ENSEMBL DATABASE MINING AND WHOLE GENOME SEQUENCING ANALYSES

Max number of participants: -
Course Language: English

Course Info 

Description

The main objective of the training course is to present a hands-on approach to the online Ensembl bioinformatics resources and introduce command line based options for analyses of whole genome sequencing data for students, post-doctoral fellows and teachers involved in biological research. The training course will include an introduction to the Ensembl Genome Browser with practical demonstrations and exercises using the human genome as reference. Analyses of high throughput genotyping and whole genome human sequencing data will also be presented with the overall aim of promoting the use of bioinformatics for health and research in the life sciences. Only human genomic sequencing data will be analysed during the training, but the same techniques can be used to analyze any data generated by next generation sequencing

Date: 16-18/12/2014 and  16-18/12/2014

Deadline for Subscription: 25/10/2014         

Focal Person
Dr. Syed Qasim Mehdi
HEC Distinguished National Professor and Chairman Centre for Human Genetics and Molecular Medicine 
Sindh Institute of Urology and Transplantation (SIUT) 
Karachi 74200, Pakistan 
Email: sqmehdi@gmail.com

Instructors

Dr. Qasim Ayub
Staff Scientist 
Wellcome Trust Sanger Institute 
Hinxton, United Kingdom 
http://www.sanger.ac.uk/research/projects/humanevolution/

Dr. Vincenza Colonna 
Research Scientist 
National Research Council 
Institute of Genetics and Biophysics, Naples, Italy 
OBiLab http://www.igb.cnr.it/obilab

Dr. Luca Pagani 
Postdoctoral Fellow
Division of Biological Anthropology 
University of Cambridge, United Kingdom 
http://www.sanger.ac.uk/research/projects/humanevolution/

Dr. Denise Carvalho-Silva (Virtual Lecturer) 
Ensembl Outreach Officer
EMBL-European Bioinformatics Institute 
Hinxton, United Kingdom 
http://www.ebi.ac.uk/about/people/denise-carvalho-silva/

Course venue

COMSTECH Building, 33 Constitution Avenue 
Sector G-5/2, Islamabad, Pakistan 

Sindh Institute of Urology and Transplantation (SIUT) 
Civil Hospital, Karachi, Pakistan 

Cours Info (travelling, accomodation):

Islamabad:
Ms. Hanifa Beg
Programme Manager
Tel: +92-51-9220681-3
Fax: +92-51-9205264, +92-51-9220265
Email: hanifa@comstech.org;comstech@comstech.org

Karachi:
Prof. Syed Qasim Mehdi
SIUT, Karachi 74200, Pakistan
Tel: +92-21-9215752, +92-21-9215718
Fax:+92-21-9215469, +92-21-9215362
Email: sqmehdi@gmail.com

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