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Reminder: BioSB Course Kick start R (4th edition), May 19, 2017, Amsterdam
by Femke Francissen 10 May '17

10 May '17

*BioSB Course Kick start R (4th edition) * *Date: May 19, 2017* *Location: Amsterdam* *Course Coordinator: Douwe Molenaar (VU)* *Website*, including course programme: http://biosb.nl/edu cation/course-portfolio/course-kick-start-r/ *Registration: * http://biosb.nl/education/course-portfolio/co urse-kick-start-r/enrollment-kick-start-r-course-4th-edition/ On May 19, 2017, BioSB organises the fourth edition of the Kick Start R course in Amsterdam. *Goal* The goal of this kick-start course is to: - Introduce the structure and philosophy behind the R-language. - Introduce a number of tools to work with R. - Give hands-on experience in solving data problems from the lab This is an introductory course to speed up the study of R. *Target audience* Primarily targeting researchers from academia, but participants from the private sector are also welcome. *Description* This is a one-day introduction to the possibilities of the statistical calculation environment R for those who would like to use it, or have already started using R for statistical data analysis but would like to obtain a bit more background. We will start with a lecture in which the philosophy behind the R-language will be explained. An understanding of the data structures in R allows you to work more efficiently with R. We will show some of the advanced possibilities of R as well as where to find tutorials if you want to know more about those techniques. Most of the day will be devoted to a hands-on tutorial. The tutorial contains material from an introductory master course that is taught at the VU University. The manual contains material and references to material for self-study. Topics that we will discuss: R language basics, installing R and R-packages, finding help, using R-studio, making dynamic reports, model fitting, reading/writing data from/to files, making publication-ready graphs, books and tutorials on the use of R. Participants will get a certificate after successfully completing this course. Read more <http://biosb.nl/education/course-portfolio/course-kick-start-r/> & Register via the registration form <http://biosb.nl/education/course-portfolio/course-kick-start-r/enrollment-k…> Best regards, ** ** *Femke Francissen* Community manager BioSB BioSB Research School Visiting address: Geert Grooteplein 28, route 260, 6525 GA Nijmegen Postal address: P.O. box 9101, route 260, 6500 HB Nijmegen E-mail: femke.francissen(a)biosb.nl Skype: femke.francissen Website: www.biosb.nl LinkedIn link <http://nl.linkedin.com/in/femkefrancissen>

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Reminder: 13th Student Council Symposium
by ISCBSC announcement 10 May '17

10 May '17

Dear All, The ISCB Student Council is excited to announce the *13th Student Council Symposium (SCS)* which will be hosted, preceding *ISMB/ECCB 2017*, at the Prague Congress Centre in Czech Republic on July 21, 2017. The SCS is an annual student-organized event, with a goal to highlight latest research from a wide variety of subfields of bioinformatics and computational biology. The SCS 2017 will include keynote talks, contributed talks, poster session, and a social event in the evening. The symposium is a great opportunity to hear talks from an international group of students, learn about latest advances in computational biology, and build a worldwide scientific network. We are also pleased to announce our keynote speakers: *Professor Christine Orengo* from University College London (UCL), and *Dr. Johannes Söding *from the Max Planck Institute for Biophysical Chemistry. Prof. Orengo is an expert in bioinformatics and her research group, at UCL, focuses on understanding how protein domains are conserved over evolutionary time and developing methods to predict protein function. Dr. Söding is specialized in the development of statistical methods for the detection of distant evolutionary relationships on protein sequences. Additional keynote information can be found online <http://symposium.iscbsc.org/scs2017-keynotes>. Please *submit your abstract soon *for poster and/or an oral presentation! The deadline is approaching fast (*May 14, 2017*). *Key Dates:* May 14, 2017 Abstract Call Closes May 14, 2017 Travel Fellowship Call Closes *July 21, 2017 13th Annual Student Council Symposium* You can help us spread the word by sharing the event flyer (please find it attached) and using the hashtag *#SCS17* on social media. We look forward to welcome you in Prague this summer! The SCS2017 Organizing Committee <http://www.ectmih2017.be/> Disclaimer <http://www.itg.be/disclaimer> Directions to our location(s) <http://g.co/maps/ua89b>

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PhD position in Leuven
by Karoline Faust 10 May '17

10 May '17

?The Laboratory of Microbial Systems Biology (http://tinyurl.com/MicrobialSysBio) is looking for a motivated PhD candidate who is ?interested in the development of a platform that builds and analyses networks from microbial sequencing data. The young lab, started in 2016, is part of the Molecular Bacteriology unit at the Rega institute. In general, the lab's research projects aim at improving our understanding of microbial community structure and dynamics. Project An increasing number of large-scale sequencing projects studies the composition of microbial communities in environments ranging from the open ocean to the human gut. These projects often yield abundance estimates for thousands of operating taxonomic units over hundreds of samples and are accompanied by rich metadata on the environment and the sequencing protocol. Previously, a number of network construction techniques was developed and applied to these data sets to explore microbial community structure. However, these techniques often result in large networks, so-called "hairballs", which need to be further analyzed to better understand the community under study. In this project, we will develop, implement and benchmark novel approaches to visualize, analyze and interpret these "hairballs", in order to gain biological insights from these challenging data sets. Profile Two types of profiles are acceptable: Background in informatics · good knowledge of an object-oriented programming language, integrated development environment and modern version control system · at least basic knowledge of microbiology or ecology · strong interest in microbial ecology Background in biology · good knowledge of microbiology or ecology · at least basic knowledge of an object-oriented programming language · strong motivation to improve programming skills The PhD candidate is expected to apply for an FWO PhD fellowship and should therefore meet the eligibility criteria (http://www.fwo.be/en/fellowships-funding/phd-fellowships/phd-fellowship/) Proficiency in English is required, knowledge of graph theory, Cytoscape or R is a plus. The PhD candidate should obtain a Master degree end of September 2017 at the latest. Offer · full-time 2-year contract, with the possibility of an extension · enrolment at one of the top universities in Europe · exciting research environment · competitive salary Interested? Please submit a cover letter, a CV including obtained grades, and a list with at least two references (with name, function, email, address, phone number) through the online application tool: https://icts.kuleuven.be/apps/jobsite/vacatures/54023741 The starting date is the first September 2017. For more information please contact Karoline Faust at: karoline.faust(a)kuleuven.be

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Genome 10K and Genome Science 2017, Norwich, UK - 29 August to 1 September 2017
by Bert Overduin 05 May '17

05 May '17

FYI ********** Dear Colleague, You are invited to the Genome 10K and Genome Science 2017 conference, hosted by Earlham Institute, Norwich from 29 August to 1 September 2017. Registrations are now open <http://www.earlham.ac.uk/genome-10k-and-genome-science>. Note that early bird registration has been extended to May 31st! This conference combines the biannual Genome 10K conference with the annual UK Genome Science Meeting, offering fantastic opportunities to hear from an even more diverse range of internationally renowned speakers and giving you greater networking opportunities. Please feel free to send this invitation on to colleagues for wider dissemination – we appreciate your support! *About the event* Earlham Institute are proud to host two prestigious conferences in one – The Genome 10K biannual conference for the Genome 10K project – assembling a genomic zoo to capture genetic diversity of vertebrate species to support worldwide conservation efforts – and the Genome Science meeting – a successful annual meeting exploring advances in genomic technologies and computational biology and their applications across the biomedical sciences. We have an exciting programme packed full of renowned speakers, current hot topics for discussion, continuing professional development and training sessions. On top of this there will be ample networking opportunities, such as the conference dinner and social mixer events to really help bring together these fantastic communities of leading researchers. *Dr Emily Angiolini* *Scientific Training and Education Team Manager* [image: ei-as-signature-4] [image: email-banner-31-may] <http://www.earlham.ac.uk/genome-10k-and-genome-science> -- Bert Overduin, PhD TRAINING AND OUTREACH BIOINFORMATICIAN Bert.Overduin(a)ed.ac.uk orcid.org/0000-0002-5281-8838 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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Data Manipulation and Visualisation with Python and Advanced Python for Biologists, Edinburgh, July 2017
by Bert Overduin 02 May '17

02 May '17

Dear all, In July Edinburgh Genomics will be offering the following two 5-day Python workshops, taught by Dr. Martin Jones of Python for Biologists ( http://pythonforbiologists.com) DATA MANIPULATION AND VISUALISATION WITH PYTHON, 10-14 July 2017: For details and to register: http://genomics.ed.ac.uk/services/data-manipulation-and-visualisation-python ADVANCED PYTHON FOR BIOLOGISTS, 24-28 July 2017: For details and to register: http://genomics.ed.ac.uk/services/advanced-python-biologists The Advanced course is aimed at people who want to develop bigger or more complicated programs in Python, or to learn more about the language, or to explore different approaches (object-oriented, functional) to programming. The material covered is very general purpose and can be applied to any kind of problem. The Dataviz course is about using a set of Python libraries that are specifically designed for data exploration and visualisation. In the Dataviz course, we're going to concentrate on using these tools to explore patterns in data, but the actual code that we write will be very simple - mostly we will be calling the functions and methods in these libraries. To summarise: if you want to learn more about the language, build more complicated programs, or need to work with existing complicated programs, attend the Advanced course. If you want to explore datasets, find patterns, produce figures and charts, attend the Dataviz course. For both workshops knowledge at the level of the Edinburgh Genomics workshop INTRODUCTION TO PYTHON FOR BIOLOGISTS ( http://genomics.ed.ac.uk/services/introduction-python-biologists) is sufficient. Please don't hesitate to contact me in case you have any questions. With kind regards, Bert -- Bert Overduin, PhD TRAINING AND OUTREACH BIOINFORMATICIAN Bert.Overduin(a)ed.ac.uk orcid.org/0000-0002-5281-8838 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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Senior bioinformatician position
by P. Katsikis 01 May '17

01 May '17

Dear Sir/Madam, We would like to post the attached job opening for a Senior bioinformatician position in the Department of Immunology at Erasmus MC University Medical Center. Thank you in advance. Sincerely yours Peter Katsikis Peter D. Katsikis M.D., Ph.D., Professor and Head, Department of Immunology, Erasmus University Medical Center Tel: 31-107044188 (Administrative Assistant) Email: p.katsikis(a)erasmusmc.nl<mailto:p.katsikis@erasmusmc.nl> [Description: Erasmus MC] P.O. Box 2040, 3000 CA Rotterdam, The Netherlands Visiting address: office Na-1218, Wytemaweg 80, 3015 CN Rotterdam, The Netherlands www.erasmusmc.nl<http://www.erasmusmc.nl/> | www.erasmusmc.nl/immunologie<http://www.erasmusmc.nl/immunologie>

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