Summer School in Bioinformatics
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Date:
Monday 13 - Friday 17 June 2016Venue:
European Bioinformatics Institute (EMBL-EBI) - Wellcome Genome Campus, Hinxton, Cambridge, CB10 1SD, United KingdomApplication opens:
Friday 18 December 2015Application deadline:
Tuesday 01 March 2016Participation:
Open application with selectionContact:
Lucy CriddleRegistration fee:
£600Registration closed
Overview
This summer school, run jointly with Wellcome Genome Campus Advanced Courses and Scientific Conferences, will provide an introduction to the use of bioinformatics in biological research using publicly available data resources and tools. Participants will initially be introduced to bioinformatics theory and practice, and a small range of tools and resources. To enable specific exploration of resources in their particular field of interest, participants will be divided into focused groups to work on a small project set by EMBL-EBI resource and research staff, ending in a presentation from each group on the final day of the course. The course will include training and mentoring provided by experts from EMBL-EBI and external institutes.
Audience
This course is aimed at individuals working in biological disciplines who have little or no experience in bioinformatics. Applicants are expected to be embarking on bioinformatics related projects or need to use such approaches in their work.
Please note that the course will not cover aspects of computer programming or in-depth data analysis; there will be no opportunity to analyse personal research data during this course.
Outcomes
Following course completion participants should be able to:
- Discuss applications of bioinformatics in biological research
- Browse, search, and retrieve biological data from public repositories
- Use appropriate bioinformatics tools to explore biological data
- Comprehend some ways biological data can be stored, organised and interconverted
Programme
| Time | Topic | Trainer |
|---|---|---|
| Day 1 - Monday 13 June | ||
| 10:00 - 10:30 | Arrival, registration and refreshments | |
| 10:30 - 11:30 | Welcome, introduction and networking | Tom Hancocks |
| 11:30 - 13:00 | Study design for bioinformatics | Bill Pearson |
| 13:00 - 14:00 | Lunch | |
| 14:00 - 15:00 | The bioinformatics one-way mirror: when "not-true" is not false | Bill Pearson |
| 15:00 - 15:30 | Break | |
| 15:30 - 16:00 | Making use of public resources | Sarah Morgan |
| 16:00 - 16:45 | Bioinformatics resource taster sessions: Ensembl & UniProt |
Anja Thormann & Magali Ruffier Klemens Pichler |
| 16:45 - 17:30 | Data reproducibility | Amy Tang |
| 17:45 | Check-in at Conference Centre | |
| 18:00 | Networking drinks reception | |
| 19:00 | Evening meal at Hinxton Hall | |
| Day 2 - Tuesday 14 June | ||
| 09:00 - 10:30 | Introduction to sequence searching | Bill Pearson |
| 10:30 - 11:00 | Break | |
| 11:00 - 12:30 | Introduction to group projects | Sarah Morgan |
| 12:30 - 13:30 | Lunch and posters | |
| 13:30 - 15:00 | Project work session | |
| 15:00 - 15:30 | Break | |
| 15:30 - 18:30 | Project work session | |
| 18:30 | End of day | |
| 19:00 | Evening meal at Hinxton Hall | |
| Day 3 - Wednesday 15 June | ||
| 09:00 - 10:30 | Project work session | |
| 10:30 - 11:00 | Break | |
| 11:00 - 12:00 | Project work session | |
| 12:00 - 12:30 | Webservices tutorial | Andrew Cowley |
| 12:30 - 13:30 | Lunch and posters | |
| 13:30 - 14:30 | Keynote: The origins of Malaria | Julian Rayner |
| 14:30 - 15:30 | Project update reports | |
| 15:30 - 16:00 | Break | |
| 16:00 - 18:30 | Project work session | |
| 18:30 | End of day | |
| 19:00 | Evening meal at Hinxton Hall | |
| Day 4 - Thursday 16 June | ||
| 09:00 - 10:30 | Project work session | |
| 10:00 - 10:30 | Break | |
| 10:30 - 12:00 | Project work session | |
| 12:00 - 12:30 | Network analysis tutorial | Pablo Porras |
| 12:30 - 13:30 | Lunch and posters | |
| 13:30 - 14:30 | Keynote | Pedro Beltrao |
| 14:30 - 15:30 | Project work session | |
| 15:30 - 16:00 | Break | |
| 16:00 - 18:30 | Project work session | |
| 18:30 | End of day | |
| 19:00 | Evening meal at Hinxton Hall | |
| Day 5 - Friday 17 June | ||
| 09:00 - 10:30 | Preparation of project presentations | |
| 10:30 - 11:00 | Break | |
| 11:00 - 12:00 | Project presentations | |
| 12:00 - 13:00 | Lunch | |
| 13:00 - 14:00 | Project presentations | |
| 14:00 - 14:30 | Course wrap-up and feedback | Tom Hancocks |
| 14:30 | End of course | |
In association with
How to apply
Registration available here.
Application deadline
01 March 2016
Number of places
30 places
Organisers
Tom Hancocks - EMBL-EBI, UK
Sarah Morgan - EMBL-EBI, UK
Trainers
Tom Hancocks - EMBL-EBI, UK
Sarah Morgan - EMBL-EBI, UK
Bill Pearson - University of Virginia
Andrew Cowley - EMBL-EBI, UK
Julian Rayner - Wellcome Trust Sanger Institute, UK
Pablo Porras Millan - EMBL-EBI, UK
Pedro Beltrao - EMBL-EBI, UK
Amy Tang - EMBL-EBI, UK