ISCB Africa ASBCB Conference on Bioinformatics 2015
POST CONFERENCE TUTORIALS AND WORKSHOPS
Registration for the workshops can be completed through the conference registration site. Registration is now open and closes 2 March 2015.
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MARCH 12 - 13, 2015 - Thursday, Friday |
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EXPLORING VARIATION DATA & VARIATION ANNOTATION WORKSHOP | |
Venue: Muhimbili University of Health and Allied Sciences Trainer: Anja Thormann (EMBL-EBI, UK) |
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OVERVIEW The aim of this workshop is to provide an overview of the different tools and resources for genomics and variation data hosted and maintained by EMBL-EBI. Participants will also gain hands on experience on variation resources as well as on variant annotation tools. More details. |
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DAY 1: | 1. EBI resources with focus on genomics and variation resources (ENA, EVA, EGA, ArrayExpress and Expression Atlas) (Lecture) 2. Ensemble and variation resources (Lecture & practicals) 3. Variant Effect Predictor Web tool for annotating variation data (practicals) |
DAY 2: | Advanced Variant annotation using VEP perl script (Lecture & practicals) |
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DAY 1: | - Knowledge of basic genetics and basic bioinformatics terminology is very helpful - Basic computing skills |
DAY 2: | Attendees should have familiarity with unix and using the command line or must learn these skills prior to attending the course (www.ee.surrey.ac.uk/Teaching/Unix/). |
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MARCH 12 - 13, 2015 - Thursday, Friday |
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GENOMIC DATA VISUALIZATION WORKSHOP | |
Venue: Muhimbili University of Health and Allied Sciences Trainer: Amel Ghouila (IPT, Tunisia) |
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OVERVIEW Visualization is increasingly important in life science as data grows rapidly in volume and complexity. The aim of this workshop is to provide an overview and guidelines on some Bioconductor packages and other tools for visualizing diverse range of biological data. Participants will gain hands on experience on R/Bioconductor packages as well as on Circos tool. |
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DAY 1: Bioconductor Packages for Visualizing Biological Data | |
9:00 - 12:30 | Lecture and Practicals
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13:30- 17:30 | Practicals
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DAY 2: Circos tool: A Round Form for Data Visualization | |
9:00- 12:30 | Lecture and Practicals
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