I am looking to fill the following postdoc position:
Proteomics
Join an exciting research group as a postdoc in an NIH funded study to
analyze complete proteomic data. The Illinois Bio-Grid is a leading
research group creating proteomic software using grid technology for
Mass Spectrometry applications. With over 50 publications in the area,
the group runs a large public database of empirical Mass Spectra, a
public web site to search this database in order to identify unknown
proteins, advances MS analysis algorithms, MS data management, and other
advanced software techniques. We have a large software development
group with 3 PhD students, 20 graduate students, and 5 undergraduate
students. We are funded by the NIH, the NSF, Pfiszer, the Ben May
Cancer Institute, and other places. We are looking for a postdoc to
join this exciting group to work on software to support MALDI cancer
assays. For a summary of our research, see
http://facweb.cti.depaul.edu/bioinformatics, or contact Dave Angulo at
dangulo(a)cti.depaul.edu or at 312-362-5041.
JOB SUMMARY:
The research associate will provide the leadership and general
management of all operations. This will cover areas of coordinating
activities with consultants, writing grants and assisting the PI in
developing budgets and timelines.
FUNCTIONAL RESPONSIBILITES:
1. Direct and facilitate all operations.
2. Maintain close contact with consultants and key community
figures regarding grant development.
3. Assist PI in writing of research papers and reports
4. Assist PI in strategic planning, developing budgets and setting
timelines for grants.
MAJOR JOB CHARACTERISTCS:
* General management: 20%
* Coordination/ Communications: 10%
* Writing/ Editing / Programming 60%
* Strategic planning/ Budgeting: 10%
KNOWLEDGE, SKILLS, AND ABILITIES:
1. The ability to plan, organize and manage the development of
grant proposals.
2. The ability to provide necessary leadership: helping to maintain
a high morale among co-workers.
3. The ability to write code in Java, C++, Struts, CGI, SQL, XML,
Windows, Linux, Grids, Torque/Maui/DCC or other cluster environments,
Ant, Make, shell scripts, autoconf, and other advanced technologies.
4. The ability to write strong, meaningful documentation in
JavaDocs and/or Doxygen.
5. The ability to design and perform strong unit and integration
testing using standard means such as JUnit.
6. Strong interpersonal skills for communicating with community
officials who will be involved or contacted over the course of the
project.
7. Proficiency in both written and oral communication, research
report writing, and the delivery of such papers at national conferences.
8. The ability to develop agendas, and establish and meet time
lines.
EDUCATION AND REQUIREMENTS
* Ph.D. degree in Computer Science with special focus on biology,
chemistry, or biochemical applications.
* Experience in collaborating with various external communities.
* Experience making research presentations at national
conferences.
Date of last update: April, 2006
The above statements are intended to describe the general nature and
level of the work being performed by people assigned to this work. This
is not an exhaustive list of all duties and responsibilities associated
with it. DePaul management reserves the right to amend and change
responsibilities to meet business and organizational needs.
David Sigfredo Angulo
Faculty
College of Computer Science, Telecommunications and Information Science
DePaul University
dangulo(a)cti.depaul.edu
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CALL FOR PAPERS
SUBMISSION DEADLINE: August 1st, 2006
LSGRID2006
13-14 October, 2006
RIKEN Genomic Sciences Center (GSC), TOKYO
Web site: http://www.lsgrid.org/2006/
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Area and Scope
The life science community is experiencing a period of unprecedented change,
challenge and opportunity. With the completion of the sequencing of the
human genome (and ever increasing numbers of other genomes), the
opportunities of in-silico scientific research offer a new horizon of
possibilities: from rapid targeted drug discovery, identification of
genetic factors to disease causes and epidemiological studies through to
complete biological understanding of complete organisms and tailored
genetic treatments supporting e-Health solutions. The possibilities
abound!
Fundamental to the realization of this vision is the infrastructure needed
to use and analyze the vast array of data sets associated with such
research. These data sets are growing exponentially, often have
radically different characteristics, are often maintained by completely
different groups and bodies, and importantly are perpetually evolving.
In this context, the development of an infrastructure that allows to
access, use, and analyze such changing and growing amounts of data is
both technically challenging, offers huge benefits to the scientific
community and is potentially extremely viable commercially.
The Grid represents one way in which such an infrastructure can be
developed and supported, providing seamless access to computational and
data resources. This workshop will focus on all aspects related to the
application of Grid technologies to the challenges facing the life
science community.
Topics
The program committee welcomes the submission of original manuscripts addressing
the problem of Grid Systems for Life Sciences. Authors should report
relevant experiences, present novel approaches to existing problems and
describe and raise issues that must be overcome to facilitate Grid-based
Life Science e-Research. Topics of interest include, but are not limited to:
-Grid architectures for life sciences
-Security of clinical and life science data sets
-Usability of Grid based life science systems
-Interoperability of Grid systems to support life science research
-Grid based data access and integration of life science data sets
-Applications and case studies on using the Grid in the life science domain
-Computational workflows to support life science research processes
-Development and usage of ontologies for the life sciences
-Grid based drug discovery and pharmacogenomics
-Grid based clinical trials and epidemiological studies
-Semantic Grid approaches for the life sciences
-High performance Grid architectures and systems for life sciences
Paper Submission
Authors are invited to submit original and unpublished work. Papers should not exceed
10 single-spaced pages on A4 paper size, using at least 1 inch margins
and 12-point font. Authors should submit a PDF or PostScript file that
will print on a PostScript printer. Electronic submission through the
symposium website is strongly encouraged. Submission implies the
willingness of at least one of the authors to register and present the
paper.
Important Dates
1st August 2006 Submission deadline of Abstracts for posters/demonstration (800 words or more)
1st August 2006 Submission deadline of Abstracts for Papers
1st September 2006 Notification of Acceptance
15th September 2006 Submission of Full Paper
Program Chairs
Professor SINNOTT Richard
National e-Science Centre, Glasgow, UK
Email: ros(a)dcs.gla.ac.uk
Professor ANGULO David
DePaul Univ., USA
Email: dangulo(a)cti.depaul.edu
Further Information
For local information please contact:
Professor KONAGAYA Akihiko
RIKEN Institute, Japan
Email: konagaya(a)gsc.riken.jp
Download Instructions for Call for Papers here :
http://www.lsgrid.org/2006/
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Konagaya Akihiko <konagaya(a)gsc.riken.jp>
I see the agenda for GGF17 in Tokyo has been established
(http://www.ggf.org/gf/event_schedule/index.php?id=298) Is this
confirmed and will all people listed be attending and presenting? I must
admit that I have no idea what will be presented above since I have not
seen any visible activity in this group/email list, and most of the
agenda look similar to previous GGFs (has the Best Practices in Life
Science Grids changed since last time or the time before that etc?).
Unfortunately I will not be able to attend the next GGF, but I am keen
to see the work of this group progress. I previously suggested future
activities in two areas described below. Are people happy with this
idea? Can we start identifying people/resources/projects that can be
used to explore the bioinformatics and HealthGrid problem spaces, and
how we want to align ourselves with the GGF Grid Interoperability Now
activity for example?
My NeSC colleague (Anthony Stell) will be available to give a
presentation and demonstration on security focused Grid based clinical
trials and epidemiological studies. Can this be put in the agenda? Are
there other projects out there that are in this area that want to
present?
It might not be my remit to put such questions as I'm not formally the
LSG-RG anything, but the group needs to be more proactive if it is to be
worthwhile.
Rich
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From: owner-lsg-rg(a)ggf.org [mailto:owner-lsg-rg@ggf.org] On Behalf Of
Richard Sinnott
Sent: 16 February 2006 20:57
To: lsg-rg(a)ggf.org
Subject: [lsg-rg] new impetus...?[MESSAGE NOT SCANNED]
Hi Folks,
it seems clear that there needs to be some more impetus to this group at
GGF.
Here are a couple of ideas which we might take forward/discuss. I'd
welcome agreements/disagreements - silence is normally golden but not on
email lists!!!
Split into a healthGrid group and a life science group (here I'm
thinking of a bioinformatics Grid)
1. Let us develop a real HealthGrid with folk who are interested in this
area (I am one and we have already built various prototype systems
accessing and using "representative" patient data sets using existing
solutions across the NHS here in Scotland).
2. Let us develop a real life science Grid. We are interested in this
and have bioinformatics data Grids and compute Grids already in place.
Is this of interest? I think it will help to make this group have a
goal. We might want to agree on the scope of these, e.g. whether we just
want to look at exploring basic secure services for access to and usage
of healthcare data sets, incorporating anonymisation and
de-anonymisation scenarios, data linkage perhaps from patient records to
imaging data etc.
We are already working with advanced authorisation infrastructures using
results from GGF standards groups such as AuthZ and ShibGrid. This group
(in my humble opinion should be doing these kinds of things) if it is to
be "GGF". If it isn't using GGF standards and technologies then one
coule argue that it should be handled separately, e.g. through other
conferences and workshops.
What do folk think?
Rich
PS I am happy to provide more information on what we are up to at the
National e-Science Centre, and am willing to lead/be involved in both of
these Grid development activities if there is interest from folk that it
should happen. Let's do stuff!
