Tutorials


The following eight hands-on tutorials have been confirmed for ISCB-LatinAmerica 2012. Each tutorial is presented during a full day of instruction and interaction. The tutorials will be held during the weekend of Saturday 17th and Sunday 18th of March, 2012, immeidately prior to the main conference. Interested students are invited to register for tutorials as soon as possible, as all of them are expected to sell out. Please see the registration page for pricing.

Saturday, March 17, 2012
Analysis, Comparison and Classification of Protein Structures
Date: Sat, March 17
Duration: One day
Type: Theoretical (lectures, demonstrations and hands on)
Presenters: Dr. Manfred Sippl
Affiliation: University of Salzburg

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Genome browsers with special emphasis in the ENSEMBL system
Date: Sat, March 17
Duration: One day
Type: Practical (lectures and hands on)
Presenters: Dr. Erik Bongcam-Rudloff and Dr. Andreas Gisel
Affiliation: European Molecular Biology Network (EMBnet)

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Protein resources and tools: sequence, architecture and protein interactions
Date: Sat, March 17
Duration: One day
Type: Practical (lectures and hands on)
Presenters: Dr. James Watson and Dr. Gabriella Rustici
Affiliation: EMBL-EBI

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Algorithms and tools for transcriptomics and multiple gene profiling using the open source platforms R and Bioconductor
Date: Sat, March 17
Duration: One day
Type: Practical (lectures and hands on)
Presenters: Dr. Javier De Las Rivas and José Ramón Valverde
Affiliation: CiC-IBMCC (CSIC/USAL, Salamanca) and CNB (CSIC, Madrid) with the support of SoIBio and FreeBIT

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Sunday, March 18, 2012
Immunoinformatics
Date: Sun, March 18
Duration: One day
Type: Practical (lectures and hands on)
Presenters: Dr. Morten Nielsen
Affiliation: Technical University of Denmark

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Next generation sequencing: an introduction for bioinformaticians
Date: Sun, March 18
Duration: One day
Type: Practical (lectures and hands on)
Presenters: Dr. Andreas Gisel and Dr. Erik Bongcam-Rudloff
Affiliation: European Molecular Biology Network (EMBnet)

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Functional Genomics
Date: Sun, March 18
Duration: One day
Type: Practical (lectures and hands on)
Presenters: Dr. Gabriella Rustici and Dr. James Watson
Affiliation: EMBL-EBI

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Computer Based Drug Design
Date: Sun, March 18
Duration: One day
Type: Practical (lectures and hands on)
Presenters: Dr. Tomás Pérez-Acle and Dr. Danilo González-Nilo
Affiliation: Center for Mathematical Modeling, Universidad de Chile (TPA); Universidad Andrés Bello (DG) with the support of SoIBio

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