Introduction

This workshop will introduce basic bioinformatics approaches that are used to find, analyse and understand nucleotide or protein sequences. It will explore how to conduct searches across biological databases using both metadata and sequence data approaches. The course will explain how sequence searching techniques work, and how to use them effectively to find relevant results. Practical exercises will develop skills in searching for, accessing and aligning sequences; through the use of sample datasets participants will learn how to discover more about the biological context of nucleotide and protein sequences.

The key areas covered by the workshop will include:

• Sequence data resources at EMBL-EBI
• Tools for sequence searching and alignments
• Using sequences to investigate families, function and structure

​During this course you will learn about:

• EBI Search and programmatic access interfaces
• Tools for sequence searching and alignment:
• FASTA, BLAST, PSI-SEARCH, HMMER
• Clustal Omega, MUSCLE
• ENA and UniProt sequence databases
• Ensembl Genome Browser
• InterPro and PDBe resources

Deadlines

• Sep 13 2019
  Standard registration deadline

  

Useful links

• Further event details More information about the event

Venue

EMBL-EBI

Training Room 1 , EMBL-EBI, Wellcome Genome Campus, Hinxton, Cambridge, Cambridge , CB10 1SD, United Kingdom

Contact information

Meredith Willmott
EMBL-EBI
+44 (0)1223 494273
Contact us by email

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