Computational biology: From genomes to systems

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ABOUT THE WORKSHOP

The EMBO Practical Course will teach advanced methods and applications of computational biology for high throughput data analysis in molecular biology. It primarily addresses early stage experimental biologists facing large-scale data analysis and also computational scientists with limited exposure to experimental biology. Practical skills for data analysis will be developed in seven half-day sessions and applied in a joint research project. A symposium where the speakers of the course will present their scientific research will be held shortly before the course.
  • Among individual variation of genomes will be covered and linked to clinical and phenotypical data in the context of large-scale sequencing in clinical and metagenomics settings. State-of-the art proteomics and small molecule data and their networks will be integrated. Methods will be introduced but the course focuses on question-driven analysis by integrating a multitude of data. Lectures will provide an update on technologies such as next-generation sequencing and proteomics and downstream analysis for pathways and phenotypic information.

REGISTRATION AND ABSTRACT SUBMISSION

Registration deadlines: Nov 30th, 2014 Payment deadline will follow with the letter of acceptance.
Included in fee:
  • Participation in all lectures
  • accommodation and all meals at the course site
  • practical sessions
  • teaching material
  • field trip
Selection criteria:
  • Description of research abstract
  • Motivation, explaining your current situation
  • Start of PhD work and year of (planned) graduation
  • Only complete applications will be considered. Applicants are asked to provide a short description of their research project, publications and their motivation to participate in this course.
Applications will be evaluated and selected by the organizers based on suitability for the course. Please note that we can only accept 20 participants. Selected participants will be contacted by e-mail by December 31st, 2014. If positions remain open future rounds of selection will be performed, therefore you might be notified later than said date of the outcome of the application.

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The EMBO Practical Course will teach advanced methods and applications of computational biology for high throughput data analysis in molecular biology. It primarily addresses early stage experimental biologists facing large-scale data analysis and also computational scientists with limited exposure to experimental biology. Practical skills for data analysis will be developed in seven half-day sessions and applied in a joint research project. A symposium where the speakers of the course will present their scientific research will be held shortly before the course.