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Hands-on training at EBI - A walkthrough EBI Bioinformatics Resources
Course Summary
 Title: A walkthrough EBI Bioinformatics Resources Date: 11-15 May 2009 Venue: Hinxton, Cambridge, UK Organisers: Vicky Schneider & James Watson Admin Support: Alison Barker and Janet Copeland Registration Deadline: 21st April 2009 - 12 noon (BST) Download course flyer about • registration • cost • features • programme About this CourseTravel and Accommodation Information The EMBL-EBI maintains the world’s most comprehensive range of molecular databases. This course provides a broad introduction to EBI core resources and practical, trainer-guided demonstration of when, why and how to use them. Several resources will be covered spanning genomics to systems biology.
The course will consist of intensive five-day course that combines lectures and hands-on tutorials to help the participants actively learn and resolve biologically relevant problems. CostThis course is a fully residential course, without exception. The course has been signficiantly subsidised to keep costs as low as possible. Included in the registration fee are 4 nights accommodation (11, 12, 13 & 14 May) and all meals and refreshments for the duration of the course. Accommodation is on site at The Wellcome Trust Campus. If you require any additional accommodation you must book this yourself - please see the information above. Single accommodation (limited availability - sold on first come first serve basis) £400 Features of the EMBL-EBI residential courseEMBL-EBI is located on The Wellcome Trust Genome Campus, Hinxton, near Cambridge. With the Wellcome Trust Sanger Institute as our nearest neighbour we are arguably situated within the world's largest concentration of genomics and bioinformatics expertise. Hands-on training at the EBI takes place in our state-of-the-art training facilities. Expert trainers lead you through the course programme which is designed to balance instruction with practical exercises. Lunch and coffee breaks are factored into the course programme, allowing you to pose questions to the trainers, to network with the other course delegates or simply to relax and enjoy the surroundings. For our residential courses, you will stay on-site in the Residential Court, part of the Wellcome Trust Conference Centre on the beautiful 55 acre campus. All rooms are comfortably furnished, with digital televisions, complimentary wireless LAN connections, telephones and en suite facilities. The three-course evening meals in the restaurant at the Grade II listed Hinxton Hall provide another opportunity to interact with course participants and trainers. Head Chef, Josh Fox, recently won the UK final of the IACC Copper Skillet Challenge 2009. After dinner, course delegates have the option of finishing off the day in the cosy bar, exploring the grounds or strolling the short distance through campus to the local village pub in Hinxton. A social highlight of our courses is the outing to Cambridge and dinner in one of the historical colleges of the University of Cambridge. TrainersCourse Programme
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