In collaboration with the Institute of Hygiene, Montevideo, Uruguay, we are pleased to invite applications for our Working with Pathogen Genomes overseas course (11-16 November 2018).
The course is free to attend and open to researchers based in Latin America and the Caribbean. Limited bursaries to cover travel and accommodation expenses are also available.
Applications and bursary requests must be received by 1 August 2018. Apply now
The five-day programme aims to give molecular microbiologists working with bacterial and eukaryotic pathogens a working knowledge of genomic analysis.
The course will include lecture and practical computer-based sessions covering the following topics:
- Introduction to pathogen genomics
- Introduction to Artemis
- Using the Linux operating system for bioinformatics
- Comparative genomics using the Artemis Comparison Tool (ACT)
- Mapping Illumina sequence data against a reference genome
- Genome-wide phylogenetic analysis using SNPs
- Genome assembly
- Genome annotation
- Transcriptome analysis using RNA-seq data
Working with Pathogen Genomes 2018 course (Montevideo, Uruguay) – Apply now