Author: Jonathan Eisen

Got this in an email from the Gordon and Betty Moore Foundation:

In June of 2014 the Howard Hughes Medical Institute and the Gordon and Betty Moore Foundation announced the establishment of an Advanced Imaging Center at Janelia Farm that will make leading-edge imaging technologies more widely available to the scientific community.

Visualizing and understanding complex biological processes demands the integrated efforts of biologists and physicists. The mission of the Advanced Imaging Center (AIC) is to make cutting-edge imaging technologies developed at Janelia widely accessible, and at no cost, to scientists before the instruments are commercially available.

Operating strategically at the interface of engineering and biological applications, the AIC is positioned to drastically reduce the time between instrument development and widespread use in the increasingly technology-intensive field of biology. The AIC will expand the number and diversity of biologists who have access to the unique, state-of-the-art optical imaging microscopes developed at Janelia years before they become commercially available.

We encourage applications from scientists who are addressing significant scientific questions that require measurements of cellular/molecular behavior at spatial and/or temporal resolutions that would only be possible for them through access to the AIC.

The instruments currently available in the AIC:

· Lattice Light Sheet Microscope

· Interferometric Photoactivation and Localization Microscope (iPALM)

· Single Molecule Total Internal Reflection Fluorescence Microscope (sm-TIRF)

· Aberration-Corrected Multifocus Microscope (acMFM)

· Live Cell Multicolor Structured Illumination Microscope (SIM)

Proposals to use the AIC will be evaluated through a two-tier peer review process. A Call-for-Proposals will be announced several times a year. The Janelia Visitor Program will cover the cost of lodging for the visiting scientist, experiments, technical support from our applications scientists, and scope time for researchers whose proposals are accepted.  The deadline for applications is August 15, 2014. Application material can be found here. Further inquiries can be directed to aic@janelia.hhmi.org

The AIC is generously sponsored by Gordon and Betty Moore Foundation and Howard Hughes Medical Institute at Janelia.

Bioinformatics position.pdf

Microbiologist.pdf

For those interested in microbiomes it is definitely worth looking at this paper: BMC Genomics | Abstract | Whole genome and exome sequencing of monozygotic twins discordant for Crohn’s disease

Simple summary – they have sets of identical twins where one twin has Crohn’s and the other does not.  They looked for somatic mutations that could like the ones with Crohn’s and did not find any.  Sure – a negative result.  Could be anything.  But the next obvious thing to do (which they report they are already doing) is to look at the microbioata in these people.  Alas, they probably do not have data from before these people got Crohn’s, but still, this could be interesting …

Check out these job ads. PNNL is looking for a few good microbial people.
Postdoc Flyer.pdf
PNNL Assoc Director Microbiology.pdf

Just got this and am sharing:

Dear Dr. Eisen,

The Tech museum in San Jose wanted to invite you to a very special event of ours that might be of your interest. On July 30th, 16 exceptional marine microbiologists from all over the country will gather in The Tech for an evening of conversation with our local community.

The Tech would love for you to join us! I attached a more detailed description of the event below. Please don’t hesitate to contact me if you have any questions or concerns. And we would also highly appreciate if you could forward this email to any of your colleagues and students who might be interested in coming.

Thank you so much and look froward to hearing back from you!

Best Regards,

Haven Yang

The Tech Museum of Innovation

201 S. Market St., San Jose, CA 95113 | thetech.org

Exclusive Engagement!
An Evening with the World’s Leading Marine Microbiologists
A Creative Collisions Initiative
Wednesday, July 30, 2014
5:45 p.m.
The Tech Museum of Innovation’s Lower Level
General admission $25 in advance/$35 at the door
Members $15/$25
Students and Seniors $10/$15
Food & Beverage available for sale at event
Buy Tickets

“The oxygen in every second breath we take is produced by microbes in our oceans—they are thought to produce about 50 percent of the oxygen in the earth’s atmosphere. Yet, we know surprisingly little about these tiny organisms.”

—The Gordon and Betty Moore Foundation’s Marine Microbiology Initiative

The Tech welcomes 16 world-renowned scientists for an evening of discussion and discovery.

Please join us to learn more about our diverse ocean ecosystems through robust conversation with some of the most innovative minds of our time, and to connect with bio-focused community groups and individuals. Listen to Professor Kay Bidle of Rutgers University explore “The Invisible World of Marine Microbes: How Earth’s Smallest Living Things Have the Biggest Impact on How Our Ocean Works.”

Mingle with the 16 Investigators of the Gordon and Betty Moore Foundation’s Marine Microbiology Initiative:

• Andrew Allen, J. Craig Venter Institute
• Ginger Armbrust, University of Washington
• Kay Bidle, Rutgers University
• Edward DeLong, Massachusetts Institute of Technology
• Curtis Deutsch, University of Washington
• Nicole Dubilier, Max Planck Institute for Marine Microbiology
• Michael Follows, Massachusetts Institute of Technology
• Jed Fuhrman, University of Southern California
• David Karl, University of Hawaii
• Victoria Orphan, California Institute of Technology
• Ann Pearson, Harvard University
• Forest Rohwer, San Diego State University
• Mak Saito, Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution
• Roman Stocker, Massachusetts Institute of Technology
• Matthew Sullivan, University of Arizona
• Alexandra Worden, Monterey Bay Aquarium Research Institute

Click here to learn more about the event.

Forwarding this announcement which might be of interest:

We are asking your assistance in forwarding this message to inform students and faculty in your department of these outstanding fellowship opportunities. More detailed information and an online application can be found at http://www.nationalacademies.org/rap.

The National Research Council of the National Academies sponsors a number of awards for graduate, postdoctoral and senior researchers at participating federal laboratories and affiliated institutions. These awards include generous stipends ranging from $45,000 – $80,000 per year for recent Ph.D. recipients, and higher for additional
experience. Graduate entry level stipends begin at $30,000. These awards provide the opportunity for recipients to do independent research in some of the best-equipped and staffed laboratories in the U.S. Research opportunities are open to U.S. citizens, permanent residents, and for some of the laboratories, foreign nationals.

Detailed program information, including online applications, instructions on how to apply, and a list of participating
laboratories, are available on the NRC Research Associateship Programs Web site (see link above).

Questions should be directed to the NRC at 202-334-2760 (phone) or rap@nas.edu.

There are four annual review cycles.

Review Cycle: August; Opens June 1; Closes August 1

Review Cycle: November; Opens September 1; Closes November 1

Review Cycle: February; Opens December 1; Closes February 1

Review Cycle: May; Opens March 1; Closes May 1

Applicants should contact prospective Adviser(s) at the lab(s) prior to the application deadline to discuss their research interests and funding opportunities.

Thank you for your assistance.

Sincerely yours,

H. Ray Gamble

Director of the Fellowship Programs

National Research Council

The National Academies

500 5th Street NW, Keck 568

Washington, DC 20001