• April 22, 2008: 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.
• April 21, 2008: 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 <lstein@cshl.edu> for more information.
• March 25, 2008: 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.
• March 24, 2008: 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.
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