Working with Parasite Database Resources

17-21 April 2010

Wellcome Trust Genome Campus , Hinxton, Cambridge, UK

Now closed for applications

Course summary

This residential workshop aims to provide experimental biologists with hands-on experience in genomic-scale data analysis, including genome browsers and comparison tools, methods for data integration, and resources for sophisticated data mining. Many examples and exercises will be drawn from the kinetoplastida, including Leishmania spp., Trypanosoma brucei, and Trypanosoma cruzi, although applicants working on other protozoan parasites will also benefit.

Taught as a collaboration between the Pathogen Genomics Group (Wellcome Trust Sanger Institute, UK), the Eukaryotic Pathogen Bioinformatics Resource Center (University of Georgia & University of Pennsylvania, US), and the Seattle Biomedical Research Institute (US), the programme will include lectures on genomics and bioinformatics techniques, interspersed with hands-on exercises.

Course programme

structural and functional annotation of genomes (including the Artemis annotation tool)
genome browsing and comparative genomics (ACT, J/GBrowse, SynView)
formulating complex biological queries in computationally accessible form
Web-based resources including the GeneDB.org and EuPathDB.org family of databases
integrating functional genomics data (microarrays, proteomics, etc) with genome sequence data
population genetics, genome re-sequencing, and indicators of evolutionary selection
metabolic pathways and pathway analysis
structure and analysis of isolate data
implications of 'next-generation' sequencing for genomic analysis
special topics of particular interest to workshop participants.

How to apply

Prerequisites
Applicants should have a minimum of a degree in a biological discipline and be actively involved or soon to commence relevant research.

Cost
The course tuition fees are subsidised by The Wellcome Trust for researchers based in non-commercial institutions anywhere in the world. This is a residential course, without exception, and there is a fee of £500 towards board and lodging for non-commercial applicants. The fee for commercial applicants is £2000

Bursaries
Limited bursaries are available for non-commercial applicants to cover up to 100% of the course fee. Funding is also available to assist with travel costs. Please note that bursaries are awarded on merit and applicants from disease-endemic countries will be given priority. For more information, download a bursary application form.

Applications
Applicants will be required to complete an application form containing a 300-word outline of the relevance of the course to their research. Please note that documentation supporting their application will be required from the applicant's supervisor/head of department.

To submit an application, please either:

email for an application form to advancedcourses@hinxton.wellcome.ac.uk
download the form and our terms and conditions.

Applications can be accepted by post or email. Sponsors' supporting letters must be returned, signed, by fax or post under separate cover. Please note: Incomplete applications will be rejected.

Applications and letters of support should be sent to:

Wellcome Trust Advanced Courses
Wellcome Trust Genome Campus
Hinxton
Cambridgeshire CB10 1SA
UK

F +44 (0) 1223 495130
E advancedcourses@hinxton.wellcome.ac.uk