S* Bioinformatics Course Registration
BI5003: Practical Bioinformatics Hands-on Workshop
Singapore
Course 1: May 7-13, 2005
Course 2: June 11-17, 2005

 

PLEASE NOTE :

The registration for the current S* Bioinformatics Practical Workshop is CLOSED.


In addition to the traditional online S* Bioinformatics Course, the 6th Course which will be held in June to August 2005, the S* Secretariat will be holding the first S* Practical Bioinformatics Hands-on Workshop which is scheduled to be held from 7th May 2005 to 13th May 2005 at 10 Kent Ridge Drive, National University of Singapore, Singapore 119242.

This Hands-on Workshop will be held immediately following the 2nd International Symposium on Life Sciences Grid, LSGrid 2005 (5-6 May 2005) at the GridAsia Conference (GridAsia Registration Free).

In addition, there is a second identical course scheduled for 11th June 2005 to 17th June 2005 at the same venue, prior to the ISMB 2005 conference in Detroit, USA.

Registrants who register for the S* Bioinformatics practical workshop are required to listen to 10 S* online lectures, participate in S* practical tutorials and take an optional assessment at the end of the workshop to pass and qualify for the traditional S* Certificate of Participation in Introductory Bioinformatics. In addition, the Hands-on sessions features the practical aspects of bioinformatics, and at the end of the workshop, qualifies the participants a special S* Certificate of Participation in Practical Bioinformatics.

The intensive Practical Bioinformatics Hands-on Course primarily covers topics including:
  • The APBioKnoppix bioinformatics platform (See APBioKnoppix website), Linux operating system and Unix shell commands and simple scripting
  • Survey of commonly used bioinformatics software
  • Basic usage of EMBOSS sequence analysis package and other software
  • Setting up a Web-accessible bioinformatics database with MySQL and PERL/CGI.
  • Bioinformatics examples in PERL/BioPERL
  • Interpreting BLAST searches and setting up a BLAST database with Web interface and simple Unix Shell Programming/CGI
  • Multiple sequence alignment with CLUSTAL and simple phylogenetic trees
  • Structural biology visualisation and simple homology modelling
  • Bioinformatics MiniProject based on a given biological scenario e.g.
    • Genome Annotation of a given prokaryotic genome
    • Designing PCR primers for the Avian Influenza virus
    • Subunit Vaccine candidates for the Avian Influenza virus
    • Bioinformatics of Prions
    • etc.
    using a problem-based learning approach.

Participants will have access to a computer and USB thumbdrives which have to be returned at the end of the workshop, (You can bring your own if you wish.)

Each participant will be given a free LiveCD comprising the Knoppix (Linux) operating system with a comprehensive range of pre-installed bioinformatics tools and other software such as Apache, MySQL and Webmin.

Who should attend:

  • S* online course participants who wish to complete the entire S* online course in a one-week sitting.
  • Biologists with some experience of bioinformatics who wish to gain a feel of what it takes to do some bioinformatics service development beyond being a power user.
  • People with computing background who are curious to find out whether they can apply their expertise to bioinformatics for the first time.

S* Course Faculty physically present

  • Professor Martti Tammi, Karolinska Institutet and National University of Singapore
  • Professor Tan Tin Wee, Dept of Biochemistry, National University of Singapore
  • assisted by S* course coordinators
Other S* Course Faculty
  • Professor Shoba Ranganathan, Chair Professor, Macquarie University (Chairperson, S* Alliance)
  • Dr Daniel Sze, University of Sydney (Manager, Education Office, S* Alliance)
  • Other participating S* lecturers

Fees Student Corporate Academic/Government/Non-Profit
Online course (compulsory) Free Free Free
Practical Workshop (compulsory) USD $100.00 USD $500.00 USD $100.00 (developing countries)
USD $200.00 (developed countries)
Certification (optional - you will sit for an exam and get certificates of participation/ transcripts) USD $100.00 USD $500.00 USD $100.00 (developing countries)
USD $200.00 (developed countries)
Low cost Accommodation (Optional) 4th May to 20 May 2005; 10th June - 20th June (Special rate period subject to availability)
Student Dormitory single room (Common bathrooms, no aircon) USD 15 per day
Nearby Motel (attached bathroom, aircon, subject to availability) Approx USD 33 per day

Click here for tentative workshop schedule.

Click here for payment options.

Those interested may register via the following on-line form.

IMPORTANT NOTE :This registration does not mean automatic acceptance to the course. You will receive a confirmation email upon acceptance two weeks before workshop commencement.
S* reserves the right to cancel or postpone the workshop and refund registration fees if there are insufficient participants. The main purpose of this course is to reduce the backlog of S* Alliance course registrants as well as to capitalise on the GridAsia Conference and LSGrid Workshop.

For more information of the practical workshop, please contact registration@s-star.org

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Note: Due to insufficient participants, the May 7-13 course is cancelled.
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