[BBC] [Gtpb] BFG12-Bioinformatics and Functional Genomics using R and Bioconductor

[Pedro Fernandes]

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        ANNOUNCEMENT / REMINDER

BFG12
Bioinformatics and Functional Genomics using R and Bioconductor

with Javier de las Rivas and Celia Fontanillo
from Universidad de Salamanca (USAL), Salamanca, ES and
Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas (CSIC)



    IMPORTANT DATES for this Course
    Deadline for applications: June 11th 2012
    Notification of acceptance dates:
         EARLY:  June 8th 2012 (on special request, see Application)
         NORMAL:  June 14th 2012
    Course date: June 18th to June 20th 2012


Course description:

This is a practical course on Bioinformatics applied to analysis of  
Gene expression and Genomic data using mainly R and Bioconductor tools  
and algorithms. The course will focus in the use of robust methods to  
analyse microarray datasets –mainly from Affymetrix platform and  
from clinical-biomedical studies, integrating several strategies to  
achieve an optimum construction and analyses of gene expression  
profiles. The Course will be mostly practical using computers and  
prepared protocols.
It will be divided in three major sessions:

1. Gene Expression Profiling. Microarrays genome-wide expression data  
integration, normalization, gene-based signal calculation,  
differential expression (using different algorithms: SAM, Bayesian and  
Limma) and clustering. Databases that integrate gene signatures.

2. Classification and Prediction using genomic data. Application of  
machine learning techniques to the analysis of gene expression data to  
allow classification of different states or different diseases  
subtypes. Error calculations. Class-prediction using de novo samples.

3. Gene Functional Enrichment. Gene list functional annotation using  
tools for statistical enrichment based on multiple concurrent  
annotation. Application of algorithms that measure outcome and  
response to assign specific functions to gene expression datasets.


Target Audience
Researchers in Biology and Biomedical areas (PhD students, PostDocs or  
Senior) working with genomic and gene expression data or with gene  
lists in general, that what to learn useful and powerful tools and  
methods for bioinformatic analysis.


Course Pre-requisites
Basic familiarity with genomic data and bioinformatics data resources.  
Minimum familiarity with R (although most scripts and command lines  
will be provided with written tutorials).

Futher details, including application instructions available at
http://gtpb.igc.gulbenkian.pt/bicourses/BFG12/

thank you for your interest

Pedro Fernandes
GTPB Coordinator

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Pedro Fernandes
GTPB Coordinator
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Tel +351 21 4407912
http://gtpb.igc.gulbenkian.pt


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