Workshop Schedule

The workshop will consist of 6 different modules covering a range of topics related to computational biology. Each module will consist of an introduction to the topic/problem under consideration and a hands-on component for students to complete.

Workshop Location: The workshop session will occur in the Weitz Center for Creativity (WCC), Room 138. All meals will be available in WCC 133. For a campus map see here. For a map of all important locations see here.

Friday September 28:

• Arrive on campus and check into hotels.
• Module leaders will be invited to a dinner.

Saturday September 29:

• 8:00 am - 8:45 am: Breakfast and registration (WCC 133)
• 8:45 am - 9:00 am: Welcome (WCC 138)
• 9:00 am - 10:30 am: Module 1 - Finding Friends in Molecular Interaction Networks (WCC 138)
• 10:30 am - 10:45 am: Break
• 10:45 am - 12:15 pm: Module 2 - Peptide and Protein Identification using MS/MS Data on the Galaxy-P platform (WCC 138)
• 12:15 pm - 1:15 pm: Lunch (WCC 133)
• 1:15 pm - 2:45 pm: Module 3 - Identifying Somatic Mutations in mtDNA (WCC 138)
• 2:45 pm - 3:00 pm: Break
• 3:00 pm - 4:30 pm: Module 4 - Machine Learning for Biological Data (WCC 138)
• 6:00pm - Dinner for everyone at Chapati restaurant (Downtown Northfield). The restaurant is in walking distance of campus and hotels. Here is a map with the location of the restaurant.

*WCC is Weitz Center for Creativity. See here for campus map.

Sunday September 30:

• 8:15 am - 9:00 am: Breakfast (WCC 133)
• 9:00 am - 10:30 am: Module 5 - Binning Genomes from Metagenomes (WCC 138)
• 10:30 am - 10:45 am: Break
• 10:45 am - 12:15 pm: Module 6 - Artificial Life Agent-Based Simulations using the GPU (WCC 138)
• 12:15 pm - 1:15 pm Lunch (WCC 133)
• 1:15 pm - 2:00 pm: Concluding remarks and assessment procedures