L’Italia ha aderito al Memorandum of Understanding relativo alla COST Action BM1006 “Next Generation Sequencing Data Analysis Network”. Andreas Gisel ha preso l'incarico di creare e supportare una iniziativa per la creazione di un Network Italiano degli utenti delle tecnologie NGS con un sito web come punto di aggregazione e comunicazione di questa comunità (http://www.nextgenerationsequencing.it).

Link: https://www.surveymonkey.com/s/RV63355

Location: Rome, Italy
Date: June 22-24, 2011
Link: http://www.biocomputing.it/quantbiol

Job Description: A post-doctoral position is available in the group of evolutionary genomics of cancer at the European Institute of Oncology in Milan (Italy) to work on the detection of cancer-associated mutations. The project will concern the re-sequencing of the whole exome in breast cancer patients using next generation sequencing technologies. Candidates should hold a PhD in biology, genetics or medical statistics. Independence in computer programming is required, proficiency in statistics is advantageous.