 If you were unable to participate in one of our past workshops, please check back here for upcoming oppotrunities to register and participate. Thank you to all those who participated and make the workshops such a success! Centre for Bioinformatics and Biotechnology at the University of Nairobi in Nairobi, Kenya, Nov 24-28, 2013. Nelson Mandela African Institute of Science and Technology in Arusha, Tanzania, Jan 27-31, 2014. Makerere University in Kampala, Uganda, Feb 10-14, 2014. BecA-Hub at the International Livestock Research Institute in Nairobi, Kenya, Feb 24-28, 2014. A special Advanced Workshop at the BecA-Hub at the International Livestock Research Institute in Nairobi, Kenya, April 9-11, 2014. The aim of the workshops is to introduce the world of publicly-available data and software for
performing bioinformatic and genomic analyses. The
workshop will consist of 5 full days of training in
bioinformatics and genomics questions, tools, techniques, and analysis.
The workshop receives financial support from Reed College, The National
Science Foundation, Lewis & Clark College, and the Fulbright US Scholar Program. Workshop Leader: Sarah Schaack Workshop Assistants: Maureiq Ojwang', Caitlin Miller, Leah Cepko Workshop Contributors: Andy Alverson, Aureliano Bombarely, Carey Booth, Claudio Casola, Alistair Darby, Deb Lycan, Peterson Mathenge, Harrison Ndugu, Anton Nekrutenko, Abe Tucker, Alistair Darby, Greta Binford, Julia Cosgrove, Leah Cepko, Caitlin Miller, Maureiq Ojwang, and Jon Visick Partnerships: Our host institutions (The Nelson Mandela African Institute of Technology, The University of Nairobi, Makerere University, and BioSciences East and Central Africa (BecA-ILRI Hub) make these workshops possible. Workshop Host Organizations: Dr. James Ochanda Centre for Bioinformatics and Biotechnology, University of Nairobi, Nairobi, Kenya Dr. Morris Agaba Nelson Mandela African Institute for Science and Technology, Arusha, Tanzania Dr. Charles Masembe Makerere University, Kampala, Uganda Dr. Appolinaire Djikeng Biosciences East and Central Africa, International Livestock Research Institute, Nairobi, Kenya Modules: Introductory Workshop 1) Introduction to Databases, Web Tools, and Genome Browsers 2) Using Command-line BLAST 3) Exon Prediction 4) Sequence Alignment 5) Phylogenetic Analysis 6) Detecting Selection 7) Non-Coding DNA and RNA 9) Developing Workflows for Genome-Wide Analysis8) Genome Browsers Advanced Workshop See page for details. Funding: Fulbright Foundation, National Science Foundation, Reed College, HHMI, Lewis & Clark College REGISTRATION FOR WORKSHOPS IS CURRENTLY CLOSED Registration: Your application should be submitted by email to bioinfo.genomics.workshop@gmail.com. Please put WORKSHOP REGISTRATION in the subject line. The body of the email must include the following information: Your Full Name (Surname, Given Name) Your Affiliation (Including year of study, program or departmental affiliation, and University) Contact information (Home Address, Email Address, and Phone Number) Reason for wanting to attend the workshop (1 paragraph) Name and contact information for one reference (Professor or Colleague) Participation is free, but space is limited; registration will be on a first come, first serve basis. Participants are expected to attend *all* sessions of the workshop, so please register only if you can attend all sessions. We are sorry, but there are no travel grants available for travel or accommodations at this time.Please check back regularly for the latest information on this page. |