Informatics Core Lab -- NCBI Minicourses

NCBI Minicourses

Date: Thursday, February 8, 2007 and Friday, February 9, 2007
Time: 9:15am - 4:00pm
Location: Cooper Auditorium
Instructor: Medha Bhagwat, PhD, Staff Scientist, NCBI Service Desk

Click here to download flyer.

Overview:
NCBI bioinformatics minicourses are either problem-based (such as "Identification of Disease Genes"), or NCBI-resource based (such as "MapViewer Quick Start"). Each course is 2.5 hours in length. The first hour and a half is devoted to an overview lecture, that is followed by a one hour hands-on session.

Although, primarily given on the NIH campus, NCBI occasionally offers the minicourses at extramural institutions as well. We are fortunate to be hosting the following 4 minicourses:

"Making Sense of DNA and Protein Sequences"
"MapViewer QuickStart"
"Identification of Disease Genes"
"Correlating Disease Genes and Phenotypes"

Intended Audience:
These courses are aimed at principal investigators, postdoctoral fellows, graduate and advanced undergraduate students and others in the life sciences who work with biological sequence data.

Handouts:
   "Making Sense of DNA and Protein Sequences"
   "MapViewer QuickStart"
   "Identification of Disease Genes"
   "Correlating Disease Genes and Phenotypes"

Agenda:
Thursday, February 8, 2007

Time Session

9:15-10:45 Lecture -- "Making Sense of DNA & Protein Sequences"

10:45-11:00 Break

11:00-12:00 Hands-on Computer Section -- "Making Sense of DNA & Protein Sequences"

12:00-1:15 Lunch Break

1:15-2:45 Lecture -- "MapViewer QuickStart"

2:45-3:00 Break

3:00-4:00 Hands-on Computer Section -- "MapViewer QuickStart"

Friday, February 9, 2007

Time Session

9:15-10:45 Lecture -- "Identification of Disease Genes"

10:45-11:00 Break

11:00-12:00 Hands-on Computer Section -- "Identification of Disease Genes"

12:00-1:15 Lunch Break

1:15-2:45 Lecture -- "Correlating Disease Genes & Phenotypes"

2:45-3:00 Break

3:00-4:00 Hands-on Computer Section -- "Correlating Disease Genes & Phenotypes"

Registration:
Registration is required for the hands-on sessions, and is on a first-come, first-served basis. Twenty computers will be available for each hands-on session.

PLEASE NOTE:
All courses we offer are free to Biomedical Informatics Core FY2007 Subscribers. There will be a $25 registration fee per hands-on session for all attendees who are not subscribers of the Biomedical Informatics Core. NCBI provides this training free of charge, however we must cover our costs for computer services, handouts and refreshments. Please contact Dr Yate-Ching Yuan at x62161 if you are interested in subscribing. All lecture sections are free and open to everyone.

To register, please complete the registration form, save it and email it to Sue Hargrave at shargrave@coh.org.

Location:
City of Hope National Medical Center
Cooper Auditorium, Platt Conference Center
1500 E. Duarte Road
Duarte, CA 91010

City of Hope National Medical Center is located in Duarte, just off the 210 freeway, one exit west of the 210-605 interchange. Exit the 210 at Buena Vista and proceed south toward Duarte Road. Turn left onto Duarte Road and proceed east for 0.4 miles. Pass the entrance labeled City of Hope Beckman Research Institute and proceed to the main campus entrance which has a guard booth. Parking is available in the visitor parking lot located adjacent to the main entrance. The workshop will be held in Cooper Auditorium. Click here for City of Hope campus map.