[BBC] Registration now open! - NBIC/BioSB Course Algorithms for Biological Networks (3th edition)

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NBIC/BioSB Course Algorithms for Biological Networks (3rd edition) - Registration open!

Date: 30 June - 4 July, 2014
Course coordinators: Dick de Ridder (WUR), Jeroen de Ridder (TUD), Celia van Gelder (NBIC/BioSB)
Location: Delft University of Technology (TUD), Delft, the Netherlands
Website:  http://biosb.nl/education/course-portfolio/bioinformatics-portfolio/course-algorithms-for-biological-networks/
Registration: http://biosb.nl/education/enrollment-algorithms-for-biological-networks-course/
More information: education at biosb.nl<mailto:education at biosb.nl>

Target audience
PhD students with a background in bioinformatics, computer science or a related field; a working knowledge of basic statistics and linear algebra is assumed.

Course Description
In the third edition of this course, we will first give a brief overview of molecular biology, the advent of high-throughput measurement techniques and large databases containing biological knowledge, and the importance of networks to model all this. We will highlight a number of peculiar features of biological networks. Next, a number of basic network models (linear, Boolean, Bayesian) will be discussed, as well as methods of inferring networks from observed measurement data and of integrating various data sources and databases to refine networks. Once networks are derived they often serve as the cornerstone in the visualization, analysis and interpretation of high-throughput data; we will discuss a number of methods in this area.

As an alternative to static networks, a number of alternative dynamic network models more suited for high-level simulation of cellular behaviour for will be introduced. Finally, we will give some examples of algorithms exploiting the networks found to learn about biology, specifically for inspecting protein interaction networks and for finding active sub networks.

Course programme
The course website, including full course programme, can be found at http://helix.ewi.tudelft.nl/nbic/abn/.

BioSB Course Programme
The course portfolios of NBIC (bioinformatics) and NCSB (systems biology) will be integrated and continued in the Netherlands Bioinformatics and Systems Biology Research School (BioSB). The Education Portfolio of BioSB can be found at http://biosb.nl/education/course-portfolio/.

More information
For more information about the course you can contact Celia van Gelder at education at biosb.nl<mailto:education at biosb.nl>.



Dr. Celia W.G. van Gelder
Coordinator Education CMBI
Projectleader Education NBIC/BioSB
tel. +31-(0)24-3666120
e-mail: Celia.vanGelder at radboudumc.nl<mailto:C.vanGelder at umcn.nl>
websites: www.cmbi.ru.nl<http://www.cmbi.ru.nl/>, www.nbic.nl<http://www.nbic.nl/>, www.biosb.nl<http://www.biosb.nl>

Postal address:
CMBI 260
Radboud University Nijmegen-Medical Centre /NCMLS PO Box 9101, 6500 HB Nijmegen The Netherlands



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