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PhD position in Integrating of multiple -omics datasets
by Claesen Jürgen 04 Jun '24

04 Jun '24

Dear all, SCK CEN and UHasselt are looking for candidates for a PhD project with the title: "Integromics - Towards integration of big biomolecular data to enable systems biology" Description The last decades, development of high-throughput technologies such as next-generation sequencing, microarrays and mass spectrometry has led to a paradigm shift in biology and life sciences. Where previously one biomolecule (for example, a gene, or a protein) was studied as a single entity, these experimental techniques allow to study a set of biomolecules (for example, the genome or the proteome) in one go and in a limited amount of time. While, at first, experiments were analyzed independently from each other, combining information of several experimental techniques, and correlating them with environmental and/or clinical parameters, is, nowadays, of great interest. As a consequence, novel statistical and computational methodologies for the analysis of multi-omics datasets have to be developed, allowing a multi-dimensional view on complex biological processes. In this PhD project, we aim at the development of computational methods for the analysis of multi-omics datasets, that are commonly generated by the three biology units of SCK*CEN, which will improve the understanding and valorization of the data, and which will keep the biology units up to date with current developments in biology and bioinformatics. Profile and diploma As a doctorate researcher you will join the dynamic bioinformatics team at SCK CEN and CenStat (UHasselt). A successful candidate should have : * A master degree in biostatistics/applied statistics/bioinformatics/statistical bioinformatics. * You are acquainted with statistical methodologies and had exposure to computer programming in SAS/R/Winbugs/Python. * You can work independently and within a team. * You have excellent communication skills. * You are interested to develop new methodology from both theoretical and applied aspects. * You enjoy working in a multidisciplinary and multicultural environment. * You are willing to closely collaborate with biologists/biostatisticians. * You speak and write English fluently. * You have work experience with at least two different "omics" platforms. For more information contact: Dr. Claesen Jürgen (SCK-CEN), jclaesen(a)sckcen.be<https://academy.sckcen.be/en/Mailform?contactid=b22040b5-cf18-496f-a82a-3bc…> Prof. Shkedy Ziv (Hasselt University), ziv.shkedy(a)uhasselt.be<https://academy.sckcen.be/en/Mailform?contactid=51ae7733-8006-4347-b211-9a4…> Link to the project in SCK-CEN: https://academy.sckcen.be/en/Your_thesis_internship/AllTopics/Integromics--… Kind Regards, Jürgen

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NERC Bursaries for Edinburgh Genomics Courses
by TRAIN edgenomics-training 02 Mar '22

02 Mar '22

Dear All We are pleased to announce we have a number of bursaries available to cover up-to the full fees of any of our upcoming bioinformatics courses. These bursaries are available to UK based students or researchers funded by the NERC or working on research that falls under the remit of the NERC (https://nerc.ukri.org/research/portfolio/remit/) Bursaries are available for any of our courses (see below) but are available for a LIMITED TIME ONLY: They are available for any course booked BEFORE 27th MARCH. So please don't wait to sign up! Our upcoming courses: Linux for Genomics, 13th March - An introduction to working on the command line, running commands and handling data relevant to bioinformatics. https://genomics.ed.ac.uk/services/linux-genomics R for Genomics, 14-15th March - An introduction to the statistical environment R, taking you from the very basics to writing basic functions and creating beautiful figures with ggplot2 https://genomics.ed.ac.uk/services/r-genomics Introduction to Python for Biologists, 18-22 March - This introductory course gives an overview of the language with an emphasis on practical problem-solving, using examples and exercises drawn from various aspects of bioinformatics work. https://genomics.ed.ac.uk/services/introduction-python-biologists-0 Data Manipulation and Visualisation with Python, 08 - 12 April - Python has a many high-quality libraries for working with scientific data. In this workshop we will see how to leverage these libraries to efficiently work with and visualise large volumes of data. https://genomics.ed.ac.uk/services/data-manipulation-and-visualisation-pyth… Introduction to RNA-seq Data Analysis, 9-10th May - This two-day course takes you through a tried-and-tested workflow for analysing RNA-seq data, from read mapping and QC to differential expression and result visualisation. https://genomics.ed.ac.uk/services/introduction-rna-seq-data-analysis If you think you are provably eligible for one of these bursaries, sign up to your desired course through the link provided and we will be in contact regarding fees. Kind Regards Nathan Medd Training and Outreach Manager - Edinburgh Genomics G.06, Ashworth Laboratories, Charlotte Auerbach Road, The King's Buildings, The University of Edinburgh, EH9 3FL, Edinburgh, Scotland Edinburgh Genomics' Privacy Notice can be viewed at: http://genomics.ed.ac.uk/about-us/privacy-notice This email and any attachments are confidential and intended solely for the use of the recipient(s) to whom they are addressed. If you have received it in error, please destroy all copies and inform the sender. The University of Edinburgh is a charitable body, registered in Scotland, with registration number SC005336.

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ESCS 2020 | Abstract submission is open
by ESCS 11 Jun '20

11 Jun '20

[image: ESCS2020_banner-notPaint.png] Dear all, The abstract submission process for the *European Student Council Symposium 2020 (ESCS 2020)* is open! The ESCS 2020 will take place on *6th September 2020 in Sitges, Spain* directly preceding the opening of the European Conference on Computational Biology (ECCB 2020). The ESCS provides a forum for students and young researchers in the fields of Bioinformatics and Computational Biology to meet, present their work in front of an international audience, build a network within the computational biology community and obtain opportunities that can contribute to the development of their scientific career. In this scope, we invite all participants to submit *an abstract for an oral or poster presentation*. The submission deadline for abstracts is: *11th June 2020*. You can find all relevant information about ESCS 2020 here: *https://www.escs2020.iscbsc.org/ <https://www.escs2020.iscbsc.org/>*. For any further inquiries don't hesitate to contact us at *escs(a)iscbsc.org <escs(a)iscbsc.org>*. Best regards, Gabriel Olguín Orellana, chair ESCS 2020 Sofia Papadimitriou, co-chair ESCS 2020

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[DUTCH] Vacature docent bioinformatica HAN Nijmegen
by Bruggen Martijn van der 31 May '20

31 May '20

De Hogeschool van Arnhem en Nijmegen heeft een vacature voor een docent bioinformatica. Meer informatie is terug te vinden op onze website: https://www.han.nl/over-de-han/werken-bij-de-han/vacatures/docent-bio-infor… Met vriendelijke groet, Martijn. Drs. Martijn van der Bruggen | Academiemanager ATBC / docent bioinformatica | HAN_ University of Applied Sciences | Hogeschool van Arnhem en Nijmegen | Academie Toegepaste Biowetenschappen en Chemie | Postbus 6960, 6503 GL Nijmegen | Laan van Scheut 2 | LvS2 / 0.07 | M +31 6 55 20 63 44 | E Martijn.vanderBruggen(a)han.nl | www.han.nl<http://www.han.nl/> | werkdagen maandag, dinsdag, woensdag, donderdag, vrijdag. [cid:b98f6f48-2f5e-4e0c-b971-113871516d6b]

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Postdoc Vacancy Cancer&Immunology bioinformatics
by Vercoulen-2, Y. 28 May '20

28 May '20

Are you looking for a challenging postdoctoral position at an academic institute, and excited about imaging and single cell analysis, to model cell responses in cancer and immunological disease? We are recruiting a talented, recently graduated PhD for a postdoc position in our team at the Center for Molecular Medicine, UMC Utrecht. Below a link to the vacancy containing all specifics, and the application portal: https://www.werkenbijumcutrecht.nl/vacatures/Paginas/postdoc-bioinformatics… Best wishes, Yvonne Vercoulen [signature_745975678] Principal Investigator UMCU-CMM<https://www.umcutrecht.nl/en/research/center/center-for-molecular-medicine> I member Utrecht Young Academy<https://www.uu.nl/en/research/utrecht-young-academy> Assistant Professor I Molecular Cancer Research I Center for Molecular Medicine IDivision Laboratories, Pharmacy and Biomedical Genetics I University Medical Center Utrecht I The Netherlands Linkedin<https://www.linkedin.com/in/yvonne-vercoulen-2939158/> I Website<http://www.umcutrecht.nl/en/Research/Research-centers/Center-for-Molecular-…> ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ De informatie opgenomen in dit bericht kan vertrouwelijk zijn en is uitsluitend bestemd voor de geadresseerde. Indien u dit bericht onterecht ontvangt, wordt u verzocht de inhoud niet te gebruiken en de afzender direct te informeren door het bericht te retourneren. Het Universitair Medisch Centrum Utrecht is een publiekrechtelijke rechtspersoon in de zin van de W.H.W. (Wet Hoger Onderwijs en Wetenschappelijk Onderzoek) en staat geregistreerd bij de Kamer van Koophandel voor Midden-Nederland onder nr. 30244197. Denk s.v.p aan het milieu voor u deze e-mail afdrukt. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ This message may contain confidential information and is intended exclusively for the addressee. If you receive this message unintentionally, please do not use the contents but notify the sender immediately by return e-mail. University Medical Center Utrecht is a legal person by public law and is registered at the Chamber of Commerce for Midden-Nederland under no. 30244197. Please consider the environment before printing this e-mail.

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vacancy for a PhD fellowship: network-analysis for precision oncology
by Kathleen Marchal 28 May '20

28 May '20

I would like to post the vacancy for a PhD fellowship: network-analysis for precision oncology. Thanks for handling this posting. Regards Kathleen *PhD fellowship network-analysis for precision oncology * IDLab/IMEC (Dataintegration & Biological networks subgroup, UGent) has an open position for a PhD fellowship (4 years) in the domain of precision oncology. The goal of the PhD research is to develop and apply data analytics to study the evolution of metastatic cancer in order to identify prognostic biomarkers. Hereto innovative methods need to be developed that integrate genomic information derived from cohorts of tumor samples with clinical information (e.g., therapy outcome). The focus will be on studying the added value of graph based-analysis for feature extraction and patient stratification. The research will be performed in close collaboration with clinicians, experts in molecular diagnosis and software engineers to facilitate the transfer of the developed methods to a clinical setting. *Requirements* •You hold a Master degree in Bioinformatics, Informatics, Mathematics, Engineering, Bioscience engineering, or an equivalent degree. Last year students can also apply •A strong interest in interdisciplinary research •Interest/knowledge of computer science and/or machine learning •Interest in biology or molecular biology •Proficiency in programming languages such as Python, R and/or C++ as well as Linux systems. •Fluency in spoken and written English *More information* The ‘Dataintegration & Biological networks’ group headed by K. Marchal is located at the engineering faculty of Ghent University (IDLab/IMEC). The group’s research focus is on bioinformatics method development. The group is specialized in combining advanced datamining techniques with biological principles. http://bioinformatics.psb.ugent.be/DBN/ and http://www.ugent.be/ea/idlab/en/members/kathleen-marchal.htm. *Interested?* To apply, forward a copy of your CV, a motivation letter and contact information for two references, to the following email address kathleen.marchal(a)ugent.be <mailto:kathleen.marchal@ugent.be> Application deadline: July 31, 2020 Tentative start date: October 2020 Duration: 4 years -- Prof. Kathleen Marchal Dept. of Plant Biotechnology and Bioinformatics, Ghent University Dept. of Information Technology, IDLab, imec, Dept. of Genetics, University of Pretoria, South Africa http://bioinformatics.psb.ugent.be/DBN iGent Toren, Technologiepark 126, 9052 Gent, Belgium

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ECCB2020 goes virtual!
by Eva Alloza 27 May '20

27 May '20

/- Apologies for multiple posting -/ Dear colleagues, We hope this email finds you well. On behalf of the ECCB2020 Organising Committee, you can find below the public announcement that *ECCB2020 goes virtual! <https://eccb2020.info/eccb2020-goes-virtual/>* Save the dates in your calendars and participate from home! Please help us sharing this newsletter among your contacts. Warm regards, -- Coordination team Spanish National Bioinformatics Institute (INB) mail: inb.hub(a)bsc.es web: http://inb-elixir.es Barcelona Supercomputing Center (BSC-CNS) c/Jordi Girona, 31 - Torre Girona Building 08034 Barcelona (Spain) Merge Doc View this email in your browser <http://mail.eventsairmail.com/ls/click?upn=uJGsKvA4CvNznJb2JMu3nKQ5Z-2FU08S…> <http://mail.eventsairmail.com/ls/click?upn=vTVo9WAROVynOTbDemV86LwaCU7QCPYc…> <http://mail.eventsairmail.com/ls/click?upn=vTVo9WAROVynOTbDemV86J5e-2B6jI-2…>ECCB face-to-face format is postponed to 2022 Given the current pandemic situation, the ECCB2020 Organising Committee together with the ECCB Steering Committee have evaluated its impact on ECCB2020 and have decided that *ECCB in its traditional format will be postponed to 2022*, while a reduced format will be virtually hosted this year. ECCB2020 goes virtual We are designing a *reduced and compact ECCB2020 to take place virtually in September 2020*. You will keep pace with cutting edge research while interacting with a diverse and broad representation of the research community. Stay tuned to the website and twitter account for the latest news about the virtual ECCB2020 <http://mail.eventsairmail.com/ls/click?upn=vTVo9WAROVynOTbDemV86FxqQcKvKULn…> Save the dates *New Trends in Bioinformatics by ECCB: Virtual Workshops & Tutorials: * *Virtual ECCB2020:* <http://mail.eventsairmail.com/ls/click?upn=vTVo9WAROVynOTbDemV86FxqQcKvKULn…> ------------------------------------------------------------------------ <http://mail.eventsairmail.com/ls/click?upn=vTVo9WAROVynOTbDemV86FxqQcKvKULn…> ------------------------------------------------------------------------ www.eccb20.org <http://mail.eventsairmail.com/ls/click?upn=uJGsKvA4CvNznJb2JMu3nGV2ZgR2xugF…> <http://mail.eventsairmail.com/ls/click?upn=vTVo9WAROVynOTbDemV86N7WOuYfIwMj…>#ECCB2020 Because your privacy matters to us /Bco Congresos is committed to protecting your privacy./ /We want to be fully transparent about the information that we collect, how this information is used and what rights you have in order to control your personal data./ /For this reason and in compliance with the new General Data Protection Regulation (2016/679) which takes effect since 25 May, 2019. Please be informed that we have adapted our Privacy Policy. <http://mail.eventsairmail.com/ls/click?upn=2BVfiyMuG5-2ForrgFi-2BW0q5CYN06y…>// / /If you no longer wish to receive information regarding congresses that we organize in your field of speciality, please send an email to //congresos(a)bcocongresos.com <mailto:congresos@bcocongresos.com>./ <http://mail.eventsairmail.com/ls/click?upn=vTVo9WAROVynOTbDemV86IZ8Vkhn8oIW…> TECHNICAL SECRETARIAT Ph. + 34 93 882 38 78 eccb2020(a)bcocongresos.com <mailto:eccb2020@bcocongresos.com> www.bcocongresos.com <http://mail.eventsairmail.com/ls/click?upn=vTVo9WAROVynOTbDemV86IZ8Vkhn8oIW…> View this email in your browser <http://mail.eventsairmail.com/ls/click?upn=uJGsKvA4CvNznJb2JMu3nKQ5Z-2FU08S…> http://bsc.es/disclaimer

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CFP: AIHA 2020 – International Workshop on Artificial Intelligence for Healthcare Applications
by Nicole Dalia CILIA 25 May '20

25 May '20

[image: logoAHIA.PNG] *CALL FOR PAPERS* International Workshop on Artificial Intelligence for Healthcare Applications (AIHA 2020) http://lia.unicas.it/AIHA2020 The workshop will be held on *10 January*, in conjunction with *ICPR 2020* <https://www.micc.unifi.it/icpr2020/> (25th International Conference on Pattern Recognition, Milan, Italy, 10-15 January 2020). The increased availability of medical data collected from healthcare systems has enabled a number of artificial intelligence applications. Specifically, machine learning can generate insights to improve the discovery of new therapeutic tools, to support diagnostic decisions, to help in the rehabilitation process, just to name a few. Bringing together the advances of this wide and multidisciplinary subject, the aim of this workshop is to present recent advances in artificial intelligence techniques for healthcare applications. *TOPICS* Topics include but are not limited to the following: - Biomedical image analysis - Data analytics for healthcare - Automatic disease prediction - Automatic diagnosis support systems - Genomic and proteomic data analysis - Artificial intelligence for personalized medicine - Machine Learning as a tool to support medical diagnosis and decisions - Machine learning on handwriting and eye-tracking traces for diagnosis and rehabilitation - Decoding of neural signals for diagnosis assistance - Physiological signals processing - Gait analysis - Therapy selection - Brain-computer interface for healthcare - Biomechatronics for medicine - Neuromotor rehabilitation *INVITED SPEAKER * Nico Karssemeijer <http://lia.unicas.it/AIHA2020/invited.html>, Co-chair of DIAG <http://diagnijmegen.nl/index.php/Home> at Radboud UMC, Founder of ScreenPoint <https://screenpoint-medical.com/> Co-founder of Volpara <https://www.matakina.com/> Professor of Computer-Aided Diagnosis, Radboud University Nijmegen, Netherlands. *DATES * - Paper Submission: October 1st, 2020 - Notification of Acceptance: November 10th, 2020 - Camera-ready Submission: November 15th, 2020 *SUBMISSIONS * Submissions must be formatted in accordance with the Springer's Computer Science Proceedings guidelines (Guidelines <https://www.springer.com/gp/computer-science/lncs/conference-proceedings-gu…>). Two types of contribution will be considered: - Full papers (12-15 pages, including references) - Short papers (6-8 pages, including references) Accepted manuscripts will be included in the ICPR 2020 Workshop Proceedings Springer volume. Once accepted, at least one author is expected to attend the event and orally present the paper. Submission instructions are available here <http://lia.unicas.it/AIHA2020/submission.html>. The submission platform is available here: EasyChair <https://easychair.org/conferences/?conf=aiha2020> *CHAIRS * Alessandro Bria, Nicole Dalia Cilia, Francesco Fontanella, Claudio Marrocco University of Cassino and Southern Lazio, Italy *PROCEEDINGS AND SPECIAL ISSUE* Accepted papers will be published by Springer in the Lecture Notes in Computer Science series (LNCS). We are negotiating with major international journals the publication of a special issue for selected papers presented at the workshop. Contact Information: Nicole Dalia Cilia, nicoledalia.cilia(a)unicas.it

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Vacancy Data Management Usability Officer
by Kim DE RUYCK 22 May '20

22 May '20

Dear, One of the key tasks of ELIXIR Belgium is to build a data management and data analysis infrastructure for life sciences research. For data management, we are building on the FAIRDOMhub open source platform. The Belgian instance of [ https://fairdomhub.be/test/ | fairdomhub.be ] is in full development and will allow researchers to manage their research data and produce FAIR data by design. To enforce our data management team, we have an open position for Data Management Usability Officer. [ https://jobso.id/cotq | Find the vacancy here ] . Kind regards, Kim De Ruyck -- Kim De Ruyck PhD Coordinator ELIXIR Belgium VIB, Technologiepark 71, 9052 Gent | +32 (0)9 33 13 694 [ http://www.elixir-belgium.org/ | www.elixir-belgium.org ] [ https://twitter.com/ELIXIRnodeBE | @ELIXIRnodeBE ] [ http://eepurl.com/cl-xOX | Subscribe to our mailing list ]

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PhD position
by Katleen De Preter 19 May '20

19 May '20

Dear all, We would like to inform you about a new job opportunity at the Department of Biomolecular Medicine (UGent) for a PhD student bio-informatician (see attachment) (deadline 15 July, 2020). Please, share this information with potential candidates. For more information, please contact me (katleen.depreter(a)ugent.be) Kind regards, Katleen De Preter prof. dr. ir. Katleen De Preter Department of Biomolecular Medicine Ghent University Medical Research Building (MRB), Corneel Heymanslaan 10 B-9000 Ghent, Belgium

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