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CeMM PhD Program 2016‏

Soon you’ve got your bachelor’s/master’s degrees in your pockets. But why stop here? Have you thought about doing a PhD in bioinformatics? My name is Binia Meixner, I am the HR manager at CeMM, an international top research center in Vienna, and I would like to draw your attention to the CeMM PhD Program 2016. […]

[VanBUG] VanBUG Seminar: Adam Phillippy – How bioinformatics helped crack the Amerithrax case Feb 11 6pm‏

Dear VanBUGger, Happy 2016.  Please join us next Thursday, Feb 11th at 6pm, to hear about Dr. Adam Phillippy talk about his personal experience using bioinformatics to help crack the Amerithrax case (https://www.fbi.gov/about-us/history/famous-cases/anthrax-amerithrax). Title: How bioinformatics helped crack the Amerithrax case Abstract: In the fall of 2001, at least five letters laced with deadly anthrax […]

[VanBUG] Be part of VanBUG Dev Team‏

The VanBUG Dev team is seeking one to two volunteers to join our group to help organize VanBUGs. This is a great opportunity for trainees to meet renowned bioinformaticians and to help promoting a tighter bioinformatics community in Vancouver. Specifically we are looking for someone who has an interest to reach out to the greater […]

From PhD to Strategic Management Consulting – Informational session BC CRC – Feb 15th at 5:45pm‏

From PhD to Strategic Management Consulting You are invited to an info session about Management Consulting as an attractive field post-PhD! Management Consultants apply critical-thinking skills to solve complex problems faced by businesses, from Banks and Mining companies to  Biotech, Pharma and Health Care. They identify issues, form hypotheses, conduct analyses, formulate recommendations, and discuss them with […]

MURC 2016 Call for Adjudicators‏

MURC, the Multidisciplinary Undergraduate Research Conference at UBC, is looking for graduate students (M.Sc., Ph.D., Post-Doc) and professors in ALL departments and faculties to participate in ADJUDICATING the poster and oral presentations at MURC 2016! MURC is UBC’s annual conference celebrating undergraduate research across all disciplines. The conference spans 3 days [March 29-31, 2016] and […]