INTERNATIONAL BIOINFORMATICS WORKSHOP ENSEMBL DATABASE MINING AND WHOLE GENOME SEQUENCING ANALYSES December 20 – 22, 2014 (SIUT, Karachi) December 16 –18, 2014 (COMSTECH, Islamabad) Course Objectives: 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. Selection Criteria: Candidates meeting the following criteria will be selected for the course: a) Post-doctoral fellows, doctoral or medical students near completion of their studies with knowledge of at least one or more of the following fields: biochemistry, molecular biology, genetics, proteomics or biotechnology. Candidates that are employed by a university, or an institute, as a faculty member and who have research experience supported by research publications in peer reviewed journals will be preferred. b) The candidate should have a working knowledge of computer, statistics, and internet applications related to bioinformatics. Instructors: Dr. Qasim Ayub Staff Scientist Wellcome Trust Sanger Institute Hinxton, United Kingdom Dr. Vincenza Colonna Research Scientist National Research Council Institute of Genetics and Biophysics, Naples, Italy Dr. Luca Pagani Postdoctoral Fellow Division of Biological Anthropology University of Cambridge, United Kingdom Dr. Denise Carvalho-Silva (Virtual Lecturer) Ensembl Outreach Officer EMBL-European Bioinformatics Institute Hinxton, United Kingdom Focal Person: Dr. Syed Qasim Mehdi HEC Distinguished National Professor Centre for Human Genetics and Molecular Medicine Sindh Institute of Urology and Transplantation (SIUT) Karachi 74200, Pakistan Email: sqmehdi@gmail There will be no registration fee and no lodging facilities for the SIUT workshop in Karachi. Registration Process: Step 1: Download application form here. siut.org/PDF/Application%20Form%20BIOINFORMATICS-2014.pdf Step 2: Read instructions in the application form carefully and submit properly filled form to sqmehdi@gmail and [email protected] (SIUT, Karachi) Or [email protected] and [email protected] (COMSTECH, Islamabad) Step 3: If you are selected we will notify you by email. Last Date for Applications: October 25, 2014 For Further Details Please Contact Secretariat: Sindh Institute of Urology and Transplantation (SIUT) Civil Hospital, Karachi - 74200, Pakistan Tel: +92-21-32728998 , 021-99215718 , 021-99215752 Ext:2221 and 2225 Fax: +92-021-99215469 , 021-99215752 Website: siut.org/news-events Email: sqmehdi@gmail; [email protected]; [email protected]
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