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The Wellcome Trust Sanger Institute has an expanding scientific programme dedicated to using natural and experimental genetics to understand the role of genes in health and disease.

Now is an extremely exciting time for the study of human genetic variation. The Wellcome Trust Sanger Institute (WTSI) is a world leader in human genomics and genome informatics. We are consolidating and expanding an ambitious programme of research characterising Copy Number Variation in the human genome (Redon et al., Nature, 444:444-454 (2006)) and integrating this knowledge into disease association studies. This programme combines large-scale experimental data generation, on a variety of platforms, with sophisticated data analyses.

Bioinformatics support and development

Description
You have general bioinformatics experience and the capacity to understand client's needs. Furthermore, you have profound experience in data analysis and statistics, in particular in gene expression analysis. With great flexibility, you find adequate approaches to support a broad spectrum of users with different needs and levels of experience. You notice the importance of having "standard operational procedures" for the resolution of users concerns in a global context. You are committed to work with deadlines, objectives and within fast-evolving dynamic environments.

I'm just starting to learn and use R (and BioConductor) for quite a fair chunk of analysis on my PhD. I'd definitely recommend R if you need to do any major stats/maths work.

However, when setting things up on Ubuntu, I came into a few problems here and there, so I thought I'd just share the workarounds with you all in case someone else starts to struggle...

The John Innes Centre (JIC) is the premier European independent research centre for the study of plant science and microbiology. Applications are invited for a High-throughput Data Analyst, required to support the John Innes Centre’s scientific research by:

BACKGROUND:
A postdoctoral position in computational biology is available in the group of Dr. Paul Bertone at the EMBL European Bioinformatics Institute (EMBL-EBI) in Cambridge, England. We are using genomic and bioinformatics approaches to investigate the molecular processes underlying mammalian stem cell differentiation and lineage commitment. Computational biologists are sought to participate in ongoing collaborations with experimental laboratories, and to lead new research projects in human and mouse embryonic and neural stem cell characterization.

The Centre for Medical Oncology has an immediate opening for a highly motivated Bioinformatician with strong statistical skills and a track record of the analysis of data from high throughput technologies. You will be expected to participate in the design and analysis of profiling experiments, and be able to provide biostatistical support for a range of studies.

You should ideally have a background in the biological or statistical sciences, either with a PhD in quantitative bioinformatics or able to demonstrate similar abilities. You should have a solid understanding of microarray data interpretation and a comprehensive working knowledge of biostatistical techniques. Experience in large dataset manipulation and visualisation using R/MatLab and languages such as Perl or Python is highly desirable