Working with the Human Genome Sequence

16-19 April 2012

Instituto de Higiene, Montevideo, Uruguay

Now closed for applications. To be kept updated on dates for the 2013 course, please email us.

This 4-day workshop provides an intensive introduction to bioinformatics tools freely available on the internet, focusing primarily on the Human Genome data. Students will be given hands-on training in the use of public databases and web-based sequence analysis tools. All course materials will be available on the web, and students will have the opportunity to ask questions of the instructors as they apply what they have learned. Each student will have access to a desk-top PC for the duration of the course.

The course is limited to 20 participants and will be held in English.

Topics

Sequence formats and retrieval
Genome browsing
De novo analysis of sequence
Exploring function and disease
Sequence variation
Comparative sequence analysis

For more information and to apply for the next available workshop, visit the Wellcome Trust Sanger Institute website.