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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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Virtual ISCB Student Council Symposium 2020
by Wim Cuypers 19 May '20

19 May '20

Dear researcher, We are delighted to announce the 16th ISCB Student Council Symposium (SCS), which will take place 10-11 July 2020 as a completely virtual event. Organized as pre-meeting of the annual ISMB<https://www.iscb.org/ismb2020>, the SCS enables students and young researchers (PhD students & Junior Postdocs) in the fields of Computational Biology and Bioinformatics to connect and build a network within the global computational biology community. Participants have the opportunity to present their work to an international audience and develop important soft skills in an environment that fosters the exchange of ideas and knowledge. This year, we welcome keynote speakers Elana J. Fertig<https://www.scs2020.iscbsc.org/keynote_Elana_J_Fertig> (SKCCC / Johns Hopkins University) and Hamed S. Najafabadi<https://www.scs2020.iscbsc.org/Hamed_S_Najafabadi> (McGill University). Abstract submission<https://www.scs2020.iscbsc.org/abstract-submission> is now open until the 1st of June, both for oral and poster presentations. More details are available at our website<https://www.scs2020.iscbsc.org/>. We would like to thank our sponsor, Harvard Medical School, for supporting the Symposium! The COVID-19 crisis prevents us from gathering physically, but we are convinced that we can reach and unite even more young Computational Biology researchers across the globe with this new and accessible virtual format. We hope that we can count on you to help with this mission, and spread the word! For frequent updates, please check our website<https://www.scs2020.iscbsc.org/>, or connect via twitter<https://twitter.com/iscbsc>. Don't hesitate to contact<mailto:symposium@iscbsc.org> us if you have questions. We look forward to meeting you in July! On behalf of the SCS2020 organising team, Wim SCS2020 Chair Wim Cuypers Adrem Data Lab, University of Antwerp Unit of Tropical Laboratory Medicine, Institute of Tropical Medicine Antwerp Email: wim.cuypers(a)uantwerpen.be<mailto:wim.cuypers@uantwerpen.be> Twitter: @CuypersWim<https://twitter.com/CuypersWim>

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Junior Group Leader in AI for Oncology
by Lodewyk Wessels 04 May '20

04 May '20

Junior group leader in artificial intelligence for oncology The Netherlands Cancer Institute (NKI) is an independent comprehensive cancer center located in the lively city of Amsterdam combining a research institute (NKI) and the Antoni van Leeuwenhoek cancer hospital (AVL) under one roof. The NKI focuses on five research themes: molecular oncology, precision medicine, immunotherapy, survivorship and image guided therapy. All these themes have a strong interest in exploiting the power of AI. We therefore seek outstanding individuals who wish to explore research challenges in oncology through artificial intelligence by employing large collections of medical and research data available at the institute. AI infrastructure The NKI hosts large and diverse collections of medical data from radiology, (molecular) pathology, radiation oncology and quality of life, both from clinical trials and routine treatments. Efficient methods for data retrieval and consent have been established. Various research groups in these disciplines seek active collaboration with an AI expert for biomarker research, automation and prediction. In addition, we expect the successful candidate to develop novel AI methodologies and provide leadership in the application thereof. High performance computing capacity is available both within the institute as well as through a collaboration with the national center for supercomputing Inspiring international atmosphere Approximately 650 researchers are employed in the research laboratories. All of our research meetings are in English and a large number of international post-docs, students and staff members contribute to the open, collaborative atmosphere of the institute. Our cancer hospital treats about 40,000 patients annually and provides excellent opportunities for translational research and implementation of technological innovations. Inviting conditions Conveniently located in the vibrant city of Amsterdam, we provide a stimulating and interactive research environment, use of all state-of-the-art facilities, and a competitive package to start a research group. This includes your own salary, salary for one additional position and, when external funding is not obtained yet, financial support for two additional positions. Junior group leaders will be offered a 5 year appointment. After 4 years they will be evaluated for a tenured position. Further information and applications On this website you can find more information about the institute, its research program, research groups and facilities. You can also contact the Lodewyk Wessels (l.wessels(a)nki.nl) for more information. Applications, including a detailed curriculum vitae and a 2-4 page outline of the research program, should be addressed to the Director of Research, prof. René Medema, and electronically sent to his secretary Marianne van Wieringen-Diepeveen (director(a)nki.nl) Women and minorities are encouraged to apply. Important dates Application deadline: May 22, 2020 Notification of shortlisted applicants: June 4, 2020 Interviews of shortlisted candidates: June 25/26, 2020

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BSC: Life Sciences offer
by BSC Human Resources 29 Apr '20

29 Apr '20

Dear all, We would like to inform you about a new job opportunitiy offered by BSC: - Bioinformatics Data Analyst (RE2). Deadline: 31 May, 2020 Link here <https://www.bsc.es/join-us/job-opportunities/10420lscbre2> We would appreciate that you share the information with your contacts. Sincerely, -- /Human Resources/* Barcelona Supercomputing Center – Centro Nacional de Supercomputación* Tel. +34- 934137745 <mailto:anais.delastre@bsc.es>www.bsc.es <http://www.bsc.es/> http://bsc.es/disclaimer

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BSC STARS postdoctoral programme call until 14th July
by Alba Jene 28 Apr '20

28 Apr '20

Dear, At the Barcelona Supercomputing Center we are looking for 6 outstanding postdoctoral researchers within the STARS COFUND call of the Marie Sklodowska Curie Actions within the Horizon 2020 Programme: https://www.bsc.es/join-us/excellence-career-opportunities/stars. Deadline 14th July 2020. Four of these positions are available at the Life Sciences Department; if you are interested to know more please visit the website, and do not hesitate to contact me if you have any questions/want to know more about the groups offering a position. Best, -- Alba Jené Sanz, PhD Bioinformatics Unit Coordinator Barcelona Supercomputing Center (BSC) <https://maps.google.com/?q=C/+Jordi+Girona+29,+08034-Barcelona,+Spain&entry…> C/ Jordi Girona 29, 08034-Barcelona, Spain http://life.bsc.es/compbio <https://www.bsc.es/sites/default/files/public/newsletter/other/imatge-rrhh.…> Third Call for STARS PROGRAMME APPLICATIONS ! Dear all, We have officially open the Third Call for Applications to our SupercompuTing And Related applicationS Fellows Programme ! See the BSC News: HERE <https://www.bsc.es/news/bsc-news/bsc-will-incorporate-6-outstanding-post-do…> Don´t hesitate to share the information in your network and to apply if you are interested. Deadline for applications: 14th of July 2020 at 11PM CET. You can find more information about the requirements and conditions here: https://www.bsc.es/join-us/excellence-career-opportunities/stars Have a good day, Regards, The HR Team <https://www.bsc.es/> BSC is a public consortium made up of <http://empresa.gencat.cat/> <http://www.ciencia.gob.es/portal/site/MICINN/> <https://www.upc.edu/> <https://ec.europa.eu/regional_policy/en/funding/erdf/> http://bsc.es/disclaimer

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