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[Compbio-allhands] Fwd: Tenure-Track Assistant Professor in Biochemistry position
by Brian Shoichet 19 Jul '16

19 Jul '16

FYI. ---------- Forwarded message ---------- From: Spencer Anthony-Cahill <Spencer.Anthony-Cahill(a)wwu.edu> Date: Mon, Jul 18, 2016 at 6:15 PM Subject: Tenure-Track Assistant Professor in Biochemistry position To: "shoichet(a)cgl.ucsf.edu" <shoichet(a)cgl.ucsf.edu> Dear Professor Shoichet: I am reaching out to prominent structural biologists and biophysicists to bring to your attention a job posting we have for a tenure track assistant professorship in biochemistry. Western Washington University is a predominantly undergraduate institution. Our mission is to primarily serve our undergraduate population and engage them in meaningful research projects, which are commonly funded through federal grants and often result in quality peer-reviewed publications. Additionally, our Masters graduate program has grown over the past few years, which also bolsters our research infrastructure. We are keenly interested in attracting outstanding new faculty members who are motivated to work in this environment and excel in both teaching and research. We are particularly interested in candidates with interests in biochemistry and/or biophysics. If you know of any quality candidates that would be a good fit for our department, please encourage them to apply. Here is the link to our job posting: https://jobs.wwu.edu/JobPosting.aspx?JPID=7056 With best regards, Spencer. Spencer Anthony-Cahill, Ph.D. Professor of Chemistry, and Department Chair Email: Spencer.Anthony-Cahill(a)wwu.edu Tel: 360 650 3071 Morse Hall (CB) 270 516 High Street Bellingham, WA 98225-9150 -- Brian Shoichet, Professor http://bkslab.org/ <http://www.uoft.bkslab.org/> 415-514-4126 University of California, San Francisco Dept. of Pharmaceutical Chemistry By Courtesy: University of Toronto, Faculty of Pharmacy Ontario Institute for Cancer Research

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[Compbio-allhands] Fwd: Job ads
by Jacobson, Matt 07 Jul '16

07 Jul '16

- Matt Begin forwarded message: From: "Lexa, Katrina W" <katrina.lexa(a)merck.com<mailto:katrina.lexa@merck.com>> Subject: Job ads Date: July 7, 2016 at 7:22:44 AM PDT To: Matt Jacobson <Matt.Jacobson(a)ucsf.edu<mailto:Matt.Jacobson@ucsf.edu>> Hi Matt! A good friend of mine from Michigan works in the Chemistry department at Rollins College, just outside of Orlando. They’re hiring for a tenure-track assistant level professor position to start in August 2017, and they’re hoping for someone with a computational background: http://jobs.rollins.edu/cw/en-us/job/492307/assistant-professor-chemistry Also, Merck is hiring for two computational positions, one in Boston https://taleo.msd.com/careersection/merck_external_career_section/jobdetail… And one in West Point PA https://taleo.msd.com/careersection/merck_external_career_section/jobdetail… If you know anyone who might be interested, please pass the word along. Thanks! Hope everything in SF is going well, ------------------------------- Katrina Lexa Merck & Co., Inc. 126 East Lincoln Ave RY800-C364 Rahway, NJ 07065 phone: (732) 594-7058 office: RY800-D365 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: Research Associate (postdoc) in Structural Bioinformatics of Genetic Variants @ Imperial London
by Andrej Sali 01 Jul '16

01 Jul '16

> Begin forwarded message: > > From: "Sternberg, Michael J E" <m.sternberg(a)imperial.ac.uk> > Subject: FW: Research Associate (postdoc) in Structural Bioinformatics of Genetic Variants @ Imperial London > Date: July 1, 2016 at 11:29:38 AM GMT+2 > To: Undisclosed recipients:; > > Please forward to suitable applicants > Thanks > > Mike > > > > Imperial College London – Structural Bioinformatics of Genetic Variants > > > Salary £33,860-£42,830 per annum > > South Kensington Campus > > Applications are invited for a Research Associate position to join Prof Mike Sternberg’s Structural Bioinformatics Group at the South Kensington Campus, Imperial College London. The post holder will work as a member of a small team developing the software for the PhyreRisk portal which will provide a web portal to deliver to the community a resource relating human genetic variation, disease, protein structure and biological pathways. > > The post holder will be responsible for developing the PhyreRisk database and provide support to users of Phyre Risk. You will collaborate closely with other members of the team modelling protein structure and you will be involved in disseminating PhyreRisk to the community. You will also be expected to apply the portal to specific problems including those at the Institute of Cancer Research in London. In addition you will also assist with the teaching and the administration of research groups. > > You must have a PhD (or equivalent) involving substantial development of software to study biological systems at the genetic or molecular level. You will have proven programming experience that results in the development of a substantive and robust algorithm, web-site or database tackling a problem in protein modelling or the analysis of genetic variants. Extensive knowledge of either modelling protein structure or the analysis of genetic variants together with extensive experience of developing either web site using JavaScript/HTML (or equivalent) or an SQL (or equivalent) database for use by the bioscience and biomedical communities are essential. You must also be able to demonstrate an understanding of the application of statistics in bioinformatics. > > You must be able to express scientific concepts (especially those in bioinformatics) precisely and clearly, both verbally and in writing, and have experience of developing high-level code to a professional standard of robustness and clarity. Ability to identify the technical and scientific steps that need to be accomplished to develop novel and complex bioinformatics software with minimal supervision is highly desirable. > > You must have excellent verbal and written communication skills, and be able to write clearly and succinctly for publication. You must be able to relate well with others, form positive relationships with a wide range of people and to work as part of a team, as well as independently and be able to prioritise in respond to deadlines. You must have a pro-active attitude in the planning of research work, and have a creative approach to problem-solving. > > This is a full time position, funded by the Wellcome Trust for up to three years. > > > Deadline: 30 July 2016 (midnight BST) > > > > For initial enquiries please contact Professor Michael Sternberg by <>email: m.sternberg(a)imperial.ac.uk <mailto:m.sternberg@imperial.ac.uk> > > > Full details on how to apply see: > > https://www4.ad.ic.ac.uk/OA_HTML/OA.jsp?page=/oracle/apps/irc/candidateSelf… <https://www4.ad.ic.ac.uk/OA_HTML/OA.jsp?page=/oracle/apps/irc/candidateSelf…>..

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