Applied Bioinformatics Poster Day
Fri, 19 April 2013, 04:53PM
Masters in Biology and Control of Parasites and Disease Vectors
student, Pelagie Boko, has won ‘Best Poster’ at LSTM’s Applied
Bioinformatics Poster Day 2013. Pelagie presented a captivating and
informative poster on Glutathione transferases (GST) sequence analysis,
at the Applied Bioinformatics Poster Day event, held at LSTM today.
2nd prize went to Harry Pickering, a Masters in Molecular Biology of Parasites and Disease Vectors student who presented the poster: Characterising a hypothetical protein: Tb11.01.3540. With 3rd
place going to George Forsbrook, another Masters in Molecular Biology
of Parasites and Disease Vectors student, who presented a poster
entitled: Bioinformatic Analysis of the origin of Brugia malayi Ferrochelatase 1.
Students participating were each given a different DNA ‘Mystery
Sequence’ at the start of their study and asked to analyse it using the
various tools and software they are exposed to and learn how to use
during the module, presenting their findings in the form of a poster
during an ‘in-house conference-style’ format in LSTM’s CTID building.
The ‘Mystery Sequences’ are all related to a research point of
interest and importance from the area of tropical health and may include
genes from parasites, vectors of disease and even venomous snakes.
Organiser Dr James LaCourse said: “Students really enjoy the ‘detective
element’ of discovery, the flexibility to construct a story around their
gene sequence and the opportunity to present it all in an interesting
way through a colourful poster and short presentations throughout the
session; a skill that will undoubtedly serve them well in presenting
their own future research at conferences in this very style.”
Staff and students from LSTM dropped by during the day to view the
research posters and speak to the students presenting them. Many were
impressed at the inventive and insightful analysis methods that students
have performed on their genes, often providing ideas for exploring
their own genes of interest.
LSTM ‘s short course on Applied Bioinformatics
has proven extremely popular since it was introduced. Providing
students with knowledge and critical understanding of modern technology
platforms in bioinformatics and functional genomics and practical
experience of computational methods used to interpret the output data.
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