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Here are some bioinformatics courses, These are geared towards: - Scientists, so they can think like a programmer and solve bottlenecks in data-based Biology - Computer programmers, so they know how to solve bioinformatics problems for scientists - Bioinformaticians, so they can advance their skills in newer application areas Some of these courses include scripting and database management with Linux, Perl, R, Matlab and MySql, while others include learning to use software for analyzing data from Microarray, NGS, Metabolomics and Proteomics platforms. A course on High Performance Computing and Primer Design is also offered. A detailed roster of scheduled courses is available at: http://www.bioinformatics.org/edu/calendar/view.php?view=upcoming Additionally, through Bioinformatics.org, an instructor-led program in practical bioinformatics is being offered. The goal here is to provide attendees a broad overview of the bioinformatics landscape, while giving them hands-on experienc...

Linguamatics is currently seeking a talented post graduate with experience of natural language processing to work on leading edge text mining products. You will be responsible for developing and maintaining resources for domain specific adaptation of real-time semantic search software based on Natural Language Processing. Working closely with application scientists and the development team, you will ensure that the combination of software and resources satisfies customer requirements. This will include developing linguistic patterns, and programs to transform domain specific terminologies into common formats and keep them up-to-date. You will be working on life science applications, and some knowledge of the Pharmaceutical or Healthcare industry would be useful.In addition to resource and application development, you will be expected to contribute to ongoing UK or EU funded research projects as part of the research and resource development team. You will have strong communication ski...

Courtesy Bioclues The growing bioinformatics unit in the Cancer Research Center in Sheba medical center (Tel Hashomer) is looking for a PhD student and a bioinformatician (see attachments). The Cancer Research Center is equipped with state of the art technologies for high throughput data analysis, including Solexa sequencing machine. We also have the benefits of close access to clinical and diagnostics data. All making it a gold mine for bioinformaticans. The bioinformatics unit in the Sheba cancer research cancer is seeking for a bioinformatican. The projects involve programming and usage of advanced bioinformatics tools and include analysis of deep sequencing data. Contact:   eran.eyal@sheba.health.gov.il ,  972- 03-5308148 Share |

Organization:  Harvard Medical School Job Location:  Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts, USA Salary:  $50,000/year Benefits:  Family health insurance, T-Pass discount, credit union, child-care scholarships Job Description:  Post-doctoral position.Available immediately. Permanent residency not required. Working at the interface of biology, statistics, and computing, the candidate will analyze high through-put gene expression microarray data in cancer genomics. The goal is to develop novel data analysis algorithms and software and to identify genomic signatures in cancer patients and tumor-bearing mice. Requirements:  Qualifications: (i) PhD in bioinformatics, biostatistics, computer science or related fields; (ii)familiarity with molecular biology and genomics; (iii)strong programming skills (R, C++, Python): and (iv) proficiency in microarray software Bioconductor, dChip, and GenePattern. Contact Information:  Please send CV, a caree...

The electronic version of this article is the complete one and can be found online at: http://www.biomedcentral.com/1471-2105/9/82 Abstract Background The performance of different programming languages has previously been benchmarked using abstract mathematical algorithms, but not using standard bioinformatics algorithms. We compared the memory usage and speed of execution for three standard bioinformatics methods, implemented in programs using one of six different programming languages. Programs for the Sellers algorithm, the Neighbor-Joining tree construction algorithm and an algorithm for parsing BLAST file outputs were implemented in C, C++, C#, Java, Perl and Python. Results Implementations in C and C++ were fastest and used the least memory. Programs in these languages generally contained more lines of code. Java and C# appeared to be a compromise between the flexibility of Perl and Python and the fast performance of C and C++. The relative performance of the tested languages d...

CambridgeSoft's Business Partner in Kochi, India is hiring for multiple positions. If you know any appropriate candidates, with a chemistry or biochemistry background. The following is a list of available positions: Team Lead - coordinating the activities of small software development teams: http://www.cambridgesoft.com/careers/details/?Career=115 3D Team Leader : http://www.cambridgesoft.com/careers/details/?Career=228 Developer - Network Communications and Distributed Computing : http://www.cambridgesoft.com/careers/details/?Career=230 Developer Numerical Methods: http://www.cambridgesoft.com/careers/details/?Career=234 Senior Lead Developer : http://www.cambridgesoft.com/careers/details/?Career=225 Scientific Software Developer C++ : http://www.cambridgesoft.com/careers/details/?Career=14 Lead Developer E-Notebook : http://www.cambridgesoft.com/careers/details/?Career=81 E-Notebook Enterprise Support Analyst : http://www.cambridgesoft.com/careers/de...

The new hotness, fast, efficient, distributed version control system ideal for the collaborative development of software... Github , a source code management (SCM) repository based on git has exited beta and is ready for people to sign up. Git and github offer interesting opportunities for bioinformatics software development, and I think it’s worth taking a few minutes to explore them. There’s a free option too , so it doesn’t cost anything to sign up and play around. Github builds on git and takes the easy branching feature a step further to create a social software site. I know everyone and their dog is creating a social [insert verb]ing application/site, but you might find that that github’s approach can make a difference in your approach to software development. Github makes it possible to see who is creating branches of your project, visualised as a network, where branch and merge points are shown in a timeline. More on git and github Repository Formats Matter Moving from subver...

Google Summer of Code™ Google Summer of Code 2008 is on! Over the past three years, the program has brought together over 1500 students and 2000 mentors from 90 countries worldwide, all for the love of code. http://code.google.com/soc/2008/