Bioprocessing in Biotechnology – Short Term Training Course (STTC) at KCT, Coimbatore

The Department of Biotechnology, Kumaraguru College of Technology (KCT), Coimbatore, is organizing a DBT-sponsored short-term training course (STTC) for teachers involved in teaching life sciences and biotechnology for 14 days from 26 April to 9 May 2012.

The course consists of lectures by Guest Faculty from premier research institutions/universities followed by practical/hands-on training sessions in ratio of 30 : 70.

Candidates holding regular positions in private or govt-aided or govt colleges or university colleges or research institutions are eligible to apply. The application has to be sponsored by the Head of the colleges/institutions/universities. However, 25% of the teachers from govt-aided or govt colleges or university colleges will be paid TA as per institutional rules.

Applications may be sent to The Course Director stating:

1. Name and address for communication (e-mail id, mobile and phone numbers)
2. Educational qualifications and teaching/research experience
3. Present and future research interests (250 words)

Last date for receipt of filled-in application is 25 March 2012. Short-listed applicants will be intimated confirmation on 26 March 2012.

Course Director: Dr P. Ramalingam, Associate Professor, Dept of Biotechnology, KCT, Coimbatore 641 049; Mobile: 098659 23055; e-mail ID: gobiram@rediffmail.com

BIOINFORMATICS & COMPARATIVE GENOME ANALYSES

7 - 19 May, 2012 | Naples | Italy

The course topics will include theoretical and practical aspects in:

• Large-scale genome comparisons
• Evolutionary analyses
• Sequence and genome alignments
• Orthologs prediction and classification
• Genome data visualization & Next Generation Sequencing tools & analysis

Theoretical presentations will be followed by practical sessions, so that the same speaker will ensure links between theory and practice.

Reviews on each suggested topic will include their corresponding research perspectives, aiming at helping young scientists to gain insights into ongoing research in this domain.

Practical sessions in a Linux environment will involve Unix shell and Perl scripting. Students are assumed to be familiar with this environment.

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“Research Associate” under the J C Bose Fellowship DST,Govt. of India.

Applications are invited for “Research Associate” under the J C Bose Fellowship Project of DST,Government of India.

Name of the Post : Research Associate

Qualification & Experience : Ph.D.with minimum of 55% marks in M Sc (Theoretical and Computational Chemistry, and allied areas in Biology). Those who have submitted PhD thesis may also apply. Preference will be givento those with published research work of high quality.
Salary : Rs. 22,000/-plus HRA per month.

Age : The upper age limit 35 years on 16.03.2012. A relaxation of 5 years is applicable to candidates belonging to SC/ST/OBC andwomen candidates.

Duration : One Year (extendable for another year, on review of performance)

How to apply: The application should follow the format provided (click here for / format) with this advertisement in the web site (www.iisertvm.ac.in/appointments/projects). Incomplete applications or those that do not meet the minimum criteria will not be considered. Mere fulfillment of qualifications/experience requirements does not entitle a candidate to be called for interview. Only shortlisted candidates will be called for an interview. No TA/DA will be paid to attend the interview. Completed applications should reach the undersigned on or before 16.03.2012 preferably by e-mail (jemmis@iisertvm.ac.in). No communications in this regard will be entertained from candidates.

Dr E D Jemmis
Professor of Chemistry
Indian Institute of Science Education and Research Thiruvananthapuram,
College of Engineering Trivandrum Campus,
Computer Science Building, Engineering College P.O., Trivandrum 695016, Kerala, India.
E-mail: jemmis@iisertvm.ac.in.

http://iisertvm.ac.in/appointments/projects

Deadline : 16.03.12

Collaborative PhD studentships at Univ of Edinburgh/ NCBS Bangalore UK/ India

A four-year University of Edinburgh International PhD studentship is available from the University of Edinburgh to support an outstanding student undertaking a collaborative project between groups at the National Centre for Biological Sciences (NCBS), Bangalore, India and The University of Edinburgh. These fellowships are open to people of all nationalities.

The research areas available will cover multidisciplinary and systems approaches to the synaptic basis of neurodevelopmental disorders, spanning a range of experimental, computational and theoretical techniques. Specific projects will be defined by the initiatives of the applicants, and the interests of the collaborating teams. All applicants are required to write a short research proposal (one side A4 max) as part of the application (see website for details).

The project will be conducted under the guidance of a Principal investigator from Edinburgh and a Principal Investigator from NCBS. The programme of work will be based in Edinburgh but will include one year working at a research laboratory in NCBS, Bangalore, India. Current participating Principal Investigators include:

UofE: Prof Douglas Armstrong, Prof Adrian Bird, Prof Andrew Jarman, Prof Peter Kind, Prof Richard Morris, Dr Mark van Rossum, Prof Mike Shipston, Prof David Willshaw, Prof David Wyllie

NCBS, Bangalore: Dr Upinder Bhalla, Dr Sumantra Chattarji, Vijay Raghavan

For more information on how to apply visit

Next Generation Sequencing: What's Next?

In conjunction with the COST Action Training School SeqAhead is organizing a one-day workshop on "Next Generation Sequencing: What´s Next?". The workshop will focus on future developments in NGS and point out the success the technology has in modern biology research.

The programme include 2 keynote lectures, selected oral presentations and presentations from industry and 
technology specialists such as SciLife, BGI, Illumina, Pacific Biosciences, Ion Torrent and Applied Biosystems/SOLiD.

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Workshop/ Seminar / Training In Biotechnology in India 2012

• Summer Training Programme in Industrial Biotechnology – July 2012 programme is an intensive hands on training programme imparting technical knowledge, management and developing entrepreneurial skills in different areas of biotechnology

• India 2012, National Seminar on Biotechnological Approaches in Pest Management – PunjabThe programme will consist of key note, invited and contributed papers. Renowned agricultural biotechnologists and applied entomologists will deliver key note and invited oral presentations. Contributed papers will be accepted as poster presentations after screening

• 2012 Workshop on Commercialization of Biotechnology – India, New Delhi The Registration fee may please be remitted though demand draft/at par cheques only in favour of “Biotech Consortium India Limited, New Delhi” payable at New Delhi

Free online courses from Stanford's Coursera, MIT's MITx, and Udacity

  

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Summary of free online courses from Stanford's Coursera, MIT's MITx, andUdacity

UPCOMING 15 COURSERA COURSE(S) 1 MITX

2012 1st Journal Conference on Bioscience, Biochemistry and Bioinformatics

2012 1st Journal Conference on Bioscience, Biochemistry and Bioinformatics(JCBBB 2012 1st) aims to provide a forum for researchers, practitioners,and professionals from the industry, academia and government to discourseon research and development, professional practice in bio science,biochemistry and bioinformatics.Date of the conference-10-12 March,2012Venue-Chennai,TNFor further details,please refer to the linkhttp://www.ijbbb.org/jcbbb/1st/index.htm

3rd INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE on BIOINFORMATICS AND SYSTEMS BIOLOGY

3rd INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE on BIOINFORMATICS AND SYSTEMS BIOLOGY (INCOBS-2012)

16th -18th February, 2012 ANNOUNCEMENT & CALL FOR PAPER

Organised by DEPARTMENT OF ZOOLOGY(DDE) Annamalai University Annmalainagar-608002 Tamilnadu, India

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Bio Saga - Live Projects & Internship

3 Industry facilities open for Internship & Live Projects,

• 2 well equipped labs providing Drug Discovery Internships;

• 1 providing hands on live training and live project on NGS & microarray data analysis

• who can benefit?

1) Industry people who wish to upgrade and equip themselves

2) Researchers in research facilities, govt. & academics

3) Students & Freshers (Job assistance provided)

for more info write tojkamesh@gamil.com

FREE! Online MATLAB workshop

MATLAB Workshop at Univ. of Oklahoma and via videoconferencingMorning: Data Analysis with MATLAB (no previous MATLAB experience needed)Afternoon: Parallel Computing with MATLABWHEN: Tue Feb 28 2012, 10:00-11:30am and 1:00-3:30pm Central TimeWHERE: University of Oklahoma, Stephenson Research & Technology CenterCOST: *FREE*SESSION I: Data Analysis with MATLAB(No previous MATLAB experience needed)9:45-10:00am Central Time: Registration and check-in10:00-11:30am Central Time: Data Analysis with MATALBEngineers, scientists, and data analysts worldwide use MATLAB toaccelerate research and to reduce analysis and development time.Attend this seminar to find out how you and your colleagues canuse MATLAB and its add-on products to analyze your data moreeffectively and to overcome some of the limitations you face whenusing spreadsheets for data analysis.We will provide an overview of MATLAB through live demonstrationsshowing how to:* Access data from many sources (files, other software, hardware,etc.)* Use interactive tools for iterative exploration, design, andproblem solving* Automate and capture your work in easy-to-write scripts andprograms* Share your results with others by automatically creating reports.No previous MATLAB experience is needed for Session I.SESSION II: Parallel Computing with MATLABPrerequisite: Session I, or equivalent MATLAB experience12:45-1:00pm Central Time: Registration and check-in1:00-3:30pm Central Time: Parallel Computing with MATLABIn this session, you will learn how to solve computationally anddata-intensive problems using multicore processors, GPUs andcomputer clusters.We will introduce you to high-level programming constructs thatallow you to parallelize MATLAB applications without CUDA or MPIprogramming and to run them on multiple processors.We will also show you how to overcome the memory limits of yourdesktop computer and to solve problems that require manipulatingvery large matrices by distributing your data.Highlights will include:* Toolboxes with built-in support for parallel computing* Creating parallel applications to speed up independent tasks* Programming with distributed arrays to work with large data sets* Scaling up to computer clusters, grid environments, or clouds* Tips on developing parallel algorithmsSpecial add-on session:A representative from OU will offer information for OU MATLABusers who are interested in running MATLAB jobs on OU'ssupercomputing resources.PRESENTER BIOGRAPHYGerardo Hernandez Correa holds a BS in Physics and an MS in AppliedMathematics from the University of Puerto Rico at Mayagüez, and anMS in Mechanical Engineering from Worcester Polytechnic Insititute(WPI). He is currently completing the requirements for a PhD inMathematical Sciences, also at WPI.At UPRM, his area of research was the theory of distributions andinverse problems, in particular the identification of linearsystems. In his MS thesis, "Identification of Linear Systems,"Gerardo designed and implemented in MATLAB an iterative,non-destructive method for retrieving the convolution kernel oflinear systems.At WPI, in his dissertation, "An Adaptive, MultiresolutionAgent-based Model of Glioblastoma Multiforme", Gerardo designed andimplemented in MATLAB a multi-resolution agent-based model of theevolution of brain tumors, in particular Glioblastoma multiforme.Gerardo's areas of interest include numerical methods -- inparticular Ordinary and Partial Differential Equation solvers --as well as mathematical modeling, dynamical systems and highperformance computing, among others.

Free short term training course on computer application in Genomics/ Proteomics, India

SHORT TERM TRAINING COURSE on

COMPUTER APPLICATIONS IN GENOMICS & PROTEOMICS

02-03 March, 2012

At

Bioinformatics Centre
Department of Agricultural Biotechnology
CSK HP Agricultural University
Palampur- 176 062 (HP)

SPONSORED BY

Department of Biotechnology(DBT) Government of India, New Delhi

THEME

Genomes of several plants and organisms have been sequenced, thereby resulting in the accumulation of large amount of sequence data in databases. The ‘omics’ technologies such as genomics, transcriptomics, proteomics, metabolomics and phenomics, etc., are all resulting in the generation of large data sets. The outcome from all these technologies is central to the improvement of genomes of economically important crops, microbes and animals. The processing of enormous biological information generated by these novel technologies requires fast and high capacity computational and storage media. Retrieval of sequence information and analysis need sophisticated programmes which can be distributed using computer networks and world wide web. The two-days training course has been designed to provide hands-on-training on computational biology, biological databases and their role in genome annotation, in silico gene mining, gene prediction and proteomics etc.

WHO CAN ATTEND

The course will be useful to research scholars, students, and persons in their early careers in academic/research institutions and also for people engaged in the area of bioinformatics.

OBJECTIVES

1. Role of bioinformatics in genomics and proteomics
2. Introduction to biological databases, sequence retrieval and analysis
3. Concept and application of machine learning techniques in bioinformatics
4. Tools and techniques for bio-molecule prediction

METHODOLOGY

The two-days workshop will include theory lectures and practical demonstrations by experts in the related fields.

REGISTRATION

Course Fee: Rs. Nil

Total No. of Seats: 20 (On first-come-first-serve basis)

Last Date for receipt of Application: February 29, 2012

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National Workshop on Bioinformatics

National Workshop on Bioinformatics in the Development of Viral Vaccines
August 25th to 27th 2011        
                  
Venue Bioinformatics Infrastructure Facility     
Centre of DBT, P.G & Research Dept. of Microbiology and 
Biotechnology, Presidency College( Aut.), 
Chennai - 5 
                   
Organized By
BIOINFORMATICS INFRASTRUCTURE  
FACILITY CENTRE OF DBT, GOVT. OF INDIA 
PRESIDENCY COLLEGE (Aut.), CHENNAI - 5


For a free registration and For Additional Details Contact
Prof. Dr.S.Rajarajan , Coordinator,  BIFC of 
DBT P.G. & Research Department of Microbiology 
and Biotechnology, Presidency College (Aut.)
Chennai-5
Email: pcchennai.btisnet@nic.in
Mobile : 9282321575, 
              9094011806, 
              9094011805

National level Workshop in Chemoinformatics

26th- 27th Feb 2011

Workshop groups will study problems with hands-on examples using computational chemistry methods and discuss issues highlighted by examples and Case Studies presented by instructors. A Case Study set with a focus on chemical database creation and filtering drug like compounds will be used to link all workshop activities throughout the workshop.

• Hands on training on commercial softwares of Drug discovery
• Application of Chemoinformatics in drug discovery
• Interaction and guidance from eminent scientist from NCL
• Training from industry experts from Chemoinformatics domain.
• Analyzing chemical fingerprint
• Generating Knowledge from structure and different chemical databases
• Using various chemical structure drawing and visualization tools
• Digitizing your chemical Data.
• Storing molecules in wide array of format
• Awards for top 3 groups

For any queries contact:

RASA Life Science Informatics
301, 3rd Floor, Dhanashree Apartment,
Opposite Chittaranjan Vatika, Model Colony,
Shivaji Nagar, Pune - 411016.
Tel: 02065600408, 02025665752 or email us at workshop@rasalsi.com

For downloading workshop broacher please visit www.rasalsi.com

Bioinformatics Workshops @ Lucknow

Workshop: Developing Bioinformatics applications with Bioperl 
Duration: 5 days, Registration Fee: Rs. 2000 /-  
Starting date: November 05 - 09, 2010 

Workshop: Biological sequence analysis
Duration: 3 days, Registration Fee: Rs. 1000 /-
Starting date: November 26 - 28, 2010 

Venue:The Bioinformatica Solutions,lucknow

Fee should be deposited through bank draft in the name of

"The Bioinformatica Solutions" payable at Lucknow. 

Follow this link to apply http://www.thebioinformatica.com/Registration.htm 

2 day workshop on Protein Structural Analysis & Homology Modelling

Two-day national-level workshop on Protein Structural Analysis & Homology Modelling

DATES: October 23-24, 2010

LOCALE: Department of Biotechnology and Bioinformatics, 

Padmashree Dr. D. Y. Patil University Sector 15, CBD, 

Belapur, Navi Mumbai-400614, India

Janu Ganak and the Bioinformatics Community of the Department of
Biotechnology and Bioinformatics, Padmashree Dr. D Y Patil 

University, are pleased to inform you that a two day workshop

on "PROTEIN STRUCTURAL ANALYSIS AND HOMOLOGY 

MODELLING" is being organized. This workshop is the second

of a series of workshops that are aimed at giving complete 

hands-on experience in various tools and techniques used 

in the fields of life science and bioinformatics. This workshop

is aimed at giving practical experience on the basic methods of
visualization, analysis and modeling of protein structures using
bioinformatics tools. 

Both under-graduate and post-graduate students
can participate in this workshop. Interested candidates from the
research fraternity as well as faculties from various areas of the
life sciences are also welcome. We hope that this workshop will
provide a fairly good amount of knowledge about the retrieval of
proteins structures and their handling, which is essential in all
fields of the life sciences.

REGISTRATION:

Kindly email "dypbioinfo@gmail.com" to obtain a brochure, a
registration form, or for further details.

Last date of registration: October 20, 2010

Courtesy: Bioinformatics.org

5-Day Hands-on Workshop on Molecular Biotechnology and Bioinformatics

A 5-day workshop with hands-on training involving the following topics from molecular biology and bioinformatics. The workshop aims to equip its participants with the right kind of knowledge and tools required to practice 21^st century biology.

The biology and bioinformatics contents are interwoven in such a manner that would help a molecular biologist to find solutions to real time problems in a lab and a bioinformatician to understand the laboratory aspects of bioinformatics.

Workshop Dates


17th - 21st May 2010
24th - 28th May 2010
14th -18th June 2010
26th - 30th July 2010
23rd - 27th Aug 2010
10th - 14th Jan 2011
16th - 20th May 2011


Topics

• Recombinant DNA Technology: Cutting & pasting of DNA molecules (i.e. restriction digestion, ligation, DNA gel eectrophoresis, and gel extraction.) Bioinfo part: Bioinformatics of DNA database / SequenceAnalysis: Pairwise sequence alignment, Multiple sequence alignment, Pattern search.Tools: BLAST, CLUSTALW/X, CLC Bio Main Workbench
  
• Genetic Engineering: Transformation and plasmid purification, cloning and sub-cloning, amplification of DNA fragments by polymerase chain reaction (PCR).
• Bioinfo part:
• Designing of PCR primers
• In-silico cloning
• Searching for homologous and paralogous sequences
• Tools: CLC Bio Main Workbench, BLAST
• Genomics Data Visualization: Browsing and comparing human and mouse genomic data with the help of NCBI Genome viewer and UCSC Genome browser.
  
• Basic Biostatistics for Molecular Biologist:
• Data visualization and summarization techniques
• Univariate and Bivariate data analysis

Fees

Rs. 6000/- (includes tea and food for 5 days). Oncampus accommodation charges extra @ Rs. 400/- per day per person. Please click here to register online or download the registration form from here.

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