Bioinformatics workshop: Introduction to sequence searching with EMBL-EBI - Cambridge, UK

Date:

  Tuesday 22 October 2013

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Overview

An introduction on how to search EBI databases using sequence search tools. The workshop will introduce tools such as BLAST, FASTA and PSI-BLAST; explain how they function and the ways to make effective use of them to locate different types of biological data and information.

Audience

The workshop is aimed at PhD, post-doctoral researchers and principle investigators working in wet-lab biology. Participants who are looking for a basic introduction to the searching the EBI for nucleotide or protein sequences and want to know more about accessing these biological data.

Learning Objectives

After this course you should be able to...

· Understand the basics of sequence similarity searching and sequence homology

· Be able to find biological sequences from across the whole of EMBL-EBI

· Use different sequence similarity searching tools available at EMBL-EBI and understand which ones are appropriate for different applications

Programme

Time Topic Trainer
Day 1 - 22 October 2013
13:30-13:35 Welcome David Judge
13:35-15:00 Introduction to sequence searching at EMBL-EBI Andrew Cowley
15:00-15:30 Break  
15:30-17:00 Introduction to sequence searching at EMBL-EBI Andrew Cowley
17:00 End of workshop Feedback