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### Proposal wiriting - more favorite words

seek to pioneer new approaches

Preliminary studies hint

novel algorithms

predictive models

software tools for integrative analysis and visualization of genetic interaction networks to facilitate discovery

developing new computational biology

graduate level

highly collaborative, interdisciplinary projects

Analysis & Interpretation

Using a systems biology approach

The methods will be tested and validated in a number of real biological problems

enticing them to pursue careers in science

web-based tools

in silico knockouts

drug intervention can be seen as control of cellular network activity

verification methods to check whether a model is consistent with the laboratory experimental observations on which it is based

If the model does not conform to the data, we suggest a revised model and the new hypotheses are tested in-silico.

The hypotheses formulated during in-silico testing suggest new avenues to explore experimentally.

emerging field of Systems Biology

iterative improvement

### Uploading a file with JQuery

You can easily submit data in an html form via jQuery's $.post. But you need to do a little more to upload a file. I suggest the jQuery Form Plugin. Here is the HTML form: <html> <head> <title>Title</title> </head> <body> <form action="/test.cgi" enctype="multipart/form-data" method="post"> <input name="myFile" type="file" /> <div id="results"> </div> </form> </body> </html> This is the Javascript file myFrom.js:$(document).ready(function() { $('form').ajaxForm( { beforeSubmit: function() {$('#results').html('Submitting...'); }, success: function(data) { var $out =$('#results'); $out.html('Your results:');$out.append('<div><pre>'+ data +'</pre></div>'); } …

### Latex: Centering table larger than textwidth

Usually, you can center tables with \center. But when the table is longer than the \textwidth, it will be align with the left side margin. You can temporarily adjust the textwidth.

% allows for temporary adjustment of side margins
\usepackage{chngpage}

\begin{table}
\begin{adjustwidth}{-.5in}{-.5in}
\begin{center}
\begin{tabular}{|c|}
\hline
And here comes a very long line. And here comes a very long line. And here comes a very long line.  \\
\hline
\end{tabular}

\caption{This Table is longer than the text width. And its caption is really long, too. This Table is longer than the text width. And its caption is really long, too. This Table is longer than the text width. And its caption is really long, too. This Table is longer than the text width. }
\label{myTable}
\end{center}
\end{adjustwidth}
\end{table}

### Academic Job Search: Writing a good CV, research statement, and teaching statement

I won't give you boring details of how you should format your CV, there's enough resources out there that give you much better advise than I ever could, instead I will tell you what you can and should do during graduate school, to generate the content for your CV and statements.
Please keep in mind that I was specifically looking for post doctoral research positions in mathematical biology. If you want to land a teaching or tenure position, some rules might be different.
Job Application TimelineAcademic Jobs beginning fall 2011 (June – September)Deadlines for postdocs: as early as November 2010Asked for letters: September 2010CV, Research Statement, Preprint/publications/thesisDraft of Research Statement August/September 2010CV: first version in 2008, career services, periodically updatedJobs are advertised on https://www.mathjobs.org/http://notable.math.ucdavis.edu/wiki/Mathematics_Jobs_WikiDiscussed everything with my advisor, proof-read by advisor, several friends proof-rea…