February 2017 - compbio-allhands@cgl.ucsf.edu

[Compbio-allhands] 3/2/17 Seminar with Alexander Mankin
by Flowers, Nicole 24 Feb '17

24 Feb '17

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.) Alexander Mankin University of Illinois at Chicago Stopping the stopping: how one inhibitor can interfere with termination of translation in two different ways March 2, 2017 D. Fujimori, 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] 2/23/17 Seminar with James Noonan
by Flowers, Nicole 17 Feb '17

17 Feb '17

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.) James Noonan Yale Genetic models of human evolution February 23, 2017 N. Ahituv, 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] ICHS Seminar Series: Jure Leskovec, 3/8 @ 2pm
by Rizk-Jackson, Angela 16 Feb '17

16 Feb '17

We hope you will join us for the following talk in our ICHS Seminar Series (flyer attached): "Scaled computation & inferential methods in biomedicine: Machine learning for biomedical applications” Jure Leskovec, PhD Associate Professor of Computer Science, Stanford University Chief Scientist, Pinterest Wednesday, March 8, 2017 @ 2pm Lecture: 2-3pm Reception: 3-3:30pm (light refreshments will be served) Mission Bay Campus: 1550 4th St, Rock Hall Auditorium About the Speaker: Jure’s research focuses on mining and modeling large social and information networks, their evolution, and diffusion of information and influence over them; and at Pinterest he works on machine learning problems. Contact: Angela.Rizk-jackson(a)ucsf.edu<mailto:Angela.Rizk-jackson@ucsf.edu>

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[Compbio-allhands] Fwd: Recruitment of associate professor in chemoinformatics / bioinformactics
by Brian Shoichet 16 Feb '17

16 Feb '17

FYI ---------- Forwarded message ---------- From: Ruth Brenk <Ruth.Brenk(a)uib.no> Date: Thu, Feb 16, 2017 at 4:18 AM Subject: Recruitment of associate professor in chemoinformatics / bioinformactics To: Brian Shoichet <bshoichet(a)gmail.com> Hi Brian, the University of Bergen (Norway) is currently recruiting 5 associate professors in the are of chemoinformatics / bioinformatics ( https://www.jobbnorge.no/en/available-jobs/job/134177/assoc iate-professors-in-bioinformatics-up-to-five-positions). It would be great if you could spread to the news to suitable candidates. Regards Ruth -- Prof. Dr. Ruth Brenk University of Bergen Department of Biomedicine Ruth.Brenk(a)uib.no +47 55586070 Visitor adress: Mail address: Jonas Lies vei 91 Postboks 7804 5020 Bergen 5020 Bergen Norway Norway -- Brian Shoichet, Professor, UCSF *http://www.bkslab.org/contact.php <http://www.bkslab.org/contact.php>* By Courtesy: UofT Fac. of Pharmacy

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[Compbio-allhands] Fwd: An announcement from COMP Together
by magdalena K 14 Feb '17

14 Feb '17

COMP Together event will be held on Thursday, please see announcement > Begin forwarded message: > > From: comp_together(a)acscomp.org > Subject: An announcement from COMP Together > Date: January 18, 2017 at 11:24:34 PM PST > To: Magdalena Korczynska <xtal.ca(a)gmail.com> > Reply-To: BinQing Wei <wei.binqing(a)gmail.com> > > The COMP Together champions in your area would like to announce the following event: > > Speaker: JW Feng (Denali), Alberto Gobbi & Ben Sellers (Genentech), Mario Cardozo (Nurix) > Title: SF Bay Area COMP Together Mini-Talk Series > Date: 2017-02-16 > Time: 6:00 PM > Event ID: 36 > Sponsor: NIBR > > Location > UCSF Mission Bay > 1700 4th St. BH212 > > San Francisco CA 94158 > > Description and Notes > Description: > Software expenditure and headcount for computational chemistry are often closely scrutinized at pharma and biotech companies. Some of us are working at smaller biotech or startups where the limitations tend to be even more severe. This meeting aims to promote sharing of strategies & tools to help address those challenges, including leveraging open-source software and cloud computing. > > Schedule: > > 6-7pm, check-in & networking (pizza and drinks provided) > > 7-7:20pm, talk #1, JW Feng (Denali) > Title: Computational chemistry challenges and opportunities at a biotech startup > > 7:20-8pm, talk #2, Ben Sellers & Alberto Gobbi (Genentech) > Title: Chemalot and chemalot_knime versatile open source tools for many of your cheminformatics and computational chemistry tasks. > > 8-8:20pm, discussion moderated by Mario Cardozo (Nurix) > > Notes: > Non-UCSF affiliated participants please enter through the main entrance of Genentech Hall (600 16th St., San Francisco, CA 94158) and sign in at the security desk. > > Public parking is available at the UCSF Mission Bay surface lots. For more information, please visit: http://campuslifeservices.ucsf.edu/transportation/services/parking/public_p… > > On-street parking is also available on 4th street and 16th street. > > > > > If you would like to attend this COMP Together event, please visit the COMP website and register using the > http://app.acscomp.org/COMP_Together/meeting_signup.php?event_id=36. > > If you have any questions about this event, please contact BinQing Wei atwei.binqing(a)gmail.com. > > If you would like to update your COMP Together registration or unsubscribe, please visit http://app.acscomp.org/COMP_Together/reg_update/update_login.php

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[Compbio-allhands] Fwd: Mobley lab hiring postdoc
by Andrej Sali 14 Feb '17

14 Feb '17

> Begin forwarded message: > > From: David Mobley <dmobley(a)uci.edu> > Subject: Mobley lab hiring postdoc > Date: February 14, 2017 at 6:32:18 AM PST > To: David Mobley <dmobley(a)mobleylab.org> > > Dear Colleagues, > > I'm currently hiring a postdoc working on free energy calculations and applications to problems relating to pharmaceutical drug discovery. I'm ideally looking for someone with significant software development experience and expertise in MD and/or MC. > > Please pass along this brief advertisement to anyone suitable you might be aware of: http://mobleylab.org/2017/02/14/postdoc-position-currently-available/ <http://mobleylab.org/2017/02/14/postdoc-position-currently-available/> > > The position is available as early as March 1, and applications should be received by Feb. 21. > > Thanks so much, > David Mobley > > -- > David Mobley > Associate Professor > Department of Pharmaceutical Sciences > Department of Chemistry > 3134B Natural Sciences I > University of California, Irvine > Irvine, CA 92697 > dmobley(a)uci.edu <mailto:dmobley@uci.edu> > work (949) 824-6383 > cell (949) 385-2436 >

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[Compbio-allhands] SAVE THE DATE- PETER KOLLMAN LECTURESHIP- APRIL 13, 2017
by Flowers, Nicole 13 Feb '17

13 Feb '17

SAVE THE DATE- THURSDAY, April 13, 2017 AT 3:00 PM Ron Dror Stanford PETER A. KOLLMAN LECTURESHIP GENENTECH HALL BYERS AUDITORIUM - UCSF MISSION BAY CAMPUS LIVE WEBCAST— URL TBA Reception in Byers Hall 2rd Floor Lounge at 4:30 pm. 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] 2/16/17 Seminar with Jeff Kelly
by Flowers, Nicole 10 Feb '17

10 Feb '17

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.) Jeff Kelly Scripps Adapting Proteostasis to Ameliorate Degenerative Diseases Linked to Protein Aggregation February 16, 2017 M. Kampmann, 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] Claus Seidel seminar, Feb 8
by Andrej Sali 08 Feb '17

08 Feb '17

“Quantitative FRET studies and integrative modeling unravel the structure and dynamics of biomolecular systems in vitro and in live cells” 11am, Feb 8, BH 212 -- 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

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[Compbio-allhands] Fwd: Vacancy Bioinformatics professor Radboudumc Nijmegen
by Andrej Sali 06 Feb '17

06 Feb '17

> Begin forwarded message: > > From: <Han.Brunner(a)radboudumc.nl> > Subject: Vacancy Bioinformatics professor Radboudumc Nijmegen > Date: February 6, 2017 at 2:32:52 AM PST > To: Undisclosed recipients:; > > Dear colleague, > > This is to ask whether you might have ideas about a position that we would like to fill here at Radboudumc Nijmegen. > > We are looking for a professor and head of bioinformatics. We have some very good bioinformaticians already, focusing on specific areas such as human genetics, molecular biology, and immunology. We are now looking for a full professor to lead the central bioinformatics core. Ideally, we would hope to find someone who has active research going and who would also be interested in the broader development of information science and method development to make biomedical sciences more informative! > > Let me know if you have any ideas for a candidate who might be interested in moving to the Netherlands. > > Best wishes > > Han Brunner > > > > Monday-Wednesday, and alternating Fridays > Radboud UMC > Department of Human Genetics 855 > Donders Institute for Brain, Cognition and Behaviour > PO Box 9101 > 6500HB Nijmegen > The Netherlands > Tel: +31-243614017 > Han.Brunner(a)RadboudUMC.nl <mailto:Han.Brunner@RadboudUMC.nl> > > Thursdays and alternating Fridays > Maastricht University Medical Center > Department of Clinical Genetics > PO Box 5800 > 6202AZ Maastricht > The Netherlands > Tel: +31-433871349 > Han.Brunner(a)MUMC.NL <mailto:Han.Brunner@MUMC.NL> > > > > > Het Radboudumc staat geregistreerd bij de Kamer van Koophandel in het handelsregister onder nummer 41055629. > The Radboud university medical center is listed in the Commercial Register of the Chamber of Commerce under file number 41055629. >

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