Proteomics Bioinformatics

13-17 December 2010

Wellcome Trust Genome Campus, Hinxton, Cambridge, UK

Application deadline: 20 August 2010

Programme

This joint EBI-Wellcome Trust workshop provides hands-on training in the use of public databases for peptide analysis, annotation of subsequent protein lists using these resources, incorporation of information from molecular interaction and pathway databases, and the use of protein 3D-structure data in proteomics experiments. The workshop is aimed at research scientists with a minimum of a degree in a biological discipline, including laboratory and clinical staff as well as specialists in related fields. The practical elements of the course will take raw data from a proteomics experiment and analyse it in order to go from MS spectra, identify peptides and finally to lists of protein identifiers that can be analysed further using a wide range of resources. The aim is to provide attendees with the practical bioinformatics knowledge they need to go back to the lab and process their own data (including large datasets) when collected.

Topics and Resources covered include:

• Mass Spectroscopy Basics and MS Search Engines
• Sequence databases and their use
• Proteomics data and services integration
• Standardising proteomics data
• Protein 3-D structure data and proteomics
• PRIDE - The Proteomics Identification Database
• Protein interaction data through IntAct
• Using ontologies to annotate data
• Placing proteins in pathways using Reactome
• Protein sequence data in UniProt and InterPro

The course will include distinguished guest speakers

How to apply

Prerequisites
Applicants should be research scientists with a minimum of a degree in a biological discipline, including laboratory and clinical staff as well as specialists in related fields.

Cost
The course tuition fees are subsidised by the Wellcome Trust for scientists based in non-commercial institutions anywhere in the world. This is a residential course, without exception, and there is a fee of £500 for non-commercial applicants towards accommodation and food for the duration of the course. The fee for commercial applicants is £1500.

Bursaries
Limited bursaries are available for academics (50 per cent of fee) and are subject to open competition.
Bursary application information, plus terms and conditions

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 [Word 116KB] and our terms and conditions [Word 28KB].

Applications can be accepted by post or email. Sponsors' supporting letters must be returned, signed, by fax or post under separate cover. 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

Deadlines
Application deadline: 20 August 2010