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[Compbio-allhands] Fwd: position for upcoming graduates/postdocs @Dow
by Andrej Sali 11 Oct '15

11 Oct '15

> Begin forwarded message: > > From: "John, Bino (B)" <bjohn1(a)dow.com> > Date: October 10, 2015 at 2:45:57 PM PDT > To: "Andrej Sali (sali(a)salilab.org)" <sali(a)salilab.org> > Subject: position for upcoming graduates/postdocs @Dow > > Job Description > Dow AgroSciences seeks an innovative Computational Biologist for genetic, genomic, proteomic, and phenotypic data analysis. The successful candidate will join the Data Analysis Department within R&D and will interface with scientists across Dow AgroSciences R&D. The candidate will use computational approaches spanning genetic, genomic, phenotype, and protein sequence data to drive hypothesis generation and enable automated computing systems. > > Key job responsibilities are: > > - Develop innovative automated computing platforms for integrating genetic, genomic, and phenotype data to enable R&D decisions > - Enable hypothesis generation using genomic and proteomics data analysis spanning sequence (gene, RNA, protein) and protein structure analysis. > - Monitor emerging computational and data analysis technologies to accelerate program objectives and translate leads into actionable research activities. > > This position is located at Dow AgroSciences’ world headquarters in Indianapolis, IN, USA on its modern and expanding campus. Domestic relocation support is provided for this position. > > Qualifications > > - Doctoral degree in computational biology or closely related field > - Demonstrated experience in multiple areas of the following data types: DNA, RNA, protein, pathway, and phenotype > - Demonstrated experience in working in a high-performance computing environment > - Demonstrated experience in computing software (MATLAB or similar), compiled programming languages (Java or similar) and database programming languages (e.g. SQL or similar) > > Basic qualifications > > - Doctoral degree in computational biology or closely related field > > About Dow AgroSciences > Dow AgroSciences discovers, develops, and brings to market crop protection and plant biotechnology solutions for the growing world. Based in Indianapolis, Indiana, USA, Dow AgroSciences is a wholly owned subsidiary of The Dow Chemical Company and had annual global sales of $7.3 billion in 2014. Learn more at www.dowagro.com <http://www.dowagro.com/>. Follow Dow AgroSciences on Facebook, Twitter, LinkedIn, and Google+, or subscribe to our News Release RSS Feed. > > Dow AgroSciences offers: > > - Competitive salaries and comprehensive benefits > - An annual variable pay program that rewards team and individual performance while sharing success across the company > - Employee stock ownership - and the commitment to long-term success that it brings > - On-going learning opportunities within a diverse, inclusive and rewarding work environment > - Career experiences that can span different Dow businesses and functions with opportunities for personal and professional growth > - The chance to work within a global company and interact with colleagues from around the world > - Opportunities that spark your imagination and ignite your passion to help others > > Primary Location: North America-USA-Indiana-Indianapolis > Schedule: Full-time > Apply now : http://careers.dowagro.com/talentcommunity/apply/300576800 <http://careers.dowagro.com/talentcommunity/apply/300576800> > Visa: H1B sponsorship available > > > > > > > Bino John > Computational Biology Group Leader > Dow AgroSciences LLC > 9330 Zionsville Road > Indianapolis, IN 46268 > O:317-337-5325, C:917-6640462 > bjohn1(a)dow.com <mailto:bjohn1@dow.com>

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[Compbio-allhands] 10/15/15 Seminar with Timothy Lu
by Flowers, Nicole 09 Oct '15

09 Oct '15

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 (Please note: A lack of attendance in S-161 within the first 10 minutes of the start time will result in a cancellation of the simulcast.) Timothy Lu MIT Programming Cells for Human Health Applications October 15, 2015 H. El-Samad, 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, & PSPG Graduate Program Assistant UCSF MC 2280 600 16th St. Genentech Hall Room 522 San Francisco, CA 94143 Phone: (415) 502-6518 Fax: (415) 514-1546

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[Compbio-allhands] Fwd: computational scientist at Impossible Foods
by Andrej Sali 02 Oct '15

02 Oct '15

-- 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 94143, USA Tel +1 (415) 514-4227; Fax +1 (415) 514-4231 Administrative Assistant: Steve Ha, assistant(a)salilab.org, Tel +1 (415) 514-4228, 502-8084 Email sali(a)salilab.org; Web http://salilab.org > Begin forwarded message: > > From: Michael Eisen <mbeisen(a)gmail.com> > Date: October 2, 2015 at 6:17:35 AM GMT+9 > To: Michael Eisen <mbeisen(a)gmail.com> > Subject: computational scientist at Impossible Foods > > Colleagues- > > Sorry for the blast email. > > As most of you know I've been helping Pat Brown out with Impossible Foods, the company he founded to create plant-based alternatives to meat and other animal products, with the goal of ending the world's most destructive industry (animal farming). As part of this effort we have been generating a lot of very interesting data on the identity and properties of plant proteins, on various plant-based materials, on small molecules present in uncooking, cooking and cooked foods, on microbes used in cheesemaking, and how all of the various properties of animal products and the products we are making influence how they're perceived by consumers. > > With all this data, we are now in great need of a smart scientists to do interesting things with it. Pat and I have been doing a lot of this ourselves, but we just can't keep up. So if you know anyone really good, who wants to work in a fun and exciting startup with a important mission (our goal is to change the way the Earth looks from space) please send them my way. > > Here's our website: www.impossiblefoods.com <http://www.impossiblefoods.com/> > > And a job description: http://impossiblefoods.com/jobs/?gh_jid=98307 <http://impossiblefoods.com/jobs/?gh_jid=98307> > > Let me know if you have any questions. > > -Mike > > -- > Michael Eisen, Ph.D. > Investigator, Howard Hughes Medical Institute > Professor of Genetics, Genomics and Development > Department of Molecular and Cell Biology > University of California, Berkeley

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[Compbio-allhands] 10/8/15 Seminar with Eric Siggia
by Flowers, Nicole 02 Oct '15

02 Oct '15

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 Eric Siggia Rockefeller Differentiation of micropatterned human embryonic stem cell colonies recapitulates the early embryo October 8, 2015 M. Thompson, 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, & PSPG Graduate Program Assistant UCSF MC 2280 600 16th St. Genentech Hall Room 522 San Francisco, CA 94143 Phone: (415) 502-6518 Fax: (415) 514-1546

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[Compbio-allhands] Fwd: 2016 Postdoc in Computational Protein Design Job Posting
by Jacobson, Matt 01 Oct '15

01 Oct '15

-- Matt Sent from my iPhone Begin forwarded message: From: "Lexa, Katrina W" <katrina.lexa(a)merck.com<mailto:katrina.lexa@merck.com>> Date: October 1, 2015 at 10:43:57 AM PDT To: "matt.jacobson(a)ucsf.edu<mailto:matt.jacobson@ucsf.edu>" <matt.jacobson(a)ucsf.edu<mailto:matt.jacobson@ucsf.edu>> Subject: FW: 2016 Postdoc in Computational Protein Design Job Posting Hi Matt, Passing along a computational postdoc posting, for people who might be interested. ------------- Katrina From: Crespo, Alejandro Sent: Friday, September 25, 2015 10:35 AM To: MRL Process Chemistry - Truppo Subject: 2016 Postdoc in Computational Protein Design Job Posting Hello Chemical Biotechnology, As you may know, we are looking for candidates for the 2016 postdoc in computational protein design. I would appreciate if you could forward the job posting link below to your scientific academic network so we can capture the best candidates. https://merck.taleo.net/careersection/ext_merckunitedstates_en/jobdetail.ft… FYI the full advertisement is due to be published in the October 16th edition of Science. Thank you Regards Alejandro Notice: This e-mail message, together with any attachments, contains information of Merck & Co., Inc. (2000 Galloping Hill Road, Kenilworth, New Jersey, USA 07033), and/or its affiliates Direct contact information for affiliates is available at http://www.merck.com/contact/contacts.html) that may be confidential, proprietary copyrighted and/or legally privileged. It is intended solely for the use of the individual or entity named on this message. If you are not the intended recipient, and have received this message in error, please notify us immediately by reply e-mail and then delete it from your system.

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[Compbio-allhands] Fwd: Job offer for a programmer in Barcelona
by Andrej Sali 01 Oct '15

01 Oct '15

-- 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 94143, USA Tel +1 (415) 514-4227; Fax +1 (415) 514-4231 Administrative Assistant: Steve Ha, assistant(a)salilab.org, Tel +1 (415) 514-4228, 502-8084 Email sali(a)salilab.org; Web http://salilab.org > Begin forwarded message: > > From: "Marc A. Marti-Renom" <martirenom(a)cnag.crg.eu> > Date: October 1, 2015 at 7:33:34 AM PDT > To: "Marc A. Marti-Renom" <martirenom(a)cnag.crg.eu> > Subject: Job offer for a programmer in Barcelona > > Dear Friends and Colleagues, > > Apologies for the mass posting. > > Please, forward that e-mail to whom you believe could be interested in a Programmer position in our group to work on developing tools for modeling and visualizing 3D genomes. > > More information here http://recruitment.crg.eu/content/jobs/position/programmer <http://recruitment.crg.eu/content/jobs/position/programmer> as well as in the attached PDF. > > Deadline 19th of October. > > All the best, > Marc > ... > Marc A. Marti-Renom, ICREA Research Professor > Structural Genomics Group Leader > Centre Nacional d’Anàlisi Genòmica - Centre de Regulació Genòmica (CNAG-CRG) > Parc Científic de Barcelona – Torre I (10th floor) > Baldiri Reixac, 4, 08028 Barcelona > Tel +34 9340 33743 > Email: martirenom(a)cnag.crg.eu <mailto:martirenom@cnag.crg.eu> > Web: http://marciuslab.org <http://marciuslab.org/> · http://cnag.crg.eu <http://cnag.crg.eu/> · http://crg.cat <http://crg.cat/> > > *** Consider the environment. Print responsibly. *** > > > > > > > > > > > > >

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[Compbio-allhands] Fwd: Bioinformatics and Computational Staff Scientists at the University of Oklahoma
by Jacobson, Matt 30 Sep '15

30 Sep '15

-- Matt Sent from my iPhone Begin forwarded message: From: <jzhoulab(a)gmail.com<mailto:jzhoulab@gmail.com>> Date: September 30, 2015 at 8:20:26 AM HST To: <matt.jacobson(a)ucsf.edu<mailto:matt.jacobson@ucsf.edu>> Subject: Bioinformatics and Computational Staff Scientists at the University of Oklahoma Dear Dr. Matthew Jacobson We have two positions in bioinformatics and computational biology available at the Institute for Environmental Genomics, Department of Microbiology and Plant Biology, University of Oklahoma, Norman, Oklahoma, USA. We are looking for highly motivated computational scientists and bioinformaticians with strong background and experience in computation, bioinformatics, mathematics, statistics, environmental engineering, and theoretical ecology, and the development and/or applications of new algorithms and methods for big microbiome data analysis. Both positions are permanent, 12-month appointments supported by the University funds. Both positions will be focused on microbiome studies related to bioenergy, climate change, environmental science and human health. Individuals in both positions will participate in grant proposal writing as a PI, or Co-PI, and may hold adjunct faculty positions at relevant academic departments such as Microbiology and Computer Science (See attachment fo r details). I will appreciate greatly that you can pass this announcement on to any potential candidates that you know. Please feel free to post the announcement or forward it to any colleagues who may know of potential candidates. Thanks for your kind assistance! Yours sincerely Joe Jizhong Zhou, Ph.D George Lynn Cross Research Professor, Department of Microbiology and Plant Biology Director, Institute for Environmental Genomics (IEG) University of Oklahoma 101 David L. Boren Blvd. Norman, OK, 73072 Phone: 205-325-6073 Fax: 405-325-7552 E-mail jzhoulab(a)gmail.com<mailto:jzhoulab@gmail.com> Website: http://ieg.ou.edu

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