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Master Internship opportunity at European Institute for Systems Biology and Medicine on omics data integration
by Bertrand 05 Jan '16

05 Jan '16

Dear all, We are offering a 6-months master student internship at the European Institute for Systems Biology and Medicine (EISBM) in Lyon,France, as part of the exploitation of the data generated during the U-BIOPRED severe asthma research project. The position will allow an intern to participate in the legacy of a state-of-the-art EU Systems Medicine project and the work conducted during the internship will lead to the publication of at least one high-level scientific article. We are looking for a master student with R and Bioconductor programming skills, a good background in biostatistics and good English level. Enthusiastic and motivated candidates are encouraged to contact Prof. Charles Auffray (jobs(a)eisbm.org) with a CV and a brief motivation letter, before December 15, 2015. Additional information can be found in the attached file. Please circulate this offer to anyone interested! Best regards, Bertrand De Meulder -- EISBM logo <http://www.eisbm.org> *Bertrand De Meulder Researcher * European Institute for Systems Biology and Medicine Campus Charles Mérieux - Université de Lyon CNRS - UCBL - ENS *E-mail:*bdemeulder@eisbm.org <mailto:bdemeulder@eisbm.org> *Office:* +33(0)4 37 28 74 41 *Office* Université Claude Bernard 3^e étage plot 2 50 Avenue Tony Garnier 69366 Lyon cedex 07 France *Laboratory* LyonBioPôle - Centre d'Infectiologie 2^e étage Bât. Domilyon 321 Avenue Jean Jaurès 69007 Lyon France Follow us : EISBM eisbm.org <http://www.eisbm.org> | Facebook Facebook <http://www.facebook.com/EISBM> | Twitter Twitter <http://twitter.com/EISBM_EU>

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Vacature Hogeschool Leiden
by Stelling, Klaasje 11 Dec '15

11 Dec '15

Geachte heer/mevrouw, Het cluster Techniek van Hogeschool Leiden is op zoek naar inspirerende en onderzoekende "Docent(en)/onderzoeker(s) Bio-Informatica (1,2 fte - 2,0 fte)". Kijk voor meer informatie de bijlage of onze website, http://www.hsleiden.nl/over-hl/werken-bij/vacatures/vacatures Met vriendelijke groet, Klaasje Stelling Adviseur HRM Hogeschool Leiden Afdeling HRM Zernikedreef 11, kamer F2.006/F2.008/F2.013 Postbus 382, 2300 AJ Leiden Mobiel: 06-52781722 Website: www.hsleiden.nl<http://www.hsleiden.nl/> Is het écht nodig deze e-mail te printen? 'Hogeschool Leiden, jouw duurzame ruimte' Op deze e-mail zijn de voorwaarden van toepassing als vermeld op: The following conditions apply to this e-mail: http://www.hsleiden.nl/disclaimer-email

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BigDat 2016: early registration deadline 12 December
by GRLMC 28 Nov '15

28 Nov '15

*To be removed from our mailing list, please respond to this message with UNSUBSCRIBE in the subject line* ******************************************************** 2ND INTERNATIONAL WINTER SCHOOL ON BIG DATA BIGDAT 2016 BILBAO, SPAIN FEBRUARY 8-12, 2016 Organized by: DeustoTech, University of Deusto Rovira i VirgiliUniversity http://grammars.grlmc.com/bigdat2016/ ******************************************************** --- Early registration deadline: December 12, 2015 --- ******************************************************** AIM: BigDat 2016 will be a research training event addressed to graduates and postgraduates in the first steps of their academic career. With a global scope, it aims at updating them about the most recent advances in the critical and fast developing area of big data, which covers a large spectrum of current exciting research and industrial innovation with an extraordinary potential for a huge impact on scientific discoveries, medicine, engineering, business models, and society itself. Renowned academics and industry pioneers will lecture and share their views with the audience. Most big data subareas will be displayed, namely: foundations, infrastructure, management, search and mining, security and privacy, and applications. Main challenges of analytics, management and storage of big data will be identified through 4 keynote lectures, 20 six-hour courses, and 1 round table, which will tackle the most active and promising topics. The organizers are convinced that outstanding speakers will attract the brightest and most motivated students. Interaction will be a main component of the event. An open session will give participants the opportunity to present their own work in progress in 5 minutes. ADDRESSED TO: Graduates and postgraduates from around the world. There are no formal pre-requisites in terms of academic degrees. However, since there will be differences in the course levels, specific knowledge background may be assumed for some of them. BigDat 2016 is also appropriate for more senior people who want to keep themselves updated on recent developments and future trends. All will surely find it fruitful to listen and discuss with major researchers, industry leaders and innovators. REGIME: In addition to keynotes, 2-3 courses will run in parallel during the whole event. Participants will be able to freely choose the courses they will be willing to attend as well as to move from one to another. VENUE: BigDat 2016 will take place in Bilbao, the capital of the Basque Country region, famous for its gastronomy and the seat of the GuggenheimMuseum. The venue will be: DeustoTech, School of Engineering University of Deusto Avda. Universidades, 24 48014 Bilbao KEYNOTE SPEAKERS: Nektarios Benekos (European Organization for Nuclear Research), Role of Computing and Software in Particle Physics Chih-Jen Lin (NationalTaiwanUniversity), When and When Not to Use Distributed Machine Learning Jeffrey Ullman (StanfordUniversity), Theory of MapReduce Algorithms Alexandre Vaniachine (Argonne National Laboratory), Big Data Technologies and Data Science Methods in the Higgs Boson Discovery PROFESSORS AND COURSES: Nektarios Benekos (European Organization for Nuclear Research), [introductory/intermediate] Exploring the Mysteries of our Cosmos: the Big Deal between Big Data and Big Science Hendrik Blockeel (KU Leuven), [intermediate] Decision Trees for Big Data Analytics Edward Y. Chang (HTC Health, Taipei), [introductory/intermediate] Big Data Analytics for Healthcare: Scalable Algorithms and Applications Nello Cristianini (University of Bristol), [introductory] THINKBIG: Towards Large Scale Computational Social Sciences, History and Digital Humanities Ernesto Damiani (University of Milan), [introductory/intermediate] Architectures, Models and Tools for Big-Data-as-a-Service Francisco Herrera (University of Granada), [introductory] Big Data Preprocessing George Karypis (University of Minnesota), [intermediate/advanced] Scaling Up Recommender Systems Chih-Jen Lin (NationalTaiwanUniversity), [introductory/intermediate] Large-scale Linear Classification Geoff McLachlan (University of Queensland), [intermediate/advanced] Big Data Extensions of Some Methods of Classification and Clustering Wladek Minor (University of Virginia), [introductory/intermediate] Big Data in Biomedical Sciences Raymond Ng (University of British Columbia), [introductory/intermediate] Mining and Summarizing Text Conversations Sankar K. Pal (Indian Statistical Institute), [introductory/advanced] Machine Intelligence and Granular Mining: Relevance to Big Data Erhard Rahm (University of Leipzig), [introductory/intermediate] Scalable and Privacy-preserving Data Integration Hanan Samet (University of Maryland), [introductory/intermediate] Sorting in Space: Multidimensional, Spatial, and Metric Data Structures for Applications in Spatial Databases, Geographic Information Systems (GIS), and Location-based Services Jaideep Srivastava (Qatar Computing Research Institute), [intermediate] Social Computing: Computing as an Integral Tool to Understanding Human Behavior and Solving Problems of Social Relevance Jeffrey Ullman (StanfordUniversity), [introductory] Big Data Algorithms that Aren't Machine Learning Alexandre Vaniachine (Argonne National Laboratory), [introductory/advanced] Big Data: Comparison with Computational Models Xiaowei Xu (University of Arkansas, Little Rock), [introductory/advanced] Big Data Analytics for Social Networks Fuli Yu (Baylor College of Medicine), [introductory/intermediate] Overview of Large-scale Genomics and Variant Analysis Mohammed J. Zaki (Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute), [introductory/intermediate] Large Scale Graph Analytics and Mining OPEN SESSION An open session will collect 5-minute presentations of work in progress by participants. They should submit a half-page abstract containing title, authors, and summary of the research to adrian.dediu (at) urv.cat by February 5, 2016. ORGANIZING COMMITTEE: Adrian Horia Dediu Carlos Martín-Vide (co-chair) Iker Pastor López (co-chair) Borja Sanz (co-chair) Florentina Lilica Voicu REGISTRATION: It has to be done at http://grammars.grlmc.com/bigdat2016/registration.php The selection of up to 8 courses requested in the registration template is only tentative and non-binding. For the sake of organization, it will be helpful to have an approximation of the respective demand for each course. Since the capacity of the venue is limited, registration requests will be processed on a first come first served basis. The registration period will be closed and the on-line registration facility disabled when the capacity of the venue will be complete. It is much recommended to register prior to the event. FEES: Participants are expected to attend full-time. Fees are a flat rate allowing the attendance to all courses during the week. There are several early registration deadlines. Fees depend on the registration deadline. ACCOMMODATION: Suggestions of accommodation are available on the webpage. CERTIFICATE: Participants will be delivered a certificate of attendance. QUESTIONS AND FURTHER INFORMATION: florentinalilica.voicu (at) urv.cat ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS: University of Deusto Rovira i Virgili University

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Benelux Bioinformatics Conference 2015: 10 days left - last information
by Laukens Kris 27 Nov '15

27 Nov '15

- Benelux Bioinformatics Conference 2015 - Dear colleague, the 10th Benelux Bioinformatics Conference is rapidly approaching! We are happy to inform you that the current registration pace indicates that we will have yet another very successful BBC edition! Take your chance now, and register no later than Monday 30 november to guarantee yourself a seat. With this mail we are happy to announce the full program, and inform you about all practical aspects with regards to your trip to Antwerpen. Full conference program now available. The program committee has extensively reviewed all submissions and all abstract authors have been notified. The full program, including keynotes, selected talks and corporate presentations, is now available online. http://bbc2015.be/programme.html Last chance for advance registration You can register online until Monday 30 november. On-site registrations are possible as long as free places are available. Given that the number of seats in the venue is limited, we urge everyone to register in advance! http://bbc2015.be/registration.html Last chance for late poster abstracts Late poster abstract deadline closes 30 November 2015, 1PM CET. No extension can be granted for practical reasons, so please ensure a timely submission! http://bbc2015.be/submission.html Call for anniversary edition memories To celebrate this special anniversary edition, we believe there should be time for a retrospective session on the previous editions of this conference, and on the evolution of the community. We therefore invite anyone who attended earlier editions (especially the first editions), to send us your memories, interesting facts and trivia that could fit in such a session or elsewhere. Please send your input to info(a)bbc2015.be<mailto:info@bbc2015.be>. Pictures or other media are very welcome too, but please use a file transfer or cloud service to send them without crashing our mailbox :-). To give our special guest speaker sufficient time to compile this material, we look forward to receive your input preferentially by december 1st. Practical information for authors of oral or poster presentations To all orally presenting authors, we ask to find your presentation slot on the program website. Please take into account that a timeframe of 12 minutes for the presentation, and 15 minutes for your entire talk including questions, will be strictly enforced. We also ask you kindly to put your presentation on the presentation computer in advance, and no later than during the break before your actual session. To all poster presenters, we would like to inform you that the poster boards allow for posters in A0 format (841mm x 1189mm), in a vertical (portrait) orientation. Other useful information: Date: 7 - 8 december, 2015 Location: Elzenveld, Lange Gasthuisstraat 45, Antwerpen, Belgium Venue: http://bbc2015.be/venue.html Transport: http://bbc2015.be/transport.html Accommodation tips: http://bbc2015.be/accommodation.html BBC2015 Student Symposium RSG Belgium, RSG Netherlands, RSG Luxembourg and RSG France (JeBiF) are organising the adjacent BBC2015 Student Symposium on the 6th of December (the day before the BBC) in the Institute for Tropical Medicine in Antwerp. For more information on registration and abstract submission for this event: http://bbc2015.be/ss_about.html Key dates - 30/11/2015: Late conference registration deadline - 30/11/2015: Late abstract submission deadline (IMPORTANT: deadline is 1PM CET!) - 06/12/2015: BBC Student Symposium - 07/12/2015 - 08/12/2015: Main conference takes place More information - website: www.bbc2015.be<http://www.bbc2015.be/> - Twitter: @BBC2015AN - social media hashtag: #BBC2015AN - Linkedin group: http://linkd.in/1a4Gv1T - conference email: info(a)bbc2015.be<mailto:info@bbc2015.be> Gold sponsors [cid:39348392-FFB5-410B-BD43-AC02AE426152@ua.ac.be][cid:A7C6CF3A-9AE4-4B83-A478-767908F6EA32@ua.ac.be] [cid:DD940EDA-F72C-4AAC-9A6B-8A38E57DABFA@ua.ac.be]

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Join Matthias Mann and Peer Bork at Applied Bioinformatics in Life Sciences
by Frederik Coppens 26 Nov '15

26 Nov '15

Email not displaying correctly? View it in your browser. <http://vib.cmail2.com/t/r-i-zihdtuy-l-i/> Join Matthias Mann and Peer Bork at 'Applied Bioinformatics in Life Sciences' Abstract deadline is January 4, 2016! The first edition of the two day event ‘Applied Bioinformatics in Life Sciences <http://vib.cmail2.com/t/r-i-zihdtuy-l-d/>’ organized by the Flanders Institute for Biotechnology (VIB), will take place on the 17th-18th of March, 2016 in Leuven, Belgium. Why this conference? “Bioinformatics is already an indispensable fundament of biology and biomedicine. It is already clear that ‘big data’ and machine learning will be next” Matthias Mann (Max Planck Institute of Biochemistry, DE) Early bird & PhD discount Register now and make use of the early bird discount. To support junior researchers, VIB offersPhD students a significant discount when registering before february the 1st 2016. For more information about registration please visit the conference website. <http://vib.cmail2.com/t/r-i-zihdtuy-l-h/> Present your research Showcase your own research to the international research community during the poster sessions at the conference.The best abstracts will be selected for a presentation! The deadline for the abstract submission is January 4th 2016.You can upload your abstract on the conference website. <http://vib.cmail2.com/t/r-i-zihdtuy-l-k/> Meet the Expert: ‘Prof. Dr. Matthias Mann’ We offer all junior researchers the opportunity to join our ‘Meet the Expert' session with Prof. Dr. Matthias Mann (MPI.DE), one of our top speakers. During an informal round table discussion, PhD students and postdocs will have the exclusive opportunity to ask any question/advise related to their research and careers. If you are interested in joining the session then send an e-mail to conferences(a)vib.be <http://conferences@vib.be/>. Seating is very limited so make sure to reserve a spot soon! Speakers 18 Academic speakers including: <http://vib.cmail2.com/t/r-i-zihdtuy-l-u/> <http://vib.cmail2.com/t/r-i-zihdtuy-l-o/> Join our workshop As a prelude to the ABLS conference, TRAINING AT VIB is organizing a workshop to help biologists and computational biologists to better understand prerequisites once planning large data generating experiments. The course will be held on 16th of March from 9am at the Provinciehuis, Leuven. For more info please visit the training website <http://vib.cmail2.com/t/r-i-zihdtuy-l-b/> Explore the historical university city of Leuven Leuven households the KU Leuven. One of the oldest universities of Western Europe. The city is also home to the Anheuser-Busch InBev company, one of the world's largest brewing groups producing the Leuven-based Stella-Artois beer as one of their flagship brands. <http://vib.cmail2.com/t/r-i-zihdtuy-l-n/> We hope to have triggered your interest in our conference. In case you have questions or remarks, please feel free to contact us. With kind regards Alexander Botzki The members of the organizing committee: Alex Botzki, VIB BioInformatics Training and Service facility, VIB HQ Evy Vierstraete, VIB Science events executive, VIB HQ Frederik Coppens, VIB Department of Plant Systems Biology, UGent Geert Van Minnebruggen, VIB Headquarters Lennart Martens, VIB Medical Biotechnology Center, UGent Ligia Mateiu, VIB Department of Molecular Genetics, Unuiversity of Antwerp Mark Fiers, VIB Center for the Biology of Disease, KU Leuven Stein Aerts, Group Leader, Center for Human Genetics, KU Leuven Wim Vranken, VIB Structural Biology Research Center, Vrije Universiteit Brussel Yvan Saeys, VIB Inflammation Research Center, UGent <http://vib.cmail2.com/t/r-i-zihdtuy-l-p/> <http://vib.cmail2.com/t/r-i-zihdtuy-l-x/> ================================================================== Frederik Coppens, Ph.D. Project Leader Applied Bioinformatics & Biostatistics IT manager Tel: 32 (0)9 3313812 Fax:32 (0)9 3313809 VIB DEPARTMENT OF PLANT SYSTEMS BIOLOGY, UGent Technologiepark 927, 9052 Gent, BELGIUM frcop(a)psb.ugent.be http://www.psb.ugent.be/abb ==================================================================

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Full-time Academic Position Data Science for Bioinformatics/Computational Biology at ULB
by Tom Lenaerts 26 Nov '15

26 Nov '15

Dear all, Please find attached to this emall the announcement of a full-time academic position oriented towards data science for bioinformatics and computational bioology. Kind regards Tom _______________________________________________________________ Prof. Tom Lenaerts, PhD head of the Machine Learning Group Département d'Informatique, FS Université Libre de Bruxelles Boulevard du Triomphe - CP 212 Research professor in the Artificial Intelligence lab Vakgroep Computerwetenschappen Vrije Universiteit Brussel Pleinlaan 2 Member of the Interuniversity institute for Bioinformatics in Brussels (IB2) Université Libre de Bruxelles and Vrije Universiteit Brussel Boulevard du Triomphe CP263 1050 Brussels, Belgium e-mail: tlenaert(a)ulb.ac.be <mailto:tlenaert@ulb.ac.be> / tlenaert(a)vub.ac.be <mailto:tlenaert@vub.ac.be> web-page: www.ulb.ac.be/di/map/tlenaert/ <http://www.ulb.ac.be/di/map/tlenaert/> web-page: ai.vub.ac.be/members/tom-lenaerts <http://ai.vub.ac.be/members/tom-lenaerts> web-page: ibsquare.be/members/tom-lenaerts _______________________________________________________________

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Vacancy: PhD position on next-generation optical mapping data analysis
by Ridder, Dick de 23 Nov '15

23 Nov '15

Dear all, We are looking for an enthusiastic PhD candidate on a project titled "Next-generation optical mapping for high-throughput genotyping". This STW project is a collaboration with Plant Research International in Wageningen, who own a BioNano Genomics Irys optical mapping system, and several plant breeding and plant biotechnology companies. The aim of the project is to develop new algorithms for analyzing high-throughput optical mapping data, for de novo genome assembly and resequencing purposes. The objectives are to combine NGS and optical mapping data to obtain high-quality assemblies of complex genomes, including those of polyploid organisms, and to develop optical mapping into a cost-effective genotyping platform by allowing multiplexing and population-scale detection of structural variation. We are looking for an ambitious PhD candidate with an MSc degree in bioinformatics or computer science (with a demonstrable affinity for biology). We are specifically seeking candidates with a strong background in algorithm development, preferably in NGS data analysis or signal processing, and demonstrable skills in mathematics and statistics. You will be based in Wageningen, and work in close cooperation with other PhD candidates and researchers in Wageningen and in industry. Additional information about the position can be found at http://tinyurl.com/nbdlju4. Interested candidates can apply up to January 1, 2016 through this website. Best regards, prof. Dick de Ridder dr. Gabino Sanchez-Perez Bioinformatics Group, Wageningen University, The Netherlands

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TPNC 2015: call for participation
by GRLMC 20 Nov '15

20 Nov '15

*To be removed from our mailing list, please respond to this message with UNSUBSCRIBE in the subject line* ********************************************************************************** 4th INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE ON THE THEORY AND PRACTICE OF NATURAL COMPUTING TPNC 2015 Mieres, Spain December 15-16, 2015 Organised by: European Centre for Soft Computing Research Group on Mathematical Linguistics (GRLMC) Rovira i Virgili University http://grammars.grlmc.com/tpnc2015/ ********************************************************************************** PROGRAM Tuesday, December 15 08:15 - 08:45 Registration 08:45 - 09:00 Opening 09:00 - 09:50 A.E. Eiben: EvoSphere: the World of Robot Evolution - Invited Lecture 09:50 - 10:20 Coffee Break 10:20 - 11:35 Oualid Chenni, Yanis Bouda, Hamid Benachour and Chahnez Zakaria: A Content-based Recommendation Approach Using Semantic User Profile in E-recruitment Luca Mariot and Alberto Leporati: A Genetic Algorithm for Evolving Plateaued Cryptographic Boolean Functions Muhammad Marwan Muhammad Fuad: Hierarchical Clustering of DNA Microarray Data Using a Hybrid of Bacterial Foraging and Differential Evolution 11:35 - 11:50 Break and Group Photo 11:50 - 13:05 Abtin Nourmohammadzadeh and Sven Hartmann: Fault Classification of a Centrifugal Pump in Normal and Noisy Environment with Artificial Neural Network and Support Vector Machine Enhanced by a Genetic Algorithm Stjepan Picek, Sylvain Guilley, Claude Carlet, Domagoj Jakobovic and Julian Miller: Evolutionary Approach for Finding Correlation Immune Boolean Functions of Order t with Minimal Hamming Weight Gracian Trivino and Daniel Sanchez-Valdes: Generation of Linguistic Advices for Saving Energy: Architecture 13:05 - 14:35 Lunch 14:35 - 15:25 John A. Smolin: Theory and Practice of Quantum Computing - Invited Lecture 15:25 - 15:40 Break 15:40 - 16:40 Poster Session Silvio Capobianco, Jarkko Kari and Siamak Taati: Some Notes about Reversibility in Cellular Automata Dariusz Kalocinski, Nina Gierasimczuk and Marcin Mostowski: Learning semantics by coordination Gábor Prószéky and Balázs Indig: Natural parsing: a psycholinguistically motivated computational language processing model Luis M. San-Jose-Revuelta: Improved GPS Satellites Selection Using a Tabu Search Optimization Algorithm Antoni Sobkowicz and Wojciech Stokowiec: You think this is funny? - Detecting sentiment and humor in Steam reviews using nature inspired methods Didier Verna: Software Systems and Unicellular Life: Puzzling Analogies Wednesday, December 16 09:00 - 09:50 Guy Theraulaz: Stigmergic Interactions and 3D Nest Construction in Ant Colonies - Invited Lecture 09:50 - 10:20 Coffee Break 10:20 - 11:35 Ilana Agmon and Tal Mor: A Model for the Emergence of Coded Life Akihiro Nishimura, Takuya Nishida, Yu-Ichi Hayashi, Takaaki Mizuki and Hideaki Sone: Five-card Secure Computations Using Unequal Division Shuffle Tomoyuki Yamakami: Straight Construction of Non-interactive Quantum Bit Commitment Schemes from Indistinguishable Quantum State Ensembles 11:35 - 11:50 Break 11:50 - 13:05 Pablo Arrighi and Gilles Dowek: Discrete Geodesics and Cellular Automata Mohammad Ali Javaheri Javid, Robert Zimmer, Anna Ursyn and Mohammad Majid al-Rifaie: A Quantitative Approach for Detecting Symmetries and Complexity in 2D Plane Hiroshi Umeo, Keisuke Imai and Akihiro Sousa: A Generalized Minimum-time Minimum-state-change FSSP Algorithm 13:05 - 13:20 Closing

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Tenure Track Position Assistant Professor Bioinformatics
by Berend Snel 20 Nov '15

20 Nov '15

ASSISTANT PROFESSOR (TENURE TRACK) Bioinformatics for life sciences and sustainability (1,0 FTE) Utrecht University The recently created bioinformatics chair of Utrecht University is searching for a new assistant professor in bioinformatics. You are expected to develop or continue your own research line in the life sciences using bioinformatics approaches. This involves acquisition of grants to form your own group. You will also be expected to participate in existing bioinformatics courses at the bachelor/master levels and to participate in the development of a new advanced bioinformatics course. Profile We are searching for a computational life scientist with a track record reflecting exciting biological research that deeply involves bioinformatics. You will be functioning at the Principal Investigator level, develop your own research line and supervise your own PhD students. Your background could be in biology provided you have a solid experience in bioinformatics, or computer science or physics provided you have a genuine biological research line. For more information and/or to apply see: http://www.peoplexs.com/Peoplexs22/CandidatesPortalNoLogin/Vacancy.cfm?Port…

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Registration open for Linux for Genomics and Introduction to Python for Biologists
by Bert Overduin 17 Nov '15

17 Nov '15

Dear all, I hereby want to draw your attention to two of the Edinburgh Genomics workshops that are currently open for registration. Both workshop are aimed at absolute beginners and provide a good introduction into bioinformatics and programming, respectively: *Linux for Genomics, 25 January 2016* Genomic studies produce vast amounts of data, usually in the form of very large text files. Linux is particularly suited to working with such files, and is therefore arguably one of the most important tools in a bioinformatician’s toolkit. The Linux command line enables one to view, filter and manipulate large text files that are difficult or impossible to handle with applications like Word or Excel, write pipelines to perform certain tasks and run bioinformatics software for which no web interface is available. In this workshop we will provide a basic introduction to Linux, covering the most used commands, followed by an introduction to several popular command-line tools that were especially developed for genomics (e.g. samtools and bedtools). The workshop will be mostly hands-on. In the tutorials genomic data and file formats commonly used in genomics (e.g. BED, FASTA, FASTQ, GFF/GTF, SAM/BAM, VCF) will be used. For more information: https://genomics.ed.ac.uk/linux-genomics *Introduction to Python for Biologists, 15-19 February 2016* Python is a dynamic, readable language that is a popular platform for all types of bioinformatics work, from simple one-off scripts to large, complex software projects. This workshop is aimed at complete beginners and assumes no prior programming experience. It gives an overview of the language with an emphasis on practical problem-solving, using examples and exercises drawn from various aspects of bioinformatics work. The workshop is structured so that the parts of the language most useful for bioinformatics are introduced as early as possible, and that students can start writing plausibly-useful programs after the first few sessions. After completing the workshop, students should be in a position to (1) apply the skills they have learned to tackling problems in their own research and (2) continue their Python education in a self-directed way. For more information: https://genomics.ed.ac.uk/introduction-python-biologists Cheers, Bert -- Bert Overduin, PhD TRAINING AND OUTREACH BIOINFORMATICIAN Bert.Overduin(a)ed.ac.uk EDINBURGH GENOMICS The University of Edinburgh Ashworth Laboratories The King's Buildings Charlotte Auerbach Road Edinburgh EH9 3FL Scotland, United Kingdom tel. +44(0)1316507403 http://genomics.ed.ac.uk The University of Edinburgh is a charitable body, registered in Scotland, with registration number SC005336.

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