[BBC] [Gtpb] Large-scale bioinformatics for Immuno-Oncology - Course announcement for Sept 2018

[Pedro L. Fernandes]

IO17
Large-scale bioinformatics for Immuno-Oncology
    with Francesca Finotello and Federica Eduati

    IMPORTANT DATES for this Course
    Deadline for applications: Aug 30th 2017
    Course dates: Sept 20th - Sept 22nd 2017

Candidates with adequate profile will be accepted in the next 72 hours  
after the application, until we reach 20 participants.

Course description:
The immuno-oncology approach leverages on the unique capability of the  
immune system to recognize and kill tumour cells. This action is  
hampered by escape mechanisms put in place by tumour cells like, for  
instance, the engagement immune checkpoints, i.e. inhibitory molecules  
that modulate the amplitude and duration of immune responses.  
Immunotherapies that block checkpoint molecules are amongst the most  
promising approaches in immuno-oncology for the enhancement of  
antitumour immunity. Thanks to high-throughput technologies, such as  
next-generation sequencing (NGS) and proteomics, we have now access to  
large-scale tumour data that can be used to investigate the interplay  
between tumour and immune cells and the role of the immune system in  
tumour progression and response to therapy. In this course, you will  
learn to use bioinformatics tools and mathematical modelling  
techniques operating on high-throughput tumour data, in order to  
extract features that can be used to characterise this complex  
tumour-immune cell interface, such as:

     - tumour antigens recognized by T cells
     - tumour-infiltrating immune cells
     - deregulated signalling pathways in cancer and immune cells

A fully practical, hands-on approach will ensure that the newly  
acquire skills can be used with a great deal of autonomy.

Additional details here:
http://gtpb.igc.gulbenkian.pt/bicourses/IO17/

We hope that this training course will meet your interests,


Pedro Fernandes
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Pedro L. Fernandes
Bioinformatics Training Coordinator
Instituto Gulbenkian de Ciência
Apartado 14
2781-901 OEIRAS
PORTUGAL
http://gtpb.igc.gulbenkian.pt


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