Opportunities

Director, Genomics Applications Programs‏

Genome Canada (Ottawa) has an exciting opportunity for a Director, Genomics Applications programs.  While this position is located in Ontario, I was wondering if you may know of or have suggestions for finding candidates for this role. http://www.genomecanada.ca/en/about-us/careers

VanBUG seeking speaker suggestions for Next Season‏

Dear VanBUGgers, The VanBUG Dev Team is in the process of selecting and contacting potential speakers for our next season.  If you have someone that you like to hear, please reply to this email or fill out the web form at http://www.vanbug.org/suggest_speaker.php Thank you. Cheers, VanBUG Dev Team

A Basic Course in Statistical Data Analysis Using R (May 4 – 6, 2016; Vancouver, B.C.)

A Basic Course in Statistical Data Analysis Using R We are pleased to announce that we are offering a 3-day statistical training course on May 4 – 6, 2016 in Vancouver, B.C., titled “ A Basic Course in Statistical Data Analysis Using R”. The course is intended for novice R users who would like to […]

2016 Complex Systems Postdoctoral Fellowship‏

2016 Postdoctoral Fellowship in Studying Complex Systems The James S. McDonnell Foundation (JSMF) has posted updated guidelines for the 2016 Postdoctoral Fellowship Award program in Studying Complex Systems. The Fellowship -The JSMF Fellowship is designed to provide students with an opportunity to seek potential postdoctoral research opportunities on the basis of the student’s interest and desire to obtain […]

Call for Nominations: Rio Tinto Graduate Scholarships‏

Dear graduate program faculty and staff, Please distribute the following competition announcement to your students and set your internal deadlines as appropriate: Rio Tinto Graduate Scholarships As part of its ongoing commitment to innovation and research, Rio Tinto offers an $18,000 graduate scholarship for a UBC graduate student in a field of pure or applied […]

BIOC TA’ships for 2016 Winter Session‏

BIOC TA’ships for 2016 Winter Session

IPP summer call 2016 – focus Bioinformatics‏

IPP_Mainz_Summer_Call_2016_ComputBiology

StemCellTalks 2016: Call for volunteers‏

StemCellTalks 2016 is a free high school initiative established to facilitate knowledge transfer between academia and high school students pertaining to the science and practical ethics. For more information, here is the link to our webpage: http://explorecuriocity.org/Explore/ArticleId/4275/stemcelltalks-vancouver-4275.aspx Our event this year will take place on May 13, 2016 at the UBC Pharmaceutical Sciences building. The […]

Interdisciplinary Grad Student Debate Workshop – March 30th‏

Interdisciplinary Grad Student Debate Workshop Date: March 30th, 2 pm Location: UBC Centre for Brain Health, Room 3402C Host: UBC Neuroscience Program & Graduate Student Association (NRSC GSA) Public speaking and the ability to convey ideas in a clear manner are crucial skills for graduate students, particularly for writing papers and presenting at conferences. Debate […]

Poster Session for STAT/BIOINF/GSAT 540 — Methods for High Dimensional Biology

Poster Session for STAT/BIOINF/GSAT 540 — Methods for High Dimensional Biology When:  April 6th, 9:30-11:00 Where:  ESB Atrium STAT/BIOINF/GSAT 540 students have been working hard on Statistical Genomics and Bioinformatics group projects–they will be presenting their group projects in a poster session on April 6th 9:30-11:00AM. The goal of the course project is to bring together students from diverse backgrounds […]