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FACULTY POSITION IN EVOLUTIONARY GENOMICS/GENETICS San Diego

FACULTY POSITION IN EVOLUTIONARY GENOMICS/GENETICS DEPARTMENT OF BIOLOGY, SAN DIEGO STATE UNIVERSITY We seek a creative, productive evolutionary biologist with research strengths in eukaryotic genomics or genetics. We are especially interested in candidates who use innovative experimental, computational and/or comparative approaches. Research area is open to studies of all eukaryotic organisms. Candidates should have post-doctoral …

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Faculty Position in Genomics or Computational Biology: U of Calgary

The Department of Biochemistry & Molecular Biology, Faculty of Medicine, University of Calgary and the Alberta Children’s Hospital Research Institute for Child & Maternal Health invite applications for a full-time position at the Assistant Professor level in the area of Genomics or Computational Biology. Qualifications include a Ph.D. degree or equivalent, at least two years …

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Postdoctoral position in Toxoplasma

POSTDOCTORAL POSITION Biochemistry, Microbiology, Drug development   Indiana University School of Medicine POSTDOCTORAL POSITION available to investigate the efficacy and mechanism of experimental drugs to treat infection caused by the protozoan parasite Toxoplasma gondii. Related to the malaria parasite, Toxoplasma causes birth defects and life-threatening infection in immunocompromised AIDS or heart transplant patients. The successful candidate will continue the …

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Postdoctoral opportunity in the CGEB

Postdoctoral position Aging, frailty and the microbiome Location: Beiko lab, Faculty of Computer Science, Dalhousie University Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada Description: We are seeking a postdoctoral fellow to carry out analysis of microbial data as part of a series of studies on aging, frailty and the microbiome. The project is a large collaboration that includes clinical …

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Post-Doctoral Fellowship, Canadian Food Inspection Agency

Post-Doctoral Fellowship, Canadian Food Inspection Agency Posted: Monday, September 16, 2013 Apply By: Wednesday, October 30, 2013 Position: Post-Doctoral Fellowship Department: Ontario Laboratory Network facility City: Ottawa Province: Ontario Website: click here Type: Full-time, Contract Job Description: Applications are solicited for a post doctoral fellowship position in a Genomics Research and Development Initiative (GRDI)-funded project to be carried out at the CFIA’s Ontario …

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12-week paid research internships for science undergrads

The Mitacs Globalink 2014 student application is closingOctober 11! Students from Brazil, China, India, Mexico, Turkey and Vietnam are eligible. Are you an excellent student interested in developing your research expertise with top professors? Are you an undergraduate student from Brazil, China, India, Mexico, Turkey or Vietnam interested in exploring your field of study in Canada? Would you want …

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12th International Colloquium on Endocytobiology and Symbiosis

12th International Colloquium on Endocytobiology and Symbiosis August 18th – 22nd, 2013 Dalhousie University, Halifax, Nova Scotia, CANADA The 12th International Colloquium on Endocytobiology and Symbiosis of the International Society of Endocytobiology (ISE) is fast approaching. This is the final message you will receive before it starts! FINAL PROGRAM   The final program can be …

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We support Bust-a-Move to get better breast cancer care for Nova Scotia

Bustamove Halifax is a fundraising effort by a partnership between the QEII, IWK and Capital Health to help build an integrated, world-class Breast Health Centre  in Halifax where all the necessary equipment is available, patient services are coordinated, and resources and supports are accessible to all breast cancer patients and their families. Our postdoc Susana Breglia …

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NAI and SMBE Satellite Workshop on the Origin of Life

21-24 January 2013Princeton University Center for Theoretical Science Organizers: Laura Landweber and Aaron Goldman http://www.pctp.princeton.edu/pcts/Originoflife2013/Originoflife2013.html The last few decades have witnessed the burgeoning of many highly productive lines of investigation into abiogenesis and the early emergence of biological complexity.  Planetary sciences and geochemistry have produced a short-list of well-studied settings where prebiotic chemistry may have …

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First article published in the open access journal Protist Genomics

Protist Genomics (PG) has just published its first research article: Gene discovery from a pilot study of the transcriptomes from three diverse microbial eukaryotes: Corallomyxa tenera, Chilodonella uncinata, and Subulatomonas tetraspora. By Jessica Grant, Daniel Lahr, Federico Rey, Gordon Burleigh, Jeffrey Gordon, Rob Knight, Robert Molestina and Laura Katz. Grant and collaborators present and describe new sequence data from …

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