From mgjvanleeuwen from gmail.com Fri Jul 25 07:23:11 2008 From: mgjvanleeuwen from gmail.com (Matthijs van Leeuwen) Date: Fri Jul 25 12:05:13 2008 Subject: [Toxicology] Computational Biologist / Bioinformatician Sought for Biotech Start-up In-Reply-To: <66b705550807250518r522ca2fo8cbb0c403960691c@mail.gmail.com> References: <66b705550807250518r522ca2fo8cbb0c403960691c@mail.gmail.com> Message-ID: <66b705550807250523u3d0db42ao4e74b557ea076969@mail.gmail.com> Dear member, Looking to spend time in an interesting location? SimuGen is a toxicogenomics company originating in Cambridge (UK), now establishing some operations in Kuala Lumpur (Malaysia) with the aim of launching the first product from Malaysia within a year. It'll be a web-based tool using proprietary dose-response models of gene expression phenotypes from human cell cultures exposed to chemicals. The aim being to help pharma develop safer drugs. This has already attracted significant attention internationally, and the intention is to begin a collaboration with a large pharma company in the near future. The company is looking for a highly driven, independent bioinfomatician / computational biologist to conduct the R&D through to product implementation in Malaysia. This post will last 8 months and may be suited to somebody who is technically very good but still junior in industry, looking for a shorter-term challange. However we would also consider somebody with more experience and ambitions of eventually leading much of the company's R&D as a 'product architect' in the UK or internationally. This has the potential to grow into an exciting position, with highly competitive rewards for achieving crucial company milestones. In the first instance the core expectations would be: (1) Manage the quality control of all data (from benchtop to analysis). (2) Do extensive literature and database searches for toxicicologically relevant candidate genes. (3) Format and manage gene expression data for analysis. (4) Work closely with the Chief Scientific Officer (based in the UK) and the S-plus server team to set up the web-tool for customers. (5) Help manage the collaboration with the pharma company. In terms of basic skills we are looking for: (1) Gene expression analysis (microarrays, qPCR) - crucial (2) Ability to do database and literature searches for candidate genes - crucial (3) R programming skills - highly valued The intention is to start this position in September, with a competitive salary based on experience. Interested persons can contact Dr Wills (CSO) with informal inquiries at quin.wills@simugen.co.uk. A brief list of questions they might have, in addition to a very brief CV clearly demonstrating skill sets, project management and research potential would be most useful.We regret that we will not respond to queries where the candidate clearly does not have the correct background/skills. Best regards, Matt van Leeuwen Operations Director SimuGen Asia From andras.paszternak from nanopaprika.eu Tue Jul 29 06:44:55 2008 From: andras.paszternak from nanopaprika.eu (=?ISO-8859-1?Q?Andr=E1s_Pasztern=E1k?=) Date: Tue Jul 29 12:32:43 2008 Subject: [Toxicology] The International NanoScience Community In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: The International NanoScience Community (http://www.nanopaprika.eu/) is a website founded on November 2007. It's similar to others community website, but this website is totally dedicated to the worldwide NanoScience community. You can share your stuff with the world here: photos, videos, art, thoughts, discussions, you name it, just make sure it's related to NanoScience. Andr?s Pasztern?k is the creator and editor of The International NanoScience Community. Andr?s is a chemistry PhD student in Budapest, Hungary. The comunity's first target group was the "nano" researcher from Hungary. But he had already moved towards global network. The community currently has more than 850 members, researchers, students, industrial partners from Europe, India, USA and 50 others countries. With the domain name nanopaprika.eu, (paprika is favorite spice / Hungary) the community is aiming into nanobio area. The community is fully equip with various functions like chat, scientific forum, 26 thematic groups (SPM, Nanotoxicity, etc.), photos, videos, e-shop, games and so on. Hence, it's definitely a good website for member to discuss, share infomation and develop ideas The International NanoScience Community -- Andr?s Pasztern?k creator and editor of The International NanoScience Community English - Web: http://www.nanopaprika.eu German - Web: http://www.nanopaprika.de E-mail: editor@nanopaprika.eu