Establishing an independent research group is an important milestone in the professional life of many scientists. This is a challenging endeavor that requires careful planning and preparation. Many questions will arise at different stages of this process: about the application, attending interviews, deciding which one is the best position to accept if one has several offers, and about negotiating the best possible deal before signing a contract.

Internship Position Filled!
The student Cristóvão Freitas Iglesias Junior, from Brazil, was selected for the internship at NICTAs Cheng Lab. Congratulations!!!

Internships page

Extended applications deadline is June 11!

There are still two internship positions on offer for students from developing nations:

• Rost Lab, Technische Universität München, Munich, Germany
• Diagnostic Genomics Group, NICTA, The University of Melbourne, Melbourne, Australia

Read more details here

Regional Student Group of Eastern Africa (RSG Eastern Africa) in collaboration with the International Livestock Research Institute (ILRI) , Biosciences eastern and central Africa (BecA), and the European Bioinformatics Institute (EBI) is organising a 10 day EMBO Global Exchange Lecture Course titled "Next Generation sequencing for Africa". The Course will take place from 31st August to 9th September at the African Institute for Capacity Development (AICAD) at Nairobi, Kenya

The first North Africa, Portugal and Spain Student Symposium on Bioinformatics(NPS3Bio) was held on October 26, in Malaga (Spain) as a special session within the X Jornadas de Bioinformática (Workshop on Bioinformatics for Personalized Medicine). The meeting report describes the variety of invited talks, student talks and posters presented during the meeting.