This workshop is for Biotechnology students at the National University of Ireland, Galway.
The program has the following schedule:
Week 1, Feb 8 to 12
- Mon, Feb 8: Course introduction; Uniprot protein knowledgebase
- Tue, Feb 9: NCBI databases; tools at NCBI and Uniprot
- Wed, Feb 10: Blast search at NCBI servers
- Using result filters; Blast quiz plus practical exercises
- Thu, Feb 11: Multiple sequence alignment and MSA visualization
- SeaView, sequence logos;
- MSA workshop
- Fri, Feb 12: Introduction to work with protein structures, PDB database
- First UCSF Chimera demos
Week 2, Feb 15 to 19
- Mon, Feb 15: Protein visualizations with UCSF Chimera
- Tue, Feb 16: Ensembl genome browser and tools
- Wed, Feb 17: Genomic studies of DNA variation in humans, using Ensembl and linked databases
- Thu, Feb 18: Basics of transcriptome analysis with high- and low-throughput technologies
- Fri, Feb 19: Gene expression and protein analysis (with a focus on cancer)
- Teacher: Csaba Ortutay
- Teacher: Martti Tolvanen