From | 2009-03-22 |
To | 2009-03-26 |
Course | Bioinformatics as a young discipline has recently evolved to head for new challenges. While the classical methods and tools were primarily directed to deal with sequences, individual biological molecules and the support of various "omics" technologies, qualitative and quantitative models are becoming rapidly essential for the understanding of complex biological processes. Interpretation of large amounts of data mapped to modules and networks are main topics for the future research on the molecular level. Knowledge about the potential of Bioinformatics and Systems Biology methods becomes increasingly career-critical for young investigators. Molecular biologists need to understand what bioinformatics is capable to do and where the limits are, how to talk to the fellow bioinformatician and how to develop strategies for their own work. Therefore, the course offers a comprehensive view onto contemporary, frequently used approaches in bioinformatics for the interpretation of biological data. Lectures and workshops address key topics relevant for the lab scientist. These topics include genome and protein functional and structural interpretation, gene regulation, bioinformatics of genetics as well as data integration and biological information systems. In addition, analysis molecular networks, and the compilation of qualitative and quantitative models will be presented. The course comprises basic knowledge together with the state of the art. Topics are presented by faculty members with sound experience in the field. The audience addressed are Ph.D. students as well as post-docs. Prerequisites should be a sound biological and some basic knowledge in bioinformatics (e.g. BLAST etc.). |
Venue | Bertinoro di Romagna, ITALY |
Directors | W. H. Mewes (Munich, Germany) |
Speakers | D. Frishman (Munich, Germany), L. U. Jensen (Copenhagen, Denmark), R. Küffner (Munich, Germany), K. Nenova (Munich, Germany), A. Pfeufer (Munich, Germany), G. Rätsch (Tübingen,Germany), T. Rattei (Munich, Germany), M. Scherf (Munich, Germany), V. Stümpflen (Munich, Germany), K. Suhre (Munich, Germany), D. Wittmann (Munich, Germany), R. Zimmer (Munich, Germany) |
Programme | Saturday, March 21st – Arrival at the University Residential Centre of Bertinoro and Welcome dinner
Sunday, March 22nd – Sequence, Structure and Function Morning Session 08:30 H.W.Mewes Introduction into the course - Introduction of the participants 09:00 D. Frishman Protein Evolution 10:30 Coffee Break 11:00 L. J. Jensen Integration of Heterogeneous Data (I) 12:30 Lunch break
Afternoon Session 14:00 L. J. Jensen Integration of Heterogeneous Data (II) 15:30 Coffee Break 16:00 G. Rätsch Next Generation Sequencing 18:00 DEMONSTRATION WORKSHOPS
Monday, March 23rd – Regulation and Networks Morning Session 09:00 M. Scherf Gene Regulation 10:30 Coffee Break 10:45 V. Stümpflen miRNAs: Small Molecules with Large Impact 12:30 Lunch break
Afternoon Session 14:00 R. Küffner Expression Analysis 16:00 Coffee Break 16:30 R. Zimmer Graphs, Networks and Systems
Tuesday, March 24th – Genetics and Metabolic Phenotypes Morning Session 09:00 A. Pfeufer Bioinformatics for Genetics 10:30 Coffee Break 11:00 K. Suhre Metabolomics and Genetics 12:30 Lunch break
Afternoon Session 14:00 K. Nenova Data and Knowledge Mining 16:00 Coffee Break 16:30 Free Afternoon
Wednesday, March 25th – Genome Analysis, Biological Resources Morning Session 09:00 T. Rattei Concepts in Bioinformatics 11:00 Coffee Break 11:30 T. Rattei Databanks and Resources for Bioinformatics 12:30 Lunch break
Afternoon Session – Systems Biology 14:00 H. W. Mewes Systems Biology and Diseases 15:30 Coffee Break 16:00 D. Wittmann Quantitative Models and Simulation
Thursday, March 26th Morning Session – Systems Biology 09:00 Demonstration Workshops 10:30 H. W. Mewes Systems Biology and Drug Discovery 12:30 Lunch break
Bus Departure: after lunch |