Scuola Di Bioinformatica 2013
Venue:
UNIVERSITÀ DEGLI STUDI DELL’INSUBRIA Dipartimento di Scienze Teoriche e Applicate Sezione di Ricerca Biomedica,
via Alberto da Giussano 12 Busto Arsizio, 21052
Italy
Date:
Tuesday, June 25, 2013 - Thursday, June 27, 2013
Organizers:
Sarah Morgan
,
EMBL-EBI, UK
Admin support:
Alison Barker
,
EMBL-EBI, UK
Participation:
By invitation 
The school is aimed at researchers, technicians, PhD students and graduates (MS level) in biology, medicine, chemistry, biotechnology, pharmacy and health operators who want to improve their bioinformatics skills. All courses have a limited attendance as they are taken in a computer room. Lectures will be in english and/or italian, according to attendants' language.
The school is composed by four modules:
- "Basic laboratory statistics",19-20-21 June, 2013; Teacher: Riccardo Fesce, Università dell’Insubria
- "Bioinformatics approach" (entry level),25-26 June, 2013, Teachers: Andrew Cowley, EBI European Bioinformatics Institute, UK; Tiziana Alberio, Università dell’Insubria
- "Advanced bioinformatics" (phylogenetics, structural analysis, structural prediction),27-28 June, 2013, Teachers: Laura Emery, EBI European Bioinformatics Institute, UK; Mauro Fasano, Università dell’Insubria
- "Introduction to Systems biology" (transcriptomics, proteomics, methodological basics, statistical analysis),1-4 July, 2013, Teachers: Tiziana Alberio, Mauro Fasano, Riccardo Fesce, Università dell’Insubria; Annalisa Barla, Salvatore Masecchia, Università di Genova.
| Time | Topic | Trainer |
|---|---|---|
| Day 1 - 25th June 2013 - Bioinformatics approach (entry level) |
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| 09:30 - 10:30 | Introduction to EMBL-EBI and resource overview | Andrew Cowley |
| 10:30 - 11:00 | Tea/coffee break | |
| 11:00 - 12:00 | Searching EMBL-EBI and introduction to sequence searching | Andrew Cowley |
| 12:00 - 13:00 | Lunch | |
| 13:00 - 15:00 | Sequence searching and alignment | Andrew Cowley |
| 15:00 - 15:30 | Tea/coffee break | |
| 15:30 - 17:00 | Sequence searching and alignment continued | Andrew Cowley |
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| Day 2 - 27th June 2013 - Advanced bioinformatics (phylogenetics) | ||
| 09:30 - 11:00 |
An Introduction to Phylogenetics Data Files Constructing alignments for phylogenetics |
Laura Emery |
| 11:00 - 11:30 | Tea/coffee break | |
| 11:30 - 13:00 | An introduction to phylogenetic methods 1 | Laura Emery |
| 13:00 - 14:00 | Lunch | |
| 14:00 - 15:30 | An introduction to phylogenetic methods 2 | Laura Emery |
| 15:30 - 16:00 | Tea/coffee break | |
| 16:00 - 17:30 | Interpretation of phylogenetic trees | Laura Emery |
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