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byteMAL 2024
by BeNeLux bioinformaticians forum 08 Feb '24

08 Feb '24

Dear all, We happily invite you to join the *byteMAL 2024* conference on the 24th of April in Maastricht! ByteMAL is a *bioinformatics* and *systems biology* conference organized by PhD candidates from the universities Maastricht, Aachen, and Leuven aimed at students and early-career scientists. This year’s event will contain keynotes, a poster session, and abstract-selected short talks. The day will be closed off with a panel discussion on the similarities, differences, and intersections between the academic, public, and private sectors. During this conference, you will have the opportunity to share your work with others via a *poster presentation* or an *abstract-selected short talk*, but you can also simply register as an attendee and learn more about the bioinformatics and systems biomedicine field. *You can find more information and register for the conference on our website: **https://bytemal.github.io/bytemal-2024/* <https://bytemal.github.io/bytemal-2024/> Please note that the registration deadline is April 1, 2024. Kind regards, The byteMAL 2024 committee

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Research software engineer position available within childhood cancer research/care
by BeNeLux bioinformaticians forum 07 Feb '24

07 Feb '24

Dear all, We are looking for a research software engineer within my team! We are a joined research and facility group that uses genomics in pediatric cancer to understand the relationship between DNA mutations and tumor biology and apply this for improved patient care. Interested in joining our group and play a central role in improving operational stability and scalability of our data analysis platforms. Then please apply below! https://werkenbijprinsesmaximacentrum.nl/vacature/research-software-enginee… -- 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_2887243054] [signature_2120015960] 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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Postdoc and PhD positions available @University and INRIA Lille (France)
by BeNeLux bioinformaticians forum 07 Feb '24

07 Feb '24

Dear all, We would like to inform you that 3 positions are available at the University of Lille and INRIA in France. - Postdoc position in Neuromorphic-based Optimization. Details in document enclosed - PhD position in Exascale parallel optimization. Details in document enclosed - PhD position in Optimization of Spiking Neural Networks. Details in document enclosed Please distribute among potentially interested candidates. Best regards. -- Prof. El-ghazali TALBI Polytech'Lille, University Lille - INRIA CRISTAL - CNRS

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Vacancy Bioinformatician MSc
by BeNeLux bioinformaticians forum 05 Feb '24

05 Feb '24

Hi all, I have a new vacancy, as part of the large European Union funded NextGen consortium. https://www.werkenbijumcutrecht.nl/vacatures/it/bioinformatician-2024-4383 You will be working on a.o. pharmacogenetics and polygenetic risk scores, thereby bridging the gap between research and diagnostics. As we work in a diagnostic environment where the main language is Dutch, communication in both English and Dutch is needed. Kind Regards, Hanneke van Deutekom, PhD [Universitair Medisch Centrum Utrecht] Head of Bioinformatics | Division Laboratories, Pharmacy and Biomedical Genetics, Department of Genetics University Medical Center Utrecht | Roomnumber STR.0.301 | Internal mail STR.1.305 T: +31 88 75 681 16<http://+31%2088%2075%20681%2016> | M: +31 6 3111 7926 | www.umcutrecht.nl<http://www.umcutrecht.nl/> | Working days: Mon, Tue, Thur, Fri [Image] LinkedIn<https://www.linkedin.com/in/hwmvandeutekom/> 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. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ 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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Final Call for ESSAI 2024 Course Proposals: Deadline 7 February
by BeNeLux bioinformaticians forum 02 Feb '24

02 Feb '24

(Apologies for multiple postings) FINAL CALL FOR ESSAI 2024 COURSE PROPOSALS The 2nd European Summer School in Artificial Intelligence - ESSAI 2024 July 15-26, 2024 Athens, Greece https://essai2024.di.uoa.gr/ IMPORTANT DATES 07 Feb 2024: Course Title submission deadline (mandatory) 14 Feb 2024: Final submission 06 Mar 2024: Notification ABOUT ESSAI 2024 is the second edition of the annual summer school on AI held under the auspices of the European Association for Artificial Intelligence (EurAI). ESSAI 2024 will provide an interdisciplinary setting in which courses are offered in all areas of Artificial Intelligence and also from wider scientific, historical, and philosophical perspectives. ESSAI is a central meeting place for students and young researchers in Artificial Intelligence to discuss current research and share knowledge. Courses will consist of five 90-minute sessions, offered daily (Monday-Friday) in a single week, to allow students to develop in-depth knowledge of a topic. The first edition of ESSAI was held in Ljubljana, Slovenia (https://essai.si/ ) between the 24th and 28th of July 2023 and was extremely successful, attracting over 500 participants. We look forward to a second edition of ESSAI that is at least as successful. TOPICS AND FORMAT ESSAI aims to cover all subdisciplines of AI and the interactions between them. Proposals for courses at ESSAI 2024 are invited in all areas of Artificial Intelligence, including but not limited to the following: * Autonomous Agents and Multi-agent Systems (MAS) * Causality and Causal Learning (CL) * Ethical, Legal and Social Aspects of AI (ELS) * Foundation Models (FM) * Knowledge Representation and Reasoning (KR) * Learning Theory (LT) * Natural Language Processing (NLP) * Neuro-Symbolic Learning and Reasoning (NSLR) * Planning and Strategic Reasoning (PLAN) * Reinforcement Learning (RL) * Robotics (ROB) * Safe, Explainable and Trustworthy AI (SET) * Search and Optimization (SO) * Supervised and Unsupervised Learning (ML) * Vision (VIS) Each course will consist of five 90-minute lectures, offered daily (Monday-Friday) in a single week. While introductory courses will typically focus on one subarea of AI, advanced courses are encouraged to present a broader perspective on AI and should be of interest beyond one specific area. CATEGORIES Each proposal should fall under one of the following categories. INTRODUCTORY COURSES Introductory courses are intended to introduce a research field to students, young researchers, and other non-specialists, and to foster a sound understanding of its basic methods and techniques. Such courses should enable researchers from related disciplines to develop some comfort and competence in the topic considered. Introductory courses in a cross-disciplinary area may presuppose general knowledge of the related disciplines. ADVANCED COURSES Advanced courses are targeted primarily to graduate students who wish to acquire a level of comfort and understanding in the current research of a field. PROPOSAL GUIDELINES To be considered, course proposals should closely adhere to the following guidelines: * Courses must be presented by lecturers who submitted the proposal. For courses with more than two lecturers, the role of each lecturer should be clearly explained and justified in the proposal. * Course proposals should explicitly state the intended course category. Proposals for introductory courses should indicate the intended level, for example, as it relates to standard textbooks and monographs in the area. Proposals for advanced courses should specify the prerequisites in detail. Proposals must be submitted in PDF format via: https://easychair.org/conferences/?conf=essai2024 and include all the following: 1. Personal information for each proposer: Name, affiliation, contact address, email, homepage (optional) 2. General proposal information: Title, category 3. Information about the course content: a. Abstract of up to 150 words b. Motivation and description (up to two pages) c. Tentative outline d. Expected level and prerequisites e. Appropriate references (e.g., textbooks, monographs, proceedings, surveys) f. Whether the course will appeal to students outside of the main discipline of the course 4. Information about the proposer(s): a. Short CVs of the proposer(s) b. Evidence that the proposer(s) are excellent lecturers with relevant teaching experience, in particular in delivering intensive courses in an interdisciplinary setting. To keep participation fees to a minimum, all the instructional and organizational work of ESSAI is performed on a completely voluntary basis. However, the registration fees of organizers and instructors will be waived. In addition, and where appropriate, ESSAI will seek to partially reimburse travel and accommodation expenses associated with delivering a course. If lecturers can cover their travel and accommodation expenses from other sources, this is greatly appreciated. SUBMISSION INFORMATION By February 7, 2024: Proposers must submit on EasyChair at least the name(s) of the lecturers(s), the ESSAI area and course level and a short abstract. By February 14, 2024: Submission must be completed by uploading a PDF with the actual proposal as detailed above. SUBMISSION PORTAL Please submit your proposals to https://easychair.org/conferences/?conf=essai2024 ORGANIZING COMMITTEE Chair: Brian Logan, Utrecht University Co-chair: Magdalena Ortiz, TU Wien Local Chair: Manolis Koubarakis, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens ESSAI Steering Committee Chair (EurAI Board representative): Giuseppe De Giacomo, Oxford University

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Databases and computational tools on phase separation - training course 26.2. - 28.2. Brussels
by BeNeLux bioinformaticians forum 01 Feb '24

01 Feb '24

Dear all, We’d like to invite you to register for the existing program of the PhasAGE (https://phasage.eu/) training course on "Databases and computational tools on phase separation" in Brussels on Feb. 26-28, 2024 (https://phasage.eu/training-school-5/) On behalf of the organisers Peter Tompa, Rita Vilaca, Mark Lackey, Sandra Ribeiro Alex

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10 PhD positions in single cell proteomics for thermophiles (PROHITS)
by BeNeLux bioinformaticians forum 31 Jan '24

31 Jan '24

Dear all, The PROHITS MSCA doctoral network has 10 open positions for PhD students to work on the development, both experimental and computational, of single-cell proteomics for thermophiles. In PROHITS we want to achieve a comprehensive understanding of the proteome of thermophilic prokaryotes at the single-cell level, spanning a range of temperatures, plus gain insights into the stability of proteins at these high temperatures and develop genome-scale metabolic models for such organisms. The overarching goal is to enhance our insights into thermophile biology and pave the way for the optimized design of cell factories - thermophilic cell factories are expected to play a key role in next-generation industrial biotechnology. We are inviting enthusiastic candidates to join this exciting interdisciplinary project as PhD researchers. More information on the positions and information on how to apply are available here, with a 15/3 deadline: https://prohits.eu/recruitment/ Hope to hear from you! Best, Wim --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Prof. Dr. Wim Vranken Tel: +32 (0)2 6291952<tel:+3226291952> (VUB) VUB - Building E, 5th Floor, E5.02, Pleinlaan 2 1050 Brussels, Belgium Structural Biology Brussels/Artificial Intelligence/General Chemistry/Biomedical sciences Associate professor - http://bio2byte.be/ ULB-VUB - Interuniversity Institute of Bioinformatics in Brussels (IB)2 Member and former director - http://ibsquare.be/ ELIXIR - Bringing together life science resources across Europe Co-lead of ELIXIR IDP community, member of ELIXIR-Belgium management board ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

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BSC: New vacancies - ELIXIR
by BeNeLux bioinformaticians forum 31 Jan '24

31 Jan '24

Hello, I hope this email finds you well. I am contacting you because we have opened two vacancies in the Life Sciences department, and we would be grateful if you could share them it with your contacts and post them in your website: * *Web Front-end Developer (RE2): *https://www.bsc.es/join-us/job-opportunities/17523lsinbre2* * * *Senior Research Engineer on Research Infrastructures for Precision Medicine projects (RE3): *https://www.bsc.es/join-us/job-opportunities/17323lsinbre3 If you need further information regarding any of our vacancies, or you need any additional steps from my side in order to disseminate it, please let me know. Thank you! Best regards, -- Laura Delshams(She/Her) /Human Resources - Talent & Development Officer/ *Barcelona Supercomputing Center – Centro Nacional de Supercomputación* <mailto:anais.delastre@bsc.es>Tel. +34- 93 413 40 72 <http://www.bsc.es/>laura.delshams(a)bsc.es www.bsc.es <http://www.bsc.es/>

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Invitation for AI4b.io symposium
by BeNeLux bioinformaticians forum 29 Jan '24

29 Jan '24

Dear all, On the 9th and 10th of April, the third AI4b.io symposium will take place in Delft. This 2-day symposium focuses on the interplay between AI and challenges in Biosciences, ranging from the small scale of genetic manipulation of microorganisms to the large scale of optimal scheduling of factory processes and everything in between. Keynote speakers that have confirmed so far include: * Tias Guns (KU Leuven, Belgium) * Jana Weber (Delft University of Technology, Netherlands) * Sanne Abeln (Utrecht University, Netherlands). Other than the topics that will be covered (see link below for more information), it is also a nice opportunity to meet people from different backgrounds (Industry and Academia). If you think this is interesting for you and would like to contribute to the Symposium with a poster or presentation, please subscribe to the event: https://www.ai4b.io/news-and-events/events/ai4b-io-annual-symposium-2024/ FYI: the deadline for sending an abstract will soon be extended by 2 weeks. Kind regards, Renger Jellema Senior Scientist M(0031) 6 1553 5460 Alexander Fleminglaan 1, 2613 AX, Delft, The Netherlands dsm-firmenich.com<https://www.dsm-firmenich.com/> [cid:image001.png@01DA52DD.72511F20]<https://www.dsm-firmenich.com/> [cid:image002.png@01DA52DD.72511F20] This email, including any attachments, may be confidential and legally privileged. If you are not the intended recipient, please accept our apologies, and please do not disclose, copy, or distribute information in this email nor take any action in reliance on its contents: to do so is strictly prohibited and may be unlawful. Please inform us that this message has gone astray before deleting it. Thank you for your cooperation. ______________________________________________________________________ DISCLAIMER: This email and any files transmitted with it, including replies and forwarded copies subsequently transmitted from dsm-firmenich, are confidential and for the intended recipient only. If you have received this email by mistake then please notify the sender immediately and then delete it from your system; access, disclosure, copying, distribution or reliance on any of it by anyone else is prohibited.

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Open Position @IDIBAPS: Head of Research Computing Platform
by BeNeLux bioinformaticians forum 29 Jan '24

29 Jan '24

Dear all, --- forward of opportunity --- At IDIBAPS, we are setting up a new platform on Research Computing and we are looking for highly skilled professionals, with empathy and creativity, to lead this new project. Please find the link to the open position: https://www.clinicbarcelona.org/uploads/media/default/0012/56/b9fc8e14b6946…. LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/posts/michela-bertero-23a2584_httpsimtrcooloxyqprr…. The head of Research Computing will build and develop a new platform to support the IDIBAPS research community and its systems strategy. She/he will have a dedicated budget and be able to recruit a team, envisioned initially of 2 to 4 people. The mission of the new platform is to provide a central hub for the research community, transversal departments, and internal users to access expertise in computing, bioinformatics and research data management. The new platform will work in tight collaboration with the Information Systems department of the Barcelona Clínic Hospital and will play a central role for networking and exchange of best practice and standards in computing, facilitating interdisciplinary collaborations within the Campus Clínic. More info via: Michela Bertero, PhD Strategy Director August Pi i Sunyer Biomedical Research Institute (IDIBAPS) C/ Rosselló, 149-153 | 08036 – Barcelona 93 2271830 | 638 26 07 47| michela.bertero(a)idibaps.org<mailto:michela.bertero@idibaps.org> www.idibaps.org<https://eu-central-1.protection.sophos.com/?d=idibaps.org&u=aHR0cDovL3d3dy5…> | @idibaps --- Best regards, Alex

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