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The Bioinformatics Roadshow - Rostock

Course Summary
EBI Roadshow Host: University of Rostock
Date: 24- 25 September 2010
Venue: PC-Pool R 227, Ulmenstr. 69, Building 1, Rostock.
Host Organiser: Dr George Fuellen
EBI Support: V Schneider (Programme), Alison Barker (Logistics)
Registration Deadline: 24 August 2010 (bursary applications 23 July 2010)





Course Overview

What will I learn?

  • To understand the structure and concepts of the Gene Ontology
  • To learn how to search for small molecules and understand their chemical ontology and associated bioactivity data
  • To understand and review the different experimental approaches and the importance of bioinformatics in MS
  • To understand what is to be found in a molecular interaction database, alternative data formats and the various tools designed to work with them
  • How to browse and retrieve data from the ArrayExpress public repository of functional genomics data.
  • How to browse and retrieve data from the Gene Expression Atlas
  • How to query for condition-specific gene expression patterns as well as broader exploratory searches for biologically interesting genes/samples correlations
  • Some of the examples used in the training will be tailored to stem cell data analysis
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Programme

The detailed roadshow programme is available here.

Times Topic Trainer
Friday 24 September 2010
15:30 - 17:00
 Ontologies + ChEBI Janna Hastings
17:00 -17:15 Tea break  
17:15 - 19:00 Ontologies + ChEBI Janna Hastings
19:00 - 20:00
 PICR + OLS
Presentation - Tutorial		 Phil Jones
Saturday 25 September 2010
10:00 - 12:00

Functional Genomics

Tutorial ArrayExpress - Tutorial Atlas

Exercises

 Ibrahim Emam
12:00 - 13:00 Lunch  
13:00 - 14:30 Functional Genomics Ibrahim Emam
14:30 - 14:45 Tea break  
14:45 - 16:45 PRIDE
Presentation - Tutorial - Answers		 Phil Jones
16:45 - 17:00 Tea break  
17:00 - 19:00 Reactome
Presentation - Tutorial

 Phil Jones
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Participant feedback survey

Registration


Please contact Dr George Fuellen to register your interest and apply for this course. Please note that registration closes 24 August 2010.

A limited number of travel fellowships are available for SLING roadshows. Fellowships are only applicable to persons travelling from outside the host institute and attending for the full duration of the course. Fellowships cover a maximum EUR500 per person towards the cost of travel, accommodation and subsistence. If you wish to be considered for a fellowship please indicate this on your registration and complete a bursary application form.

Bursary application form   click here for pdf version

Only complete bursary applications received before the bursary deadline of 23 July 2010 will be considered. Selection will take place within 3 weeks of this date and successful applicants will be notified before close of final registration on 24 August 2010.
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Trainers

Janna Hastings
Phil Jones
Ibrahim Emam
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Contact

For further information, to register interest, or enquire about hosting a roadshow - please contact the EMBL-EBI Events Team, T: +44 (0)1223 494444.



The Bioinformatics Roadshow is funded by the European Commission under SLING, grant agreement number 226073 (Integrating Activity) within Research Infrastructures of the FP7 Capacities Specific Programme.



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