March 2022 - BBClist - maillist.psb.ugent.be

Two open staff scientist positions bioinformatics (genomics/new technologies) @Sciensano
by Kevin Vanneste 10 Mar '22

10 Mar '22

Dear all, The Bioinformatics Platform at the Belgian Institute of Health (www.sciensano.be<http://www.sciensano.be>) currently has two open bioinformatics vacancies to work on the implementation of new genomics technologies and methods for implementation in public health. More info can be found in the job description in attachment. Both vacancies are 'staff scientist' type positions (contract of indeterminate duration). Applications are possible using our job site: https://jobs.sciensano.be/content/jobpage.asp?a=DETAIL&jdkid=916&l=DUTCH Sincerely, K Kevin Vanneste, PhD Senior scientist - Responsible Bioinformatics Platform Transversal activities in Applied Genomics (TAG) T + 32 2 642 50 65 [cid:image001.jpg@01D4595B.6D6E05D0] Rue Juliette Wytsmanstraat 14 * 1050 Brussels www.sciensano.be<http://www.sciensano.be/> P Please consider the environment before printing this e-mail

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Vacancy for Assistant Professor (tenure track) in Computational Immunology in Utrecht (the Netherlands)
by Drylewicz, J. (Julia) 10 Mar '22

10 Mar '22

Dear all, We have a very exciting vacancy for a tenure track in Computational Immunology at the Centre for Translational Immunology (UMC Utrecht). It is a unique opportunity to bring your research and create your group in a very stimulating environment. The Center for Translational Immunology (CTI) concentrates top expertise in immunology in one department and conducts all research on immunological diseases in the UMC Utrecht. The CTI harbors over 200 researchers in 16 research groups supported by 6 core-facilities (https://www.umcutrecht.nl/en/center-for-translational-immunology) including a Computational Immunology Core to which this position will be linked. More information and how to apply can be find here: https://careersatumcutrecht.com/vacancies/onderwijsfuncties/assistant-profe… best regards, Julia Julia Drylewicz, PhD Assistant Professor [/var/folders/5c/hdgch2797tb1s7mg4cf9t7880000gn/T/com.microsoft.Outlook/WebArchiveCopyPasteTempFiles/cid8EB5A84A-AA23-4821-88D5-84EDB7287447] University Medical Center Utrecht | Center for Translational Immunology Computational Immunology Core | Utrecht Center for Quantitative Immunology Visiting address: KC 02.046.0 | Lundlaan 6 | UTRECHT, the Netherlands Postal address: KC 02.085.2 | P.O. Box 85090| 3508 AB UTRECHT, The Netherlands T +31 (0)88 75 535 69 | J.Drylewicz(a)umcutrecht.nl<mailto:J.Drylewicz@umcutrecht.nl> |[2ZNPswyyHiBaelp6FUOVDTs5Sbf+ZZ7e28ojK2Q4dxHc0ahUJ8yBj19WiIEy6X4g6eo6KQZcNzwwrx7VZuVeKz3zV8zdyuiufMsexi8dxGPVX57aA1YBpt+eWwKLX1WZIgSAIgiAIgiAIgiAIgiAIgiAIUlX+B3GEF3qR7jyTAAAAAElFTkSuQmCC] LinkedIn<https://www.linkedin.com/in/julia-drylewicz-9b054024/> | [szEZ22KbsKR7ao5kzzlL69n8tTJnZrmUOXAAAAABJRU5ErkJggg==] Twitter<https://twitter.com/JuliaDrylewicz> ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ 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 bioinformatician on cell-free DNA sequencing of pediatric cancers
by Kemmeren-2, P.P.C. (Patrick) 10 Mar '22

10 Mar '22

Dear all, Also on behalf of Dr. Lieve Tytgat, I would like to share an opening we have for a bioinformatician who will work on developing bioinformatics pipelines for liquid biopsies and cell-free DNA sequencing for pediatric cancers. Interested in this topic and want to work in a multidisciplinary team, then please apply! https://werkenbijprinsesmaximacentrum.nl/vacature/bioinformatician-cell-fre… Regards, Patrick -- Patrick Kemmeren, PhD Principal Investigator & head Big Data Core Princess Máxima Center Associate Professor UMC Utrecht T +31 (0)88 972 90 00 | M +31 (0)6 53 11 25 53 [signature_1973752984] [signature_1823697384] Princess Máxima Center for Pediatric Oncology Heidelberglaan 25 | 3584 CS Utrecht | T +31 (0)88 972 90 00 | > Website<https://research.prinsesmaximacentrum.nl/en/research-groups/kemmeren-group>

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IRIBHM/ULB PhD program - PhD opportunities in Brussels
by DETOURS Vincent 08 Mar '22

08 Mar '22

Dear all, IRIBHM, a major molecular biology lab in Belgium, launches an PhD graduate program. Topics include computational Biology. More about projects and how to apply here: http://iribhmphd.ulb.be<http://iribhmphd.ulb.be/>, All the best, Prof. Vincent Detours, Ph. D. IRIBHM - Université Libre de Bruxelles Bldg C, room C.4.116 ULB, Campus Erasme, CP602 808 route de Lennik B-1070 Brussels Belgium Phone: +32-2-555 4220 Fax: +32-2-555 4655 E-mail: vdetours at ulb.ac.be Prof. Vincent Detours, Ph. D. IRIBHM - Université Libre de Bruxelles Bldg C, room C.4.116 ULB, Campus Erasme, CP602 808 route de Lennik B-1070 Brussels Belgium Phone: +32-2-555 4220 Fax: +32-2-555 4655 E-mail: vincent.detours at ulb.be

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Computational Methods in Systems Biology (14-16.9, Bucharest): 2nd CfP
by Ion Petre 03 Mar '22

03 Mar '22

CMSB2022: International Conference on Computational Methods in Systems Biology University of Bucharest Bucharest, Romania, September 14-16, 2022 Conference website https://fmi.unibuc.ro/en/cmsb-2022/ Submission link https://easychair.org/conferences/?conf=cmsb2022 Call for papers https://easychair.org/cfp/CMSB2022 Abstract registration deadline April 27, 2022 Submission deadline May 4, 2022 CMSB 2022 - Second Call for Papers The 20th conference on Computational Methods in Systems Biology (CMSB 2022, https://fmi.unibuc.ro/en/cmsb-2022/) will take place on September 14-16, in Bucharest (Romania), on-site, hybrid, or online, depending on the evolution of the Covid-19 pandemic. CMSB is a well established conference series, whose aim is to bring together researchers from across the biological, mathematical, computational, and physical sciences, interested in the modelling, simulation, analysis, inference, design, and control of biological systems. NEW in the 2nd CfP * Invited speakers confirmed: * Alessandra Carbone (Sorbonne Université, France) * Gabriela Chiosis (Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, USA) * Loïc Paulevé (Laboratoire Bordelais de Recherche en Informatique, France) * Alfonso Rodríguez-Patón (Universidad Politécnica de Madrid, Spain) * Erik Sonnhammer (Stockholm University, Sweden) * Conference proceedings to be published in the LNBI series of Springer Nature. * Best paper award(s) sponsored by Springer Nature with 1000 EUR. List of Topics * formalisms for modelling biological processes; * methods and tools for biological system analysis, modelling and simulation; * frameworks for model verification, validation, analysis, and simulation of biological systems; * high-performance methods for computational systems biology; * identification of biological systems; * applications of machine learning and data analytics in biology; * network modelling, analysis, inference; * automated parameter and model synthesis; * model integration and biological databases; * multi-scale modelling and analysis methods; * design, analysis, and verification methods for synthetic biology; * methods for biomolecular computing and engineered molecular devices; * data-based approaches for systems and synthetic biology; * optimality and control of biological systems; * modelling, analysis and control of microbial communities. Types of contributions to CMSB 2022 * REGULAR papers should describe original work that has not been previously published and is not under review for publication elsewhere. Accepted regular papers will be published as part of the conference proceedings in the Springer LNBI series. Papers in this category should not exceed 15 pages in the Springer LNBI style (including main figures and tables, excluding references and possible appendices). * TOOL papers should present new tools or public websites, new tool components or novel extensions to existing tools or websites supporting biological system modelling, analysis, simulation, or similar. Submissions must include information on methods, tool availability, and selected application results. They should be original and not previously published in a similar form. Accepted tool papers will be published as part of the conference proceedings in the Springer LNBI series. Papers in this category should have 4-6 pages in the Springer LNBI style (including main figures and tables, excluding references and possible appendices). * POSTERS: Extended abstracts should be submitted to propose poster presentation of original unpublished work, or of major results published or accepted in the last year in a high-quality journal or conference. The abstracts should be submitted in Springer LNBI style and should not exceed 4 pages all included. Authors of accepted abstracts will be invited for presentation in a poster sessions and/or for flash presentations. Poster submissions will not be included in the Springer LNBI proceedings. * HIGHLIGHT TALKS: Highlight talk proposals should be submitted in the form of an extended abstract, for possible oral presentation without publication of related material in the conference proceedings. We particularly welcome submission of recently published work. Submitted abstracts summarising the results and their relevance should not exceed 2 pages including references. Extended abstracts will not be included in the Springer LNBI proceedings. The full information for authors on how to prepare and submit their contributions is available at https://fmi.unibuc.ro/en/cmsb-2022/cmsb-2022-call/. Committees Program Committee * Alessandro Abate<https://www.cs.ox.ac.uk/people/alessandro.abate/> – University of Oxford (UK) * Paolo Ballarini<https://sites.google.com/site/pballarini/> – Centrale Supélec (France) * Daniela Besozzi<https://www.linkedin.com/in/daniela-besozzi-3370868/> – University of Milan Bicocca (Italy) * Luca Cardelli<http://www.lucacardelli.name/> – University of Oxford (UK) * Milan Češka<https://www.fit.vut.cz/person/ceskam/.cs> – Brno University of Technology (Czech Republic) * Eugenio Cinquemani<https://team.inria.fr/ibis/eugenio-cinquemani/> – Inria Grenoble-Rhône-Alpes (France) * Eugen Czeizler<https://www.linkedin.com/in/eugenczeizler/?originalSubdomain=fi> – University of Helsinki (Finland) * Franck Delaplace<https://www.ibisc.univ-evry.fr/~delapla/> – Université Paris-Saclay (France) * Jerome Feret<http://www.di.ens.fr/~feret> – Inria Paris (France) * Clémence Frioux<https://cfrioux.github.io/> – Inria Bordeaux (France) * Ashutosh Gupta<https://www.linkedin.com/in/ashutosh-gupta-3b7a63141/> – IIT Bombay (India) * Monika Heiner<https://www-dssz.informatik.tu-cottbus.de/DSSZ/Main/MonikaHeiner> – Brandenburg Technical University Cottbus-Senftenberg (Germany) * Jane Hillston<http://homepages.inf.ed.ac.uk/jeh> – University of Edinburgh (UK) * Tommaso Mazza<http://bioinformatics.css-mendel.it/> – CSS Mendel (Italy) * Andrzej Mizera<https://satoss.uni.lu/members/andrzej/> – University of Luxembourg (Luxembourg) * Jun Pang<https://satoss.uni.lu/members/jun/> – University of Luxembourg (Luxembourg) * Nicola Paoletti<https://nicolapaoletti.com/> – University of London (UK) * Loïc Paulevé<https://loicpauleve.name/> – CNRS, LaBRI (France) * Andrei Paun<https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Andrei-Paun> – University of Bucharest, Romania, co-chair * Ion Petre<https://users.utu.fi/ionpet/> – University of Turku, Finland, co-chair * Tatjana Petrov<https://www.tatjanapetrov.info/> – University of Konstanz (Germany) * Ovidiu Radulescu<https://ovidiu-radulescu.yj.fr/> – University of Montpellier France) * Andre Ribeiro<https://sites.google.com/view/andreribeirolab/home> – University of Tampere (Finland) * Maria Rodriguez Martinez<https://researcher.watson.ibm.com/researcher/view.php?person=zurich-MRM> – IBM Zürich Research Laboratory (Switzerland) * Olivier Roux<https://olivieroux.wordpress.com/> – École Centrale de Nantes (France) * David Šafránek<https://www.fi.muni.cz/~xsafran1/> – Masaryk University (Czech Republic) * Carolyn Talcott<https://www.sri.com/bios/carolyn-talcott/> – SRI International (USA) * Jing Tang<https://researchportal.helsinki.fi/en/persons/jing-tang> – University of Helsinki (Finland) * Adelinde Uhrmacher<https://mosi.informatik.uni-rostock.de/team/staff/prof-dr-rer-nat-adelinde-…> – University of Rostock (Germany) * Andrea Vandin<http://people.compute.dtu.dk/anvan/> – Technical University of Denmark (Denmark) * Verena Wolf<http://mosi.cs.uni-sb.de/verena.html> – Saarland University (Germany) * Christoph Zechner<https://zechnerlab.wordpress.com/> – Max Planck Institute of Molecular Cell Biology and Genetics (Germany) Organizing committee * David Pacioianu, University of Bucharest, Romania * Andrei Paun<https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Andrei-Paun>, University of Bucharest, Romania (co-chair) * Ion Petre<https://users.utu.fi/ionpet/>, University of Turku, Romania (co-chair) * Nicoleta Siminea, University of Bucharest * Joel Sjöberg, University of Turku, Finland Publication The submissions to CMSB 2022 will be fully peer-reviewed. The accepted (regular and tool) articles will be published in the conference proceedings, in the Springer LNBI series. A special issue of a widely recognized international journal is expected to be organized later based on the conference, subject to separate peer-review. A selection of the best papers will be invited to be extended and submitted to this special issue. Important dates * May 4, 2022: regular and tool paper submission deadline (their abstracts submitted by April 27). * June 10, 2022: acceptance notifications. * June 17, 2021: poster and highlight talk abstract submission deadline. * September 14-16, 2021: conference. Venue The conference will be held in Bucharest (Romania), on-site, hybrid, or online, depending on the evolution of the Covid-19 pandemic. Contact All questions about submissions should be emailed to the conference organizers Ion Petre (ion.petre(a)utu.fi) and Andrei Paun (apaun(a)fmi.unibuc.ro) -- Prof. Ion Petre Department of Mathematics and Statistics University of Turku, Finland https://users.utu.fi/ionpet/ ion.petre(a)utu.fi

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WIVACE 2022 Call for Papers
by Francesco FONTANELLA 03 Mar '22

03 Mar '22

[image: unnamed.png] *WIVACE 2022* *XVI International Workshop on Artificial Life and Evolutionary Computation * *Gaeta (LT), Italy* *September 14-16, 2022* Web site: http://wivace2022.unicas.it/ The International Workshop on Artificial Life and Evolutionary Computation aims at bringing together researchers working in Artificial Life and Evolutionary Computation to present and share their research in a multidisciplinary context. The workshop provides a forum for the discussion of new research directions and applications in these fields, where different disciplines could effectively meet. It was first held in 2007 in Sampieri (Ragusa), as the incorporation of two previously separately running workshops (WIVA and GSICE). After the success of the first edition, the workshop was organized in the following years in Venice (2008), Naples (2009), Parma (2012), Milan (2013), Vietri (2014), Bari (2015), Salerno (2016), Venice (2017) and Parma (2018). Interested authors are invited to contribute papers on theory and applications of Artificial Life, Evolutionary Computation, and complex smart systems. Contributions solicited cover a variety of topics including but not limited to: - Bioinspired Algorithms - Bioinspired Robotics - Coevolution and Collective Behavior - Complex Systems - Data-driven Self-regulating Systems - Evolutionary Computation - Evolutionary Approaches to Big Data and Big Data Streams - Evolutionary Learning Systems - Evolutionary Agents - Modeling and Simulation of Artificial and Biological Systems - Modeling and Simulation of Social and Economical Systems - Modeling of Business Intelligence Systems - Neural Computers - Neuroevolution: Improving Deep Learning with Evolutionary Computation - Self-organizing Cyber-Physical Systems - Socio-inspired Swarm Intelligence Algorithms - Synthetic and Systems Biology - Systems Chemistry - Theories and Applications of Artificial Life *SUBMISSION DETAILS* Contributions may be submitted in one of the following forms: - Full research papers (up to 12 pages). - Simple Abstracts (1-4 pages). Full research papers should present original unpublished work. Simple abstracts should describe original work in progress or a summary of a full paper. The submissions will be peer-reviewed by at least three members of the program committee. The authors of accepted papers or abstracts will have to improve their papers on the basis of reviewers’ comments and will be asked to send a camera-ready version of their manuscripts. At least one author of each accepted work has to register for the conference, attend the conference and present his work. We have contacted Springer to publish the proceedings of Wivace 2022 in Springer's Communications in Computer and Information Science (CCIS) proceedings series, which is abstracted/indexed in DBLP, Google Scholar, EI-Compendex, Mathematical Reviews, SCImago, Scopus. Accepted abstracts describing unpublished work will be considered for publication of extended versions (up to 12 pages) in the same volume. Submission instructions can be found here: http://wivace2022.unicas.it/submission.html *IMPORTANT DATES* Abstract/paper submission deadline: 1st July 2022 Notification of acceptance: 22nd July 2022 Early Registration: 24th July 2022 *GENERAL CHAIRS* Claudio De Stefano (University of Cassino and Southern Lazio) - destefano(a)unicas.it Francesco Fontanella (University of Cassino and Southern Lazio) - fontanella(a)unicas.it

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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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