November 2012 - compbio-allhands@cgl.ucsf.edu

[Compbio-allhands] Fwd: Open Positions: ELBE Postdoc Program in Dresden
by Andrej Sali 30 Nov '12

30 Nov '12

-- Andrej Sali, Ph.D. Professor, Department of Bioengineering and Therapeutic Sciences Department of Pharmaceutical Chemistry California Institute for Quantitative Biosciences University of California, San Francisco UCSF MC 2552 Byers Hall Room 503B 1700 4th Street San Francisco, CA 94158-2330, USA Tel +1 (415) 514-4227; Fax +1 (415) 514-4231 Assistant: Ms. Hilary Mahon, hilary(a)salilab.org, Tel +1 (415)514-4228; Lab +1 (415) 514-4233, 4258 Email sali(a)salilab.org; Web http://salilab.org Begin forwarded message: > From: Gene Myers <myers(a)mpi-cbg.de> > Subject: Open Positions: ELBE Postdoc Program in Dresden > Date: November 30, 2012 6:38:35 AM PST > To: undisclosed-recipients:; > > Dear colleague, > > The Max-Planck Institute for Molecular Cell Biology and Genetics (MPI-CBG) and the MPI for the Physics of Complex Systems (MPI-PKS) in Dresden have formed a new Systems Biology Center that is particularly focused on combining genomics, image-based, and bio-physical approaches. > We are beginning the first cycle of a fully-funded postdoctoral program and are seeking applicants. > > We kindly ask you to bring the attached one-page announcement to the attention of your students. > > Best regards, > Gene Myers > Founding Director, The Systems Biology Center at Dresden > > > Dr. Gene Myers, Director > Tschira Chair of Systems Biology > Max-Planck Institute of > Molecular Cell Biology & Genetics > Pfotenhauerstr. 108 > 01307 Dresden > > Tel: +49 351 210-1220 > Fax: +49 351 210-1209 > > > > >

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[Compbio-allhands] BBC Journal Club, December 4th
by Bass, Karche 29 Nov '12

29 Nov '12

BBC Journal Club BP-BMI-CCB Tuesday, December 4th at 10:45am-GH Auditorium Tara Friedrich Schmidt D, et. al. Waves of Retrotransposon Expansion Remodel Genome Organization and CTCF Binding in Multiple Mammalian Lineages. Cell, Volume 148, Issue 1, 335-348 (2012) Kay Aull Zhang Y, et. al. Structural Basis of Transcription Initiation. Science, vol. 338 no. 6110 pp. 1076-1080 (2012) Karché K. Bass Karché K. Bass | Administrative Assistant Asst. to John D. Gross, Charles S. Craik, Susan Miller, and Thomas James Department of Pharmaceutical Chemistry Administration; Box 2280 | University of California, San Francisco 600 16th Street, Suite 512 (5th Floor) | San Francisco, CA *: 415-502-0523 | 7: | *: Karche.Bass(a)ucsf.edu<mailto:Karche.Bass@ucsf.edu>

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[Compbio-allhands] Nodality is hiring...
by Schnoes, Alexandra 26 Nov '12

26 Nov '12

FYI, Nodality, who just hired Alan Barber from the Babbitt lab (and has at least two other UCSF alums that I know of) is looking for a computational biologist/bioinformatics scientist. http://www.nodality.com/company/careers/openings/scientist-bioinformatics.p… -- Alexandra Schnoes, PhD Program Coordinator Graduate Student Internships for Career Exploration (GSICE) University of California San Francisco 513 Parnassus Ave, S-224 Campus Box 0410 San Francisco, CA 94143 Tel: 415-476-0572 Fax: 415-476-0689 Email: alexandra.schnoes(a)ucsf.edu<mailto:alexandra.schnoes@ucsf.edu> Web: http://gsice.ucsf.edu<http://gsice.ucsf.edu/>

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[Compbio-allhands] 11/29/12 Seminar with Sunny Xie
by Nicole Takesono Flowers 26 Nov '12

26 Nov '12

BBC Graduate Programs Seminar Series Bioinformatics Biophysics Chemistry & Chemical Biology Complex Biological Systems Thursdays, 12 Noon Genentech Hall Auditorium Simulcast to Parnassus Campus S-161 Sunny Xie Harvard University Life at the Single Molecule Level November 29, 2012 D. Burkhardt, Host BBC Seminars are supported by the Biophysics, Bioinformatics, and Chemistry & Chemical Biology IFM, Department of Pharmaceutical Chemistry, QBC, HARC Center, and the Center for Systems and Synthetic Biology. Nicole Takesono Flowers CCB Graduate Program Assistant AMBER Software Administrator UCSF MC 2280 600 16th St. Genentech Hall Room 522 San Francisco, CA 94158-2517 Phone: (415) 502-6518 Fax: (415) 514-1546

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[Compbio-allhands] BBC Journal Club, November 27th
by Bass, Karche 21 Nov '12

21 Nov '12

BBC Journal Club BP-BMI-CCB November 27th at 10:45am in GH Auditorium Nicole Olson Choi, I., et. al. Antibiotics in early life alter the murine colonic microbiome and adiposity. Nature, 488, pp. 621-626 (30 August 2012) Jack Yue Bencherif SA, et. al. Injectable preformed scaffolds with shape-memory properties. Proc Natl, (2012) Karché K. Bass Karché K. Bass | Administrative Assistant Asst. to John D. Gross, Charles S. Craik, Susan Miller, and Thomas James Department of Pharmaceutical Chemistry Administration; Box 2280 | University of California, San Francisco 600 16th Street, Suite 512 (5th Floor) | San Francisco, CA *: 415-502-0523 | 7: | *: Karche.Bass(a)ucsf.edu<mailto:Karche.Bass@ucsf.edu>

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[Compbio-allhands] 11/28/12 Seminar with Greg Verdine **OFF DATE & TIME**
by Nicole Takesono Flowers 21 Nov '12

21 Nov '12

BBC Graduate Programs Seminar Series Bioinformatics Biophysics Chemistry & Chemical Biology Complex Biological Systems 4 pm Genentech Hall Auditorium Simulcast to Parnassus Campus S-161 Greg Verdine Harvard University Cancer Chemical Biology Wednesday, November 28, 2012 J. Wells, Host **Please note this is an off date and time seminar** BBC Seminars are supported by the Biophysics, Bioinformatics, and Chemistry & Chemical Biology IFM, Department of Pharmaceutical Chemistry, QBC, HARC Center, and the Center for Systems and Synthetic Biology. Nicole Takesono Flowers CCB Graduate Program Assistant AMBER Software Administrator UCSF MC 2280 600 16th St. Genentech Hall Room 522 San Francisco, CA 94158-2517 Phone: (415) 502-6518 Fax: (415) 514-1546

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[Compbio-allhands] Fwd: PhD position in bioinformatics
by Andrej Sali 20 Nov '12

20 Nov '12

-- Andrej Sali, Ph.D. Professor, Department of Bioengineering and Therapeutic Sciences Department of Pharmaceutical Chemistry California Institute for Quantitative Biosciences University of California, San Francisco UCSF MC 2552 Byers Hall Room 503B 1700 4th Street San Francisco, CA 94158-2330, USA Tel +1 (415) 514-4227; Fax +1 (415) 514-4231 Assistant: Ms. Hilary Mahon, hilary(a)salilab.org, Tel +1 (415)514-4228; Lab +1 (415) 514-4233, 4258 Email sali(a)salilab.org; Web http://salilab.org Begin forwarded message: > From: damien.devos(a)cos.uni-heidelberg.de > Subject: PhD position in bioinformatics > Date: November 20, 2012 7:33:42 AM PST > To: Michael.Rout(a)rockefeller.edu, sali(a)salilab.org, mfiedl(a)mac.com > Cc: avalencia(a)cnio.es > > Dear colleagues, thanks to publicize the available position in my lab, purely in bioinformatics: > > https://hbigs.system08.de/intern/projectspub_project_for.php?a=030000294000… > > Please let me know if you know anyone that could be interested. > Best wishes > > Damien > > **************** > Damien Devos > Center of Organismal Studies > Ruprecht-Karls-Universitat > Im Neuenheimer Feld 230 > 69120 Heidelberg, Germany > Tel: +49 (0) 6221 546254 > > > >

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[Compbio-allhands] Fwd: Research Cluster Grant Announced by Silicon Mechanics
by Tom Ferrin 14 Nov '12

14 Nov '12

From: Art Mann <research-grant(a)siliconmechanics.net<mailto:research-grant@siliconmechanics.net>> Reply-To: Art Mann <research-grant(a)siliconmechanics.net<mailto:research-grant@siliconmechanics.net>> Date: Monday, November 12, 2012 11:09 AM To: Jeff Bluestone <jeff.bluestone(a)ucsf.edu<mailto:jeff.bluestone@ucsf.edu>> Subject: Research Cluster Grant Announced by Silicon Mechanics Silicon Mechanics Announces Our Second Annual Research Cluster Grant We are pleased to again announce our sponsorship of a unique grant opportunity: A complete High Performance Compute Cluster using the latest AMD Opteron processors and NVIDIA GPUs Silicon Mechanics, a leading manufacturer of rackmount servers, storage systems, and high-performance computing solutions, is dedicated to building relationships and collaborating with professors and researchers at universities and other research institutions Last year’s Research Cluster Grant recipient, Saint Louis University, is already making productive use of their cluster, www.siliconmechanics.com/i43744/research-cluster-grant-winners-circle.php<http://www.siliconmechanics.com/i43744/research-cluster-grant-winners-circl…> This grant program is open to all US and Canadian qualified post-secondary institutions, university-affiliated research institutions, non-profit research institutions, and researchers at federal labs with university affiliations. Submissions will be reviewed for merit and related impacts. Further details on the grant rules and the technical specifications of the cluster itself are available at: http://www.siliconmechanics.com/i43822/Research+Cluster+Grant+Information.p… We hope you will consider this opportunity to support your research by submitting a proposal, or by forwarding this to others in your department who could benefit through this grant. If you have any questions, please do not hesitate to contact us at research-grant(a)siliconmechanics.com<mailto:research-grant@siliconmechanics.com>. Best regards, Art Mann Education/Research/Gov't Vertical Group Manager Silicon Mechanics 425-420-1285 artm(a)siliconmechanics.com<mailto:artm@siliconmechanics.com> Silicon Mechanics wishes to thank our partners who have helped make this grant possible: AMD · NVDIA · Mellanox · Supermicro · Seagate · Kingston Technology · Bright Computing <http://www.siliconmechanics.com/i42364/Lunch+and+Learn+Registration.php> This message was sent to you by Silicon Mechanics. We are located at 22029 23rd Dr SE, Bothell WA 98021. If you would prefer not to get any further mailings, please click here<https://www.siliconmechanics.com/mailtool/unsub.php?magic=ykrFfdI1iN1SWsyel…>.

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[Compbio-allhands] BBC Journal Club, November 20th
by Bass, Karche 14 Nov '12

14 Nov '12

BBC Journal Club BP-BMI-CCB Tuesday, November 20th, 10:45am; Genentech Hall Auditorium Ben Spangler Mi Hyeon Cho, et. al., A magnetic switch for the control of cell death signaling in in vitro and in vivo systems. Nature Materials DOI: 10.1038/NMAT3430; (2012) Peter Fellowes Cambell, KL, et. al., Substitutions in woolly mammoth hemoglobin confer biochemical properties adaptive for cold tolerance. Nature Genetics: 42(6):536-40; (2010) Karché K. Bass Karché K. Bass | Administrative Assistant Asst. to John D. Gross, Charles S. Craik, Susan Miller, and Thomas James Department of Pharmaceutical Chemistry Administration; Box 2280 | University of California, San Francisco 600 16th Street, Suite 512 (5th Floor) | San Francisco, CA *: 415-502-0523 | 7: | *: Karche.Bass(a)ucsf.edu<mailto:Karche.Bass@ucsf.edu>

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[Compbio-allhands] 11/15/12 Seminar with Robert Lamb
by Nicole Takesono Flowers 09 Nov '12

09 Nov '12

BBC Graduate Programs Seminar Series Bioinformatics Biophysics Chemistry & Chemical Biology Complex Biological Sytems Thursdays, 12 Noon Genentech Hall Auditorium Simulcast to Parnassus Campus S-161 Robert Lamb Northwestern University Activating protein re-folding to cause paramyxovirus-mediated membrane fusion November 15, 2012 W. DeGrado, Host BBC Seminars are supported by the Biophysics, Bioinformatics, and Chemistry & Chemical Biology IFM, Department of Pharmaceutical Chemistry, QBC, HARC Center, and the Center for Systems and Synthetic Biology. Nicole Takesono Flowers CCB Graduate Program Assistant AMBER Software Administrator UCSF MC 2280 600 16th St. Genentech Hall Room 522 San Francisco, CA 94158-2517 Phone: (415) 502-6518 Fax: (415) 514-1546

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