The ChEMBL-og

So a big and heart-felt three thousand, seven hundred and eighty eight 'Thank Yous' to all the benevolent donors to the EBI Movember Team - The Bioinformoustachians . It was a lot of fun, the place is a lot hairier now, and there are more smiles on faces than at the start of the month. Mission accomplished by our International (hair)peace keeping force - The Victoria and George Crosses (respectively) are awarded to Francesco Iorio (sgt. 8th Italian light foot) and Remco Loos (cpl. 4th Dutch commando) for their epic struggle and hand-to-hand combat for first place in the fund-raising league table, and a ' mention in despatches ' is presented to Nicolas Le Novére (lt. 1st French prancers) for being the ' Top Gun ' amongst the faculty. The platoon is now returning home, and will soon be changing back into ' civvies ' (much to the relief of their partners and family). If any other large science data centres want to make a fight of it for Movember 201...

http://mobro.co/ebi

The deadline is approaching for two posts in the ChEMBL group - one a web developer, and the other a data integration position. The posts are three year fixed term contracts. Closing dates for applications is the 27th November 2011 . Further details should be available here Web Developer  ( EBI_00145) Data Integration  ( EBI_00144) If you have any questions, please feel free to  contact us .

http://mobro.co/EBI In responses to a question from one of the ChEMBL-og readers - I've just checked, and it is possible for non-UK residents to donate to the EBI Movember team - The Bioinformoustachians . Link for donations is above.

Sorry if these posts are a little off normal topic. But the majority of the member of the EBI's team for Movember assembled yesterday for a 'before' photo. Just look at all those baby faces, look at all those chins!

The EBI has a team entered for the annual Movember fund raising event - this is focussed on raising money for 'male cancers' - testicular and prostate . The team is called  The Bioinformoustachians!, so please consider sponsoring us over the coming month. Of course, as well as raising money for a serious cause, there will be some fun along the way as well. Watch over the next few days, as the full team signs up - we're gonna raise Loadsamoney (hopefully). For those unfamiliar with the idea - participants are clean shaved at the start and grow a moustache throughout the month gaining sponsorship for looking stylish/silly. The team webpage on the movember website is here . Please consider donating, and help us, together, make a difference.

'Excluding skin cancer, prostate cancer is the most commonly diagnosed cancer among men in the US and the second most common cause of cancer death among men. It is estimated that about 1 in 6 men in the US will be diagnosed with prostate cancer during their lifetime and 1 in 36 will die from this disease.' Quote from Cancer Facts & Figures 2010. American Cancer Society