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nature biotech assistant editor position
by jeroen raes 07 Dec '07

07 Dec '07

there's worse places in the world than New York... cheers, jeroen -- Jeroen Raes, PhD EMBL - Computational Biology Unit (Bork group) Meyerhofstrasse 1, D-69117 Heidelberg, Germany Tel: +49 6221 387372 jeroen.raes(a)embl.de http://www.embl.de/~raes/ http://www-db.embl.de/jss/EmblGroupsHD/g_27.html

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[Fwd: Mathematics and Informatics in Evolution and Phylogeny]
by BEN 06 Dec '07

06 Dec '07

We were asked to diffuse this message. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- BEN - Belgian EMBnet Node at the Brussels Free Universities Computing Centre Marc Colet - Guy Bottu - David Coornaert Tel. +32/2/6505146 | Address BEN ULB CP 257 Fax +32/2/6505124 | Boulevard du Triomphe email ben(a)vub.ac.be | B-1050 Bruxelles ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- -------- Original Message -------- Subject: Mathematics and Informatics in Evolution and Phylogeny Date: Thu, 6 Dec 2007 09:22:25 +0100 (CET) From: gascuel(a)lirmm.fr To: ben(a)vub.ac.be Mathematics and Informatics in Evolution and Phylogeny June 10-12, 2008 France, Montpellier area: Hameau de l'Etoile Conference web site http://www.lirmm.fr/MIEP08/ Theme ----- The subject is evolution, which is considered at different scales: sequences, genes, gene families, organelles, genomes, and species. The focus is on the mathematical and computational tools and concepts, which form an essential basis of evolutionary studies. Recent years have witnessed rapid progress in this area, with models becoming more realistic, and complex, and with fast algorithms able to deal with the large datasets that are available today. Non-exhaustive list of topics: phylogenetics, evolutionary genetics and genomics, molecular evolution of pathogens and epidemiology, biodiversity, statistical modelling, algorithmics, and software development. The program will include short talks (typically 20 minutes) and plenty of time for discussions. If you are planning to attend, you have to register on this web site. As the number of attendees will be limited, we recommend registering quickly, and to submit a title and abstract if you are willing to talk. Poster sessions will be organized if we have too many propositions. This conference is a continuation of: * Mathematics of Evolution and Phylogeny (2003 and 2005) * Dumont D'Urville Workshop on Applied Evolutionary Bioinformatics (2007) * Phylogenetics programme at Isaac Newton Institute (2007) Scientific committee -------------------- Elisabeth Allman: University of Alaska, US. Vincent Berry: CNRS, FR. David Bryant: University of Auckland, NZ. Frantz Depaulis: CNRS, FR. Laurent Duret: CNRS, FR. Nicolas Galtier: CNRS, FR. Olivier Gascuel: CNRS, FR, chair. Mike Hendy: Massey University, NZ. Daniel Huson: University of Tübingen, DE. Vincent Moulton: University of East Anglia, UK. David Posada: Universidad de Vigo, ES. Allen Rodrigo: University of Auckland, NZ, co-chair. Noah Rosenberg: University of Michigan, US. Charles Semple: University of Canterbury, NZ. Mike Steel: University of Canterbury, NZ. Organizing committee -------------------- Céline Berger, Samuel Blanquart, Olivier Gascuel, Vincent Lefort (LIRMM). Location and Online Registration -------------------------------- The conference will be held in the Hameau de l'Etoile, a small village dedicated to seminars and conferences, which is located at about 30 km in the north of Montpellier (south of France). Buses will be arranged for transportation, the 10th in the morning and the 12th just after the workshop end. The conference is free. Full accommodation including breakfast, lunch and dinner will be from 130 euros to 190 euros, depending on the room type (single, double, dormitory), to be payed to the Hameau de l'Etoile. The number of participants is limited. Please register at: http://www.lirmm.fr/MIEP08/ -------------------------------------------------------------- SMBE meeting is June 5-8 at Barcelona (400 km from Montpellier --------------------------------------------------------------

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MRS and EMBOSS
by Guy Bottu 30 Nov '07

30 Nov '07

Dear colleagues, At the BBC2007 I had presented together with Peter Rice and Alan Bleasby from the EMBL-EBI a poster "An effort in software integration : the use of MRS as sequence database access tool for EMBOSS". The wrappers4EMBOSS version 2 software, announced in that poster, has just been made available for download from http://www.wemboss.org/ Regards, Guy Bottu, Belgian EMBnet Node

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2 Scientific programmer positions at the University of Groningen and University Medical Centre Groningen
by Peter Horvatovich 22 Nov '07

22 Nov '07

Dear Bioinfromaticians, 2 Scientific programmer positions are available at the Department of Analytical Biochemistry and Department of Medical Biomics at the University of Groningen and University Medical Centre Groningen in the domain of proteomics related bioinformatics. For details see the attached job advertisement. Best regards, Peter Horvatovich University Center for Pharmacy Department of Analytical Biochemistry Antonius Deusinglaan 1 P.O. Box 196 9700 AD Groningen The Netherlands E-mail : p.l.horvatovich(a)rug.nl Phone : +31 (0) 50 363 3341 Mobile : +31 (0) 6 36 570 682 Fax : +31 (0) 50 363 7582 Web : www.biomac.nl

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subscription
by Pedro Pattyn 21 Nov '07

21 Nov '07

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Job opening Belgian Cancer Registry
by fdesmet 21 Nov '07

21 Nov '07

In attachment you can find a job opening for a postdoctoral researcher in the Belgian Cancer Registry. For more info you can contact the persons mentioned in the document. Frank De Smet Disclaimer: http://www.kuleuven.be/cwis/email_disclaimer.htm

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bioinformatics jobs in Bacterial Genomics Nijmegen
by R.Siezen 21 Nov '07

21 Nov '07

Dear all, We have 2 new bioinformatics vacancies (via Top Intsitute Food and Nutrition, and Kluyver Centre for Genomics of Inudustrial Fermentation) in our Bacterial Genomics group at the moment. You can find the job descriptions on our own Bacterial Genomics web page at (www.cmbi.ru.nl) Please pass this information on to any students, friends or colleagues that may be interested and qualified. thanks prof Roland Siezen

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Position for Bioinformatics Scientist at Tibotec Virco
by Van Vlijmen, Herman [TIBBE] 20 Nov '07

20 Nov '07

Scientist Bioinformatics Based at: Tibotec Virco BVBA, Mechelen, Belgium Department: TV-RED Scientific Operations / Computational Virology and Chem/Bio-Informatics Vacancy Description In this function you will apply computational techniques to study the effect of mutations in HIV and Hepatitis C genes on the efficacy of antiviral drugs. You will develop new models to predict clinical outcome results of antiviral drugs. You will apply data mining approaches to one of the world's largest HIV genotype databases to answer scientific questions from internal and external diagnostic experts. In addition, you will be part of projects in drug discovery and development. As a member of the Computational Virology and Chem/Bio-Informatics group you will also play an active role in the development and implementation of the strategy of the group. Qualifications and Requirements · Ph.D. (or Masters) degree in Bioinformatics or related field · Experience with a wide range of bioinformatics and statistical techniques, including sequence analysis, predictive model generation, data mining · Expertise in the field of virology highly desirable · Expertise in scientific programming and/or scripting. · Outstanding communication and team work skills. Contact Herman van Vlijmen (hvvlijme at tibbe.jnj.com) Tibotec (http://www.tibotec.com) is a pharmaceutical research and development company with headquarters in Belgium and operating subsidiaries in the United States and Ireland. The company is a subsidiary of Johnson & Johnson. Tibotec is dedicated to the discovery and development of novel drugs for HIV/AIDS and other infectious diseases with the ultimate aim of enhancing and extending peoples lives. Virco (http://www.vircolab.com) is a research-driven biotech company with headquarters in Belgium (Virco BVBA) and U.S. offices in New Jersey and North Carolina (Virco Lab, Inc.), and a subsidiary of Johnson & Johnson. Virco is a pioneer in the field of HIV-1 drug resistance testing. Virco's product portfolio currently includes the Antivirogram, an HIV-1 phenotyping assay, and vircoTYPE HIV-1 . vircoTYPE HIV-1 is a unique and proprietary approach to predict the virus' susceptibility to antiretroviral drugs from the genotype and uses the world's largest HIV-1 resistance database.

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The BBC mailing list
by BEN 15 Nov '07

15 Nov '07

Dear colleagues, Some of you will have received a welcome message for the BBC mailing list. This is because each year we add the E-mail addresses of the attendants of the Benelux Bioinformatics Conference. The BBC list is hosted on the Mailman server of the Belgian Biodiversity Facility (http://www.be.gbif.net) and is moderated by the staff of the Belgian EMBnet Node (http://www.be.embnet.org) You can send a mail to this this list (BBClist(a)biodiversity.be) if you want to announce a public lecture or a job opening, if you have a question or if you want to start a discussion about bioinformatics in the Benelux. Note that only members of the list are allowed to post and that, because of the moderation, the messages are delivered with some delay. You can unsubscribe or customize the way you receive messages at http://mailman.biodiversity.be/mailman/listinfo/bbclist (do use the password mentioned in the welcome message). On the same site you can consult archived messages and interested friends of yours can subscribe. In case of problems you can send an Email to the moderator at ben(a)vub.ac.be. Enjoy biocomputing, Guy Bottu, Belgian EMBnet Node ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- BEN - Belgian EMBnet Node at the Brussels Free Universities Computing Centre Marc Colet - Guy Bottu - David Coornaert - Valerie Ledent Tel. +32/2/6505146 | Address BEN ULB CP 257 Fax +32/2/6505124 | Boulevard du Triomphe email ben(a)vub.ac.be | B-1050 Bruxelles ----------------------------------------------------------------------------

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Call for papers META'2008
by Talbi 30 Oct '07

30 Oct '07

********************************************************************** META'2008 International Conference on Metaheuristics and Nature Inspired Computing 29-31 Oct 2008 Hammamet, Tunisia http://www.lifl.fr/META08 ********************************************************************** The 2nd International Conference on Metaheuristics and Nature Inspired Computing, META’08, will held in Tunisia from 29 to 31 Oct. The Conference will be an exchange space thanks to the sessions of the research works presentations and also will integrate tutorials and a vocational training of metaheuristics and nature inspired computing. The scope of the META’2008 conference includes, but is not limited to: * Local search, tabu search, simulated annealing, VNS, ILS, … * Evolutionary algorithms, swarm optimization, scatter search, … * Emergent nature inspired algorithms: quantum computing, artificial immune systems, bee colony, DNA computing, … * Parallel algorithms and hybrid methods with metaheuristics, machine learning, game theory, mathematical programming, constraint programming, co-evolutionary, … * Application to: logistics and transportation, telecommunications, scheduling, data mining, engineering design, bioinformatics, … * Theory of metaheuristics, landscape analysis, convergence, problem difficulty, very large neighbourhoods, … * Application to multi-objective optimization * Application in dynamic optimization, problems with uncertainty, … Submission papers: _________________ - Submission of papers should be in shape of an abstract of two pages sent before the 15st May 2008 via the website. - Selected papers will be published in international journals. - Predefined styles are available on the website http://www.lifl.fr/META08 that we invite you to visit regularly and which evolves when the organization progresses. Invited sessions and tutorials: Deadline 15th May 2008. contact talbi(a)lifl.fr E-G. Talbi ( Conference Chair) -- Prof. E-G. Talbi LIFL (USTL, CNRS, INRIA) e-mail: El-Ghazali.Talbi(a)lifl.Fr http://www.lifl.fr/~talbi *********************************************** New book : Parallel Combinatorial Optimization by E-G. Talbi Wiley, ISBN: 978-0-471-72101-7 *********************************************** ********************************************************************** New book : Grid computing for bioinformatics and Computational biology by E-G. Talbi and A. Zomaya Wiley, ISBN: 978-0-471-78409-8 ********************************************************************** ************************** META'2008 Int. Conf. http://www.lifl.fr/META08 **************************

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