November 2014 - compbio-allhands@cgl.ucsf.edu

[Compbio-allhands] Fwd: NIST Structure Biology Position
by Andrej Sali 27 Nov '14

27 Nov '14

> Begin forwarded message: > > From: "Marino, John P." <john.marino(a)nist.gov> > To: "sali(a)salilab.org" <sali(a)salilab.org> > Subject: FW: NIST Structure Biology Position > Date: November 25, 2014 at 12:06:33 PM PST > > Dear Andrej, > > I am writing to request your help in identifying outstanding candidates for an Assistant Professor equivalent position in our group at the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) (http://jobs.sciencecareers.org/job/344641/faculty-equivalent-structural-bio…). We are looking for motivated scientists who could establish independent research teams focused on developing new experimental techniques and/or modeling methods to advance protein structure determination. We are particularly interested in applicants whose research will focus on novel ways to combine high resolution structural data (X-ray and NMR) with small angle scattering (SAS) techniques to address important problems in biology and biotechnology. > > This is a federally position with 100% salary support. Base research funds are also provided by NIST, as well as access to state-of-the-art equipment, including high field NMRs (two 600s and a 900 MHz instrument), HDX-MS, X-ray crystallography and SAS facilities (in-house SAXS and internal access to the NIST Center for Neutron Research). Group members can, and are encouraged to, to apply for external funding to expand their program. Moreover, as we are situated in a joint Institute with the University of Maryland, adjunct appointments within UM departments are also possible. > > Our group is currently undergoing a significant expansion and provides an exciting and stimulating environment for cutting edge, collaborative research. We would greatly appreciate it if you could recommend suitable candidates to us and don't hesitate to contact us if there are any questions. > > Note that as this is a federal position, US citizenship is required. > > Best Regards, > John > _______________________________________ > John P. Marino, Ph.D. > Leader, Biomolecular Structure & Function Group > National Institute of Standards and Technology > 9600 Gudelsky Drive, Rockville, MD 20850 > 240-314-6160 [Tel]; 240-314-6255 [Fax] > john.marino(a)nist.gov > -- 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

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[Compbio-allhands] Fwd: faculty opening
by Jacobson, Matt 23 Nov '14

23 Nov '14

-- Matt Sent from my iPad Begin forwarded message: From: Emil Alexov <ealexov(a)g.clemson.edu<mailto:ealexov@g.clemson.edu>> Date: November 23, 2014 at 9:58:52 AM PST Cc: Konstantin Kornev <KKORNEV(a)clemson.edu<mailto:KKORNEV@clemson.edu>>, Igor Luzinov <luzinov(a)clemson.edu<mailto:luzinov@clemson.edu>> Subject: faculty opening Colleagues, With this email, I simply would like to bring to your attention a recent ad for a faculty position at Clemson University (including computational/theoretical approaches to bio-materials). See the ad attached. Please, forward the announcement to any interested party. I apologize for multiple copies of this email that you may receive. Thanks, Emil http://www.compbio.clemson.edu

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[Compbio-allhands] Fwd: New position and I'm hiring - any mobile job candiates?
by Andrej Sali 19 Nov '14

19 Nov '14

> Begin forwarded message: > > From: Heidi Imker <hjimker(a)gmail.com> > Date: November 18, 2014 at 8:11:26 PM PST > Subject: New position and I'm hiring - any mobile job candiates? > To: Andrej Sali <sali(a)salilab.org> > > Hi Andrej, > > Hope things going really well in San Francisco! I have a great new position as the director of a campus-wide program for managing and stewarding research data (Research Data Service <http://researchdataservice.illinois.edu/>). I started in May and after getting up to speed, we're ready to to hire. > I’m casting a wide net for 3 new job positions that we’re filling in the data realm. With your group’s expertise and field knowledge, you might know of some great people who are ready to move on to new a position. We’re hiring two data curators (wide open job description - many different skill-sets could be of use) and a data repository developer. Salary will be in the $60K range but our house prices average about $140K. CU is an “easy” place to live. :) > > http://goo.gl/YsBHom <http://goo.gl/YsBHom> (curators) > > http://goo.gl/4vumxA <http://goo.gl/4vumxA> (developer) > > Please pass on to anyone you know who might be interested, and your help is greatly appreciated in getting the word out. > > Do mail back if you get a chance, too – hope to hear things are going great! > > Heidi >

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[Compbio-allhands] 2015 USHUPO conference
by Andrej Sali 16 Nov '14

16 Nov '14

-- 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

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[Compbio-allhands] 11/20/14 Seminar with Molly Przeworski
by Flowers, Nicole 14 Nov '14

14 Nov '14

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 Molly Przeworski University of Chicago An evolutionary perspective on the human germ line mutation rate November 20, 2014 T. Friedrich, Host BBC Seminars are supported by the Biophysics, Bioinformatics, and Chemistry & Chemical Biology IFM, Department of Pharmaceutical Chemistry, QBC, HARC Center, the Center for Systems and Synthetic Biology, and the Quantitative Student Group Series. Nicole Takesono Flowers BMI, BP, & 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] SEMINAR ANNOUNCEMENT: Bill Pearson, Nov. 11, 1 pm, BH-212
by Patsy Babbitt 11 Nov '14

11 Nov '14

Seminar notice: Bill Pearson, Univ. of VA School of Medicine Friday, Nov. 14, 1:00 BH-212 Bill works in the areas of computational biology and protein evolution. One of the founders of the field of sequence analysis and its applications for functional inference, he serves on many advisory boards, including that for European Bioinformatics Institute's UniProt, one of the two (with Genbank) primary public database for sequence information and annotation. He wrote the FASTA algorithm, one of the first widely used computer programs for identifying distantly related protein sequences. His approach is widely used to annotate newly sequenced genomes. His current research focuses on improving functional predictions for proteins by integrating annotation and variation information with sequence alignments. Title and abstract: Alignments with Annotations – providing functional information with similarity search Similarity searching with sequence alignment is the most reliable method for characterizing genomes and meta-genomes; sequence alignment algorithms may now be the major consumer of compute cycles in the life sciences. While similarity searching has become dramatically more sensitive over the past 25 years, and the number and diversity of sequences has increased by orders of magnitude, the display of sequence alignments is essentially unchanged. Despite the explosive growth of sequence, variation, and annotation data, and the hyper-connectedness of sequence and annotation databases, popular search programs show the same alignment information that was displayed in 1985. The FASTA search and alignment programs can incorporate functional site annotations, variation data, and domain boundaries Variant annotation allows the alignment score to improve; the domain annotation strategy partitions the alignment score across the annotated domains, reducing the problem of homologous over-extension. Annotation of functional sites allows exploration of the relationship between sequence similarity, active-site conservation, and functional similarity -- Patricia Babbitt Professor, Department of Bioengineering & Therapeutic Sciences and Department of Pharmaceutical Chemistry California Institute for Quantitative Biosciences Director, Graduate Program in Biological & Medical Informatics University of California, San Francisco UCSF MC 2550 Byers Hall Room508E 1700 4th Street San Francisco, CA 94158-2330, USA (CA 94158 for direct delivery by courier) Tel +1 (415) 476-3784 Fax +1 415-502-8193 Email: babbitt(a)cgl.ucsf.edu; Web http://babbittlab.ucsf.edu/ Assistant: Ms. Joslyn Polzien, +1 415-514-1214, 415-514-4861 Joslyn.Polzien(a)ucsf.edu

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[Compbio-allhands] 11/13/14 Seminar with Jeff Gore
by Flowers, Nicole 07 Nov '14

07 Nov '14

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 Jeff Gore MIT Cooperation, cheating, and collapse in microbial populations November 13, 2014 M. Thomson, Host BBC Seminars are supported by the Biophysics, Bioinformatics, and Chemistry & Chemical Biology IFM, Department of Pharmaceutical Chemistry, QBC, HARC Center, the Center for Systems and Synthetic Biology, and the Quantitative Student Group Series. Nicole Takesono Flowers BMI, BP, & 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] 11/6/14 Braisted Lecture with Laura Kiessling
by Flowers, Nicole 06 Nov '14

06 Nov '14

UCSF-UCB Andrew Braisted Award Lectureship Lauraq Kiessling, Ph.D. Professor and MacArthur Foundation Fellow University of Wisconsin-Madison Us Versus Them: Cell Surface Glycans to Distinguish Human and Microbial Cells Thursday, November 6, 2014 4 pm Genentech Hall Byers Auditorium UCSF Mission Bay Campus Simulcast to Parnassus, Room 161 Reception in 1st Floor Atrium following talk Contact: Jim Wells, Charles Craik Sponsor: The Andrew Braisted Lecture Fund Nicole Takesono Flowers BMI, BP, & 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] SAVE THE DATE- PETER KOLLMAN LECTURESHIP- JANUARY 8, 2015
by Flowers, Nicole 04 Nov '14

04 Nov '14

SAVE THE DATE- THURSDAY, January 8, 2015 AT 12:00 PM Mark Murcko Disruptive Biomedical PETER A. KOLLMAN LECTURESHIP GENENTECH HALL BYERS AUDITORIUM - UCSF MISSION BAY CAMPUS SIMULCAST TO PARNASSUS CAMPUS S-161 Reception in Byers Hall 5th Floor Lounge at 3:30 Nicole Takesono Flowers BMI, BP, & 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: Faculty search at Ohio State University in theoretical/computational chemistry
by Andrej Sali 04 Nov '14

04 Nov '14

Sent from my iPhone Begin forwarded message: > From: "Herbert, John" <herbert(a)chemistry.ohio-state.edu> > Date: November 4, 2014 at 8:10:10 AM PST > To: "Herbert, John" <herbert(a)chemistry.ohio-state.edu> > Cc: "Herbert, John" <herbert(a)chemistry.ohio-state.edu> > Subject: Faculty search at Ohio State University in theoretical/computational chemistry > Reply-To: "Herbert, John" <herbert(a)chemistry.ohio-state.edu> > > Colleague, > I wish to draw your attention to a theoretical chemistry faculty search in my department, which is part of a larger “Data Analytics” initiative on campus, into which the University has committed significant resources. Because of the broader tie-in and the attendant layers of bureaucracy, the approval to search came relatively late, so I am sending out this blanket email. Please note that we will begin reviewing applications immediately, but the final deadline for applications is Dec. 1. > > The text of the advertisement is pasted at the end of this email. Please forward this email to your postdocs or former students who are looking for academic jobs. > > Thanks in advance, and best regards. > John Herbert > > > ================================== > John M. Herbert, Professor > Dept. of Chemistry & Biochemistry > The Ohio State University > 100 W. 18th Ave., Columbus, OH 43210 > Office: 2114 Newman & Wolfrom > (614) 292-6851 (voice) > (614) 292-1685 (fax) > http://www.chemistry.osu.edu/~herbert > ================================== > > > The College of Arts and Sciences at The Ohio State University seeks applications to fill a tenure-track faculty position in Data Analytics at the Assistant Professor level within the Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry. The successful applicant will develop and apply novel computational methods to guide discovery of new functional materials or molecules, and/or understand the properties of complex systems. The search will consider outstanding candidates in all areas of computational chemistry, but greatest needs exist in either (i) electronic structure theory and dynamics, or (ii) computational structural biology. Ideal candidates in area (i) would address fundamental questions to enable rational design of new materials with possible applications in energy harvesting and storage, novel electronic devices, catalysis, or sensing. The ideal candidate in area (ii) would complement and extend existing and emerging experimental methods in biomolecular structure and function, with possible applications in de novo structure prediction, molecular design, or macromolecule-ligand interactions. Successful candidates will demonstrate the potential to be leaders in methods development, but also have strong ties to experiment. Ohio State has a strong tradition in theoretical and computational chemistry, with access to excellent computing resources through the Ohio Supercomputer Center (www.osc.edu). A doctoral degree in Chemistry or Biochemistry is required at the time of application. This position is partially funded by Ohio State's Discovery Themes Initiative, a significant faculty hiring investment in key thematic areas in which the university can build on its culture of academic collaboration to make a global impact. > > The Ohio State University, Ohio’s flagship institution of higher education, is located in Columbus, a growing and affordable metropolitan area of ~1.5 million people with a stable and diversified economy. Columbus is consistently ranked as one of the most attractive cities in which to live and work. General information about the University, College, and community is available through links at: http://www.osu.edu. A curriculum vitae, a description of research experience and future plans, a description of teaching interests, a list of publications, and 3 letters of recommendation should be submitted to https://academicjobsonline.org/ajo/jobs/5049. Applications will be accepted and reviewed continuously, but to ensure a full review the application materials should be received no later than December 1, 2014. > > The Ohio State University is committed to establishing a culturally and intellectually diverse environment, encouraging all members of our learning community to reach their full potential. We are responsive to dual-career families and strongly promote work-life balance to support our community members through a suite of institutionalized policies. We are an NSF Advance Institution and a member of the Ohio/Western Pennsylvania/West Virginia Higher Education Recruitment Consortium (HERC). > > The Ohio State University is an equal opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation or identity, national origin, disability status, or protected veteran status. Ohio State is an NSF Advance Institution. > > >

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