Working with the Human Genome Sequence

14-16 May 2012
Wellcome Trust Genome Campus, Hinxton, Cambridge, UK

Deadline for applications: 2 March 2012

This 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. The workshops are 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. Acceptance will be subject to selection process. The workshops run over three days and are without exception residential on the Wellcome Trust Genome Campus.

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.