[BBC] [Gtpb] GTPB Bioinformatics Training course announcement/reminder - Precision Medicine - PM16

[Pedro Fernandes]

The Gulbenkian Training Programme in Bioinformatics

Applications for the bioinformatics training course

PM16 - Precision Medicine
with Fatima Al-Shahrour, Javier Perales and Elena Piñero

are open.

Please refer to the course website
http://gtpb.igc.gulbenkian.pt/bicourses/PM16
for details.

Course Description
The implementation of cancer genomics into the clinic is becoming a  
reality. Personalized medicine or Precision medicine as other authors  
refers, uses molecular data of a specific patient to guide clinical  
decisions such as prevention, diagnosis and treatment. This will  
revolutionize healthcare and will play a dominant role in the future  
of cancer therapy. Bioinformatics analyses are essential to identify  
patients who will benefit from treatment based on their molecular  
profile, and to tailor chemotherapeutic regimens accordingly.
The aim of the course is to present a complete computational pipeline  
for the analysis and interpretation of Next-Generation Sequencing  
(NGS) data such as exome sequencing or targeted panels that are  
commonly used in the clinic.
We will address the implementation of large-scale genomic sequencing  
in clinical practice and the recently developed computational  
strategies for the analysis of NGS data with a particular emphasis on  
the interpretation of the results, selection of biomarkers of drug  
response and afford opportunities to match therapies with the  
characteristics of the individual patient's tumour.
Exercises and case studies focused on cancer will be used to  
illustrate the principles of how genetics influence led to refining  
diagnoses and personalized treatment of cancer disease.

Best regards
Pedro Fernandes

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Pedro Fernandes
GTPB Coordinator
Instituto Gulbenkian de Ciência
Apartado 14
2781-901 OEIRAS
PORTUGAL
Tel +351 21 4407912
http://gtpb.igc.gulbenkian.pt


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