Working with the Human Genome Sequence (Bangkok, Thailand)

Wellcome Trust-Mahidol University-Oxford Tropical Medicine Programme, Bangkok, Thailand

This 4-day 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. All course materials will be available on the web and students will have the opportunity to ask questions of the instructors as they apply what they have learned. Each student will have access to a desk-top PC for the duration of the course.

The workshop is sponsored by the Wellcome Trust and there is no fee for academics. Bursaries are available for travel and accommodation (awarded on merit).

The course is limited to 20 participants and will be held in English.

Topics
Sequence formats and retrieval
Genome browsing
'De novo' analysis of sequence
Exploring function and disease
Sequence variation
Comparative sequence analysis