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Background:
Ochanomizu University, a National University Corporation in Japan, is
searching for a post-doctoral research fellow to work with Assistant
Professor Dr. Jesper Jansson on the Program for Researchers to Promote
Creative and Independent Research supported by the Ministry of Education,
Culture, Sports, Science, and Technology.

Number of available positions:
1

Terms of Employment:
The first term is from the appointment day to March 31, 2009.
The contract may be extended on a yearly basis until March 31, 2012,
depending on the research performance.

BACKGROUND:
As part of the vision for developing the Centre, two positions are available for data analysts to develop quantitative approaches to studying gene expression. You will join existing staff in a new Data Analysis facility headed by Professor of Bioinformatics, Geoff Barton (http://www.compbio.dundee.ac.uk/).

RESPONSIBILITIES:
You will provide support for computational analysis of data-intensive "wet" biological research particularly in the areas of proteomics and image analysis.

PhD in Bioinformatics [Honours in Stats, Maths, Computer Science or Molecular Biology, and knowledge of Bayesian Stats, Bioinformatics, and/or Computational Biology would be desirable]

Australian National University, University of Queensland and Queensland University of Technology

PhD in Bioinformatics
Several PhD scholarships are available in a newly funded ARC project for developing and applying computational/statistical methods for detection of non-coding RNAs in eukaryote genomes. This is quite a hot topic, so you will be working at the forefront of bioinformatics with leading experts in the field in Australia and internationally.

The Wellcome Trust Sanger Institute leads the world in genomic research, with an expanding scientific programme dedicated to understanding the role of genomes in biological systems.

Ensembl Developer (2 posts Interpreting vertebrate genome sequence is one of the most challenging scientific information problems for this century. The Ensembl project (http://www.ensembl.org) is the world-wide leader in this task. Ensembl is a joint project between the EBI and the Sanger Institute, funded by the Wellcome Trust. We have one of the world’s largest dedicated computer resources for genomic analysis. We constantly need to extend and adapt the system to cope with new data sources, and are looking for developers to join this exciting project.

The Bioinformaticians, who are usually biologists or biochemists with strong programming skills, contribute to the maintenance and development of the databases in the EBI’s Protein and Nucleotide Database Group (PANDA).

The selected candidate will be responsible for the analysis and annotation of sequence data using UNIX-based software tools, the extraction of biological information from scientific literature or databases using high-throughput methods and the development of new analysis and annotation tools. In addition to these activities, the incumbent will contribute to the development of the group’s external services and develop internal and external software specifications.

The Max Planck Institute for Molecular Genetics is an international research institute with approx. 500 employees, working in the field of medical genomics. A special focus lies on genome analysis of man and other organisms.

The Otto Warburg Junior Research Group of Dr. Sascha Sauer, “Nutrigenomics and Gene Regulation”, is seeking outstanding candidates for several positions:

Postdoctoral Scientist
(TVöD E 13) • OWL 04-18

Ph.D. student
(TVöD E 13/2) • OWL 04-19

The group is focusing on the analysis of molecular interaction of small molecules with gene regulation networks with the aim to understand and model cellular processes related to the therapy of metabolic diseases.

The Twarock group at the University of York invites applications for two PhD
positions: one suitable for a candidate with background in mathematics (pure
or applied mathematics, mathematical physics) and one for a candidate with a
computational background (computational biology, bioinformatics, computer
science).

The involvement of the mitochondrion in many vital cellular processes
makes its proteins an attractive proposition for structural studies. Such studies
frequently require an inhibitory small molecule to stabilise the protein.

This project will incorporate comparative modelling of protein targets,
virtual compound screening and in silico lead optimisation in order to identify
candidate inhibitory molecules of mitochondrial proteins. The project
will require the development and refinement of techniques for the application
of these methods to membrane proteins. In the first stage of the project,
the focus will be on designing inhibitors to members of the mitochondrial
carrier family.

Comparative genomics includes the computational analysis of coding and
regulatory DNA sequences from multiple genomes to identify patterns of
similarity conserved during evolution and that constitute functional
elements responsible for the regulated expression of genes and the targetting of
proteins.

This project will develop and apply computational comparative genomics
techniques to understand the evolution, targetting and regulation of
nuclear-encoded genes that participate in mitochondrial biochemical and
bioenergetic processes. Of particular interest will be the mitochondrial

Project title: Gene Name Identification in Biomedical Text
Supervisor: Casey M. Bergman
CASE Partner: Matthew Cockerill, BioMedCentral
http://www.ls.manchester.ac.uk/postgraduate/ukoreu/
research/researchdegrees/studentships/project/?id=703