Dear member of the GTPB mailing list, This is a reminder about training courses currently open for applications. The GTPB training programme, running regularly at the IGC since 1999 has provided skills and usage independence to over 5000 international participants. 1) ELB17S Entry level Bioinformatics, is aimed at newcomers to Bioinformatics. We use an established method of centering in a single gene/problem to walk you through several aspects of using computer science to work with biological data, namely sequences and derived information. Then we focus on different techniques that are specific to Next Generation Sequencing (NGS) data on which a modern biologist needs to have developed analytical capabilities. The course is fully "hands-on". If you need to use sequencing data in your research and have not had a chance to acquire such skills, please consider applying. Feedback from previous editions clearly shows that, for most people, attending this course was well worth the time and effort, as it has significantly contributed the conduction of their research. http://gtpb.igc.gulbenkian.pt/bicourses/ELB17S/ 2) PM117 Precision Medicine is a hands-on training course on translational research applied to cancer diagnosis, therapy and follow-up. It will enable you to start from NGS data and analysis reports and achieve further interpretation that is then amenable to take informed decisions, confronting them with known clinical results. This understanding is absolutely fundamental to promote the practice of precision medicine, tailored to the individual patient while in agreement with known diagnostics, therapeutics and clinical outcomes. In this course we will focus on cancer genomics, but the methods could be ported to other complex diseases. http://gtpb.igc.gulbenkian.pt/bicourses/PM17/ Please feel free to point our courses to your colleagues. Best, Pedro -- Pedro L. Fernandes Bioinformatics Training Coordinator Instituto Gulbenkian de Ciência Apartado 14 2781-901 OEIRAS PORTUGAL http://gtpb.igc.gulbenkian.pt ----- End forwarded message ----- _______________________________________________ GTPB mailing list GTPB@igc.gulbenkian.pt https://lists.igc.gulbenkian.pt/mailman/listinfo/gtpb