WormBase has been updated to the WS190 release of the database. WS190 will be the tenth frozen release of WormBase, and will be made permanently available at ws190.wormbase.org in the coming weeks.
New release of WormBase: WS189
WormBase has been updated to the WS189 release of the database. This release includes a new Ontology Search and numerous enhancements to the Genome Browser.
modENCODE position at OICR in Toronto
The Stein Lab at the
Ontario Institute for Cancer Research is recruiting a software engineer and a data curator in support of the modENCODE Data Coordinating Center. The ideal candidate for the developer position will be Bachelors or Masters-level biologist
or computer scientist with significant experience in biological databases and production-quality
software development. The data curator should have a Masters degree or Ph.D. in a the
life sciences, experience with high volume functional genomics data, common bioinformatics
tools, and some programming. A background in C. elegans or D. melanogaster biology or genetics would be a plus. These positions are based in Toronto, Canada. Please contact
Lincoln Stein <[email protected]> for more information.
C. japonica assembly now available
The preliminary assembly of C. japonica is now available from the Genome Sequencing Center (WUSTL) website. BLAST searching of the assembly is also available.
Cold Spring Harbor positions with the iPlant Cyberinfrastructure project
Cold Spring Harbor is seeking applicants for the positions of Scientific Informatics Analyst, Scientific Informatics Developer and Web Applications Developer to work on the iPlant cyberinfrastructure project.