Course handbook

From sequences to structures: Protein characterisation using EMBL-EBI APIs 2025

05 June 2025
Online
Contact Barbara Etzi

The handbook for this course is now closed. You can access the materials here.

 

Proteins are fundamental to biological processes, and understanding their sequence, structure, and function is crucial for various applications in research. This one-day, hands-on virtual workshop will guide participants through a structured, programmatic workflow using EMBL-EBI resources. Participants will learn how to retrieve protein sequences, identify homologs, annotate functional domains, and explore structural information using REST APIs. The course emphasises programmatic access (APIs) to integrate sequence, functional, and structural data into a unified analysis pipeline. Through a step-by-step Python workflow, participants will apply different EMBL-EBI tools to analyse an example protein, gaining practical experience in automating large-scale protein data analysis.


Getting started

This course handbook will provide you with everything you need for the course, including pre-course materials, course joining details, links to course materials, and biographies of trainers and course participants.

Course organisers

  • Nandana Madhusoodanan, EMBL-EBI
  • Ajay Mishra, EMBL-EBI