NBIC/BioSB Course Algorithms for Biological Networks (3rd edition) 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-a... Registration: Registration is not yet open. You can express your interest in the course by filling out the pre-registration form at http://biosb.nl/education/enrollment/pre-registration-courses/. More information: education@biosb.nl<mailto:education@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@biosb.nl<mailto:education@biosb.nl>. Dr. Celia W.G. van Gelder Coordinator Education CMBI Projectleader Education NBIC/BioSB tel. +31-(0)24-3666120 e-mail: Celia.vanGelder@radboudumc.nl<mailto:C.vanGelder@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 Het Radboudumc staat geregistreerd bij de Kamer van Koophandel in het handelsregister onder nummer 41055629. The Radboud university medical center is listed in the Commercial Register of the Chamber of Commerce under file number 41055629.