Workshop: Introduction to Bioinformatics

Date: 
Monday, March 24, 2014 - 15:15 to Friday, March 28, 2014 - 15:15
Venue: 
NMIMR seminar rooms 1 & 2

The H3ABioNet (A Pan African Bioinformatics Network) node based at Noguchi Memorial Institute for Medical Research (NMIMR) is organizing the first in the series of workshops aimed at enhancing Bioinformatics research capacity in the university community and reposition bioinformatics and computational biology as major thematic research areas in the university.
The workshop will introduce participants to concepts and methods in Bioinformatics and Computational Biology. It is expected that trainees will be able to integrate Bioinformatics into their on-going research and teaching after attending the workshop. This workshop will prepare participants adequately to enrol in both the Intermediate and Advanced workshops to be held within the year.
The modules for this workshop will be based on freely available software suites, Biocomputing platforms and data from public databases. Each module will consist of lectures and hands-on tutorials.
Venue: NMIMR seminar rooms 1 & 2
Date: 24-28 March 2014
Time: 9 am to 4 pm daily
Workshop Topics:

  •  Introduction to Bioinformatics and Biological Databases
  •  Introductory Molecular Genetics
  •  Introduction to Biological Text Mining
  •  Reference Management with Zotero and Mendeley
  •  Computing for Biomedical Scientists 1

Considerations:

  • No prior knowledge of Bioinformatics required, however, some basic molecular biology knowledge will be an advantage.
  •  Staff and graduate students who are interested in Bioinformatics and will be available for the whole period of the workshop.

How to apply
To be considered for selection, apply with the following information to bioinformatics@noguchi.ug.edu.gh by 10th March 2014:

  •  full Name ( Surname, given Name)
  •  Affiliation ( Program, Department and University)
  •  Contact Information ( Email address and Phone number)
  •  Reason for wanting to attend the workshop (maximum of 250 words)

Successful applicants will be expected to come with wireless-enabled laptop computers.