EMBL-EBI Open Day - November 2012
Our next open day will take place on Tuesday 20 November. This is the perfect opportunity for young scientists who are considering a career in bioinformatics, a PhD or a postdoc to find out more about opportunities at Europe's main centre for bioinformatics. You will learn about cutting-edge research projects, get an overview of one of the world's most important collections of biological databases and tools, and be given time to talk one-to-one with the experts who develop and curate these services.
| Time | Topic and links to download talks | Speaker |
|---|---|---|
| 09:30 – 09:45 | Registration and refreshments | |
| 09.45 – 09:50 | Welcome to EMBL-EBI | Katrina Pavelin |
| 09:50 – 10:30 | Introduction to EMBL-EBI | Janet Thornton |
| 10:30 – 11:15 | Introduction to research at EMBL-EBI | Anton Enright |
| 11:15 – 11:45 | Internal Training at EMBL (including PhD and Postdoc opportunities) | Brenda Stride |
| 11:45 – 12:00 | Train online: free courses about EMBL-EBI's data resources | Giulietta Spudich |
| 12:00 – 13:30 | Lunch and demonstrations of EMBL-EBI's core resources* | |
| 13:30 – 13:50 | User-centred design in bioinformatics | Sangya Pundir |
| 13:50 – 14:10 | Life as a PhD student | Sander Timmer |
| 14:10 – 14:30 | Life as a Postdoc | Christophe Dessimoz |
| 14:30 – 14:50 | Life as a Scientific Database Curator | Sandra Orchard |
| 14:50 – 15:10 | Life as a Software Developer | Phil Jones |
| 15:10 – 15:30 | Refreshments | |
| 15:30 – 16:10 | Research Group Leader talk | Oliver Stegle |
| 16:10 | Closing remarks | Katrina Pavelin |
* During the lunch break, there will be demonstrations of the following data resources:
- ArrayExpress
- ENA
- Ensembl and Ensembl Genomes
- Europe PubMed Central (Europe PMC)
- GO and UniProt-GOA
- IntAct
- InterPro
- PDBe
- Reactome
- UniProt
If there is sufficient interest, we will arrange for a bus from Cambridge rail station to EMBL-EBI and a return bus after the event (for a small fee to cover the transport). Approximate bus times: 08:30 departure from the station and 16:30 departure from Hinxton back to the station. Exact times will be confirmed by email.
To find out more about travelling to the EBI and suggestions for accomodation, see: