jonker_ <mailto:j.rauwerda@uva.nl>, MAD Dry-lab
T: +31 (0)20525 7939
*Appointment *
The appointment will be on a temporary basis for a period of two years.
Based on a full-time appointment (38 hours per week), the salary will
range from EUR2.542 to EUR 3,491 gross per month (salary scale 9). If
your expertise and experience are such that you are able to function at
a higher level, a salary according to scale 10 (to EUR3,831) may be
negotiable. The Collective Employment Agreement of the Dutch
Universities is applicable.
*Job application *
Applications should be submitted by sending your application to
_application-science(a)uva.nl_ <mailto:application-science@uva.nl>. To
process your application immediately, please quote the vacancy number
14-081 and the position you are applying for in the subject-line.
Applications must include a curriculum vitae, a list of publications, a
cover letter and the names and contact details of two referees. All
these should be grouped in one PDF attachment.
/No agencies please/
Kind regards,
Han Rauwerda
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Han Rauwerda www.micro-array.nl +31 (0)20 525 7201
MAD - Dutch Genomics Service & Support Provider
RB&AB - RNA Biology & Applied Bioinformatics
Swammerdam Institute for Life Sciences
University of Amsterdam
room C2.201
Science Park 904
1098 XH Amsterdam
The Netherlands
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[Apologies for cross-posting]
2nd Call for contributions
MLSB14, the eighth International Workshop on
Machine Learning in Systems Biology
http://www.mlsb.cc
Organized in conjunction with ECCB 2014
Strasbourg, France, September 6-7, 2014.
Submission deadline: *** June 11, 2014 ***
WORKSHOP DESCRIPTION
MLSB14, the Eighth International Workshop on Machine Learning in
Systems Biology, is a workshop of the ECCB 2014 conference. It aims to
contribute to the cross-fertilization between the research in machine
learning methods and their applications to systems biology by bringing
together method developers and experimentalists. We are soliciting
submissions bringing forward methods for discovering complex
structures (e.g. interaction networks, molecule structures) and
methods supporting genome-wide data analysis
Please see the workshop website http://www.mlsb.cc for more details.
SUBMISSIONS INSTRUCTIONS
We invite you to submit an extended abstract of up to 4 pages in PDF
format describing new or very recently published results. Submissions
will be reviewed by the scientific programme committee. They will be
selected for oral or poster presentation according to their
originality and relevance to the workshop topics.
KEY DATES
Submission deadline: June 11, 2014
Author notification: July 15, 2014
Early registration deadline ECCB14: August 2, 2014
Workshop: September 6-7, 2014
CONFIRMED INVITED SPEAKERS
Pierre Baldi, UCI University, California, USA
Karsten Borgwardt, Max Planck Institute, Tubingen, Germany
CONTACT
For further information, please contact chairsmlsb2014(a)gmail.com
CHAIRS
Florence d'Alché-Buc (University of Evry, France)
Pierre Geurts (University of Liege, Belgium)
ORGANIZING COMMITTEE
Florence d'Alché-Buc (University of Evry, France)
Markus Heinonen (University of Evry, France)
Pierre Geurts (University of Liege, Belgium)
Vân Anh Huynh-Thu (University of Edinburgh, UK)
Nizar Touleimat (Centre National de génotypage, CEA, Evry, France)
PROGRAM COMMITTEE
Florence d'Alché-Buc (University of Evry, France)
Chloé-Agathe Azencott (CBIO, Mines ParisTech, Institut Curie, INSERM, France)
Karsten Borgwardt (MPI Tubingen, Germany)
Sašo Džeroski (Jožef Stefan Institute, Slovenia)
Mohamed Elati (Universite d'Evry, France)
Pierre Geurts (University of Liège, Belgium)
Markus Heinonen (University of Evry, France)
Van Anh Huynh-Thu (University of Edimburgh, UK)
Ross King (Aberystwyth University, UK)
Stefan Kramer (University of Mainz, Germany)
Yves Moreau (Katholieke Universiteit Leuven, Belgium)
Sach Mukherjee (Netherlands Cancer Institute, Netherlands)
Mahesan Niranjan (University of Southampton, UK)
Uwe Ohler (Duke University, USA)
John Pinney (Imperial College London, UK)
Simon Rogers (University of Glasgow, UK)
Juho Rousu (University of Helsinki, Finland)
Yvan Saeys (University of Ghent, Belgium)
Peter Sykacek (BOKU University, Austria)
Nizar Touleimat (Centre National de Genotypage, CEA, France)
Koji Tsuda (National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology, Japan)
Jean-Philippe Vert (Ecole des Mines de Paris, France)
Filip Zelezny (Czech Technical University in Prague, Czech Republic)
We have an opening for a lecturer/researcher bioinformatics.
Please also forward to any potentially interested candidates you might know.
https://www.hanze.nl/NL/over-de-hanzehogeschool/werken-bij/solliciteren/Pag…
Additional information can be obtained through me.
With kind regards,
Michiel Noback
Dr. M A. Noback | Bioinformatics senior lecturer & researcher | Institute for Life Science and Technology | Hanze University of Applied Sciences | Phone +50-5954691 | Postbus 3037 | 9701 DA Groningen | The Netherlands
