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Germany - Länderinstitut für Bienenkunde Postdoc and PhD Studentship in Genetics / Genomics / Bioinformatics

Postdoc and PhD student position in genetics/genomics/bioinformatics (16540 Hohen Neuendorf)

Within a project for the “Marker assisted selection of Varroa-tolerant honey bees” there are two vacancies for scientific staff (payment is based on German pay scale for public employees, TV-L Ost E 13 and TV-L Ost E 13/2, respectively). The positions are available from the 1st of December 2008, the contract duration being 3 years. The availability of the positions is subject to the final approval of the project by the German Federal Ministry of Food, Agriculture and Consumer Protection,. In a first project phase, with the help of a microsatellite-based procedure, regions of the honey bee genome which are responsible for the detection and removal of Varroa-infested pupae from brood cells could be identified. Within the posted project a fine-mapping of the relevant genome regions and an isolation of possible candidate genes is to be carried out by applying SNP analysis. In addition, a concept concerning genomic selection for disease resistance in honey bees is to be established.

Job description, Post Doc Position (TV-L Ost, E 13)
Steering the team including one doctoral candidate and a technical staff member. Coordination of studies on the hygienic behaviour of honeybee workers towards Varroa-infested brood cells and establishing microarray based SNP (single nucleotide polymorphism) analysis.

Continue Reading October 13th, 2008

USA - University of California Postdoc in Bioinformatics

Postdoc positions are open in Wei Wangs group (http://wanglab.ucsd.edu) in Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry at University of California, San Diego.

An ideal candidate should obtain Ph.D. in bioinformatics/computer science/physics, is highly motivated and has strong programming skills. Extensive knowledge and experience with either of the following areas is required:

• machine learning algorithms such as Bayesian network and hidden Markov model;
• database and web server setup and maintenance.

The expected postdoc will be responsible for organizing and analyzing in-house epigenomic (histone modification and DNA methylation) and genomic data (ChIP-seq, digital expression profiling) that will be generated through collaboration projects. He/she will also be developing methods for integrating multiple sources of data to understand the mechanisms of transcriptional regulation and reconstruct transcriptional networks in human embryonic stem cells.

Continue Reading October 11th, 2008

USA - University of California Los Angeles Postdoc Position in Molecular Biology and Bioinformatics

Postdoc/Graduate Assistant position of:
Bioinformatics / Biostatistics
Computational Biology/Medicine
Molecular & Structural Biology

Postdoctoral positions are available at UCLA to work in the areas of pre-mRNA splicing and gene expression. Our lab combines genome-wide computational and experimental approaches in molecular biology, genomics, systems biology and bioinformatics. Wet-lab experience in molecular biology and/or genetics is required. Previous experience in bioinformatics or computational biology is a plus.

We are seeking excellent candidates who are highly motivated and career-oriented. The University of California, Los Angeles, is a preeminent public university in the country. The Molecular Biology Institute building, where the postdoctoral position will be located, is one of the primary loci of biomedical research on campus.

Continue Reading August 7th, 2008

Japan - Ochanomizu University Postdoc in Algorithm Theory / Bioinformatics

Background:
Ochanomizu University, a National University Corporation in Japan, is searching for a post-doctoral research fellow to work with Assistant Professor Dr. Jesper Jansson on the Program for Researchers to Promote Creative and Independent Research supported by the Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science, and Technology.

Number of available positions: 1

Location: Tokyo, Japan

Terms of Employment:
The first term is from the appointment day to March 31, 2009. The contract may be extended on a yearly basis until March 31, 2012, depending on the research performance.

Research areas:
Algorithms (Graph Theory, Combinatorial Pattern Matching, Computational Complexity) and Bioinformatics (Phylogenetics, Clustering, Comparative Genomics).

Qualifications:
Applicants must have, or expect to hold by March 31, 2009, a Ph.D. degree in Computer Science, Bioinformatics, or Mathematics.

Continue Reading July 15th, 2008

USA - Columbia University Postdoc Position and Graduate Research Opportunities in Clinical Research Informatics or Team Science

Postdoctoral position in clinical research informatics or team science
A postdoctoral position is immediately available for a highly motivated individual.
Example research topics include automatically matching patients to clinical trials research using Electronic Health Records and understanding interdisciplinary health science collaboration patterns using social network analyses. Ideal candidates should have strong computing and statistical background. Experience with pattern recognition, information visualization, semantic analysis, social network analysis, or machine learning will be a plus.

Graduate research opportunities in clinical research informatics or team science

Continue Reading May 24th, 2008

Australia - ANU, UQ and QUT PhD in Bioinformatics

PhD in Bioinformatics [Honours in Stats, Maths, Computer Science or Molecular Biology, and knowledge of Bayesian Stats, Bioinformatics, and/or Computational Biology would be desirable]
Australian National University, University of Queensland and Queensland University of Technology

Several PhD scholarships are available in a newly funded ARC project for developing and applying computational/statistical methods for detection of non-coding RNAs in eukaryote genomes. This is quite a hot topic, so you will be working at the forefront of bioinformatics with leading experts in the field in Australia and internationally.

You will be supervised by Prof Peter Adams (University of Queensland), Dr Jonathan Keith (Queensland University of Technology) and/or Dr Georg Weiller (Australian National University) and located at the university of your principal supervisor. We are looking for candidates with Honours in Statistics, Mathematics, Computer Science or Molecular Biology, and knowledge of Bayesian Statistics, Bioinformatics, and/or Computational Biology would be desirable.

Continue Reading May 3rd, 2008

Spain - University of Rovira and Virgili PhD Scholarships in Bioinformatics

OFFERING OF 4 YEAR PHD SCHOLARSHIPS IN BIOINFORMATICS IN TARRAGONA (SPAIN)

The research group SIPOMICS (SIgnal Processing for OMIC Sciences) is seeking candidates to grant two 4-year PhD scholarships at the Electronic Department of the Rovira i Virgili University of Tarragona (Spain).

The main research topic of the scholarship can be classified under the general term of Bioinformatics (Signal Processing for Biology). In the thesis, the main tasks of the phD candidate will be the development and application of advanced signal processing algorithms and artificial intelligent data analysis methods to handle data from biomedical instrumentation such as High Resolution Nuclear Magnetic Resonance (HR-NMR). The research will be clinically oriented to apply the algorithms to real biomedical applications.

The research group is tightly related to a Metabolomic Platform recently created which is equipped with state of the art 600 and 500 NMR machines with Cryoprobes and HR-MAS probes for the measuring of biofluids and tissues.

Continue Reading April 27th, 2008

Australia - University of Queensland PhD Scholarship in Statistical Genetics / Bioinformatics

PhD Scholarship - Statistical Genetics/Bioinformatics - QIMR, Brisbane, Australia
Queensland Institute of Medical Research (QIMR), Brisbane, Australia / University of Queensland, Brisbane, Australia.

Primary supervisor: Dr Stuart Macgregor

Applications: open until position filled.

Stipend: Fully funded stipend available for ‘home’ applicant (AUS$20K per annum tax free, rising to AUS$25K subject to satisfactory progress). ‘home’ applicant means Australian/New Zealand citizens/permanent residents. International students are still eligible for AUS$20K stipend but may need to pay additional tuition fees – please contact stuart.macgregor@qimr.edu.au for further details. Funding is tenable for 3 years.

Title: Statistical and computational methods for gene mapping

Continue Reading January 31st, 2008

Netherlands - University of Groningen PhD Studentship on Complex Trait Analysis

Vacancy PhD Studentship on Complex Trait Analysis
Four-year bursary PhD position, fully funded
Available from January 2008

Job description
Project 1: The aim of this PhD position is to help unravel the genetic basis of agriculturally/evolutionary important traits using association- and linkage mapping approaches. The prospective student will be involved in the analysis of data from a large, densely genotyped natural collection of the flowering plant Arabidopsis thaliana and a novel multi-family panel of recombinant inbred lines. The nature and magnitude of these data will provide an unprecedented high-resolution picture of the genetic variation underlying complex phenotypes and will make it possible to systematically integrate information from natural as well as experimental populations. The task is to build an analytical/computational framework to facilitate such an integrative analysis. As an extension, different types of –omics data will be collected from these populations, which will then be used to reconstruct the molecular networks that link genetic variation to phenotypic variation.

Project 2: DNA methylation is an epigenetic mechanism that leads to changes in gene expression which can be inherited through mitosis, and even through meiosis in some instances. The impact of differential methylation on the variability in complex quantitative traits at the population level is an area of research that is vastly under-explored. The aim of this novel project is to map methylation loci that influence complex phenotypes using tiling array technology. The student will be involved in the computer implementation of statistical methods and is also expected to make creative contributions to the conceptual development of this project.

Continue Reading January 21st, 2008

Belgium - Vrije Universiteit Brussel Postdoc Researcher in Structural Bioinformatics / Computational Chemistry

Vrije Universiteit Brussel

VIB group
Switch Laboratory

Job description
Project: Parametrisation of an all-atom force field with non-natural amino acids (Project for 2 years).

The laboratory has significant expertise in the development of empirical force fields predicting mutational changes in the free energy of folding or binding of proteins. The aim of the current project is to extend the capabilities of the force field towards non-natural amino acids. This work involves obtaining good estimates of atomic parameters such as volumes, charges, hydrophobicity and compound properties such as backbone and sidechain entropy, from datamining and first principle simulations.

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December 28th, 2007