[BiO BB] Course on genome browsers

[J.W. Bizzaro]

                      Bioinformatics Organization
                  Data Discovery & Acquisition Series
           CS111A Introduction to Genome Browsers (on-line)
                           May 14-18, 2007
                   http://edu.bioinformatics.org/AT

"Introduction to Genome Browsers" is a Web seminar course co-sponsored by Bioinformatics.Org and presented by OpenHelix. This course covers powerful, popular, and free Web-based genome browsers including UCSC Genome Browser, Ensembl, Map Viewer, and Integrated Microbial Genome (IMG) system -- all critical bioinformatics and genomic research tools.

As genome browsers become a more and more critical tool for life science research, the need to learn the features and functionality of the browsers is important for biologists, medical researchers, and others in life sciences. To meet that need, OpenHelix and Bioinformatics.Org announce a comprehensive Web seminar course on "Introduction to Genome Browsers," May 14-18, 2007.

Genome browsers enable researchers to access annotated data on a large number of genomes. These genome browsers are excellent resources for data discovery and analysis. This course is targeted towards researchers who are not acquainted with these genome browsers or who wish to learn to use these tools more effectively. The course will go over the basic use of each genome browser and some of the data and tools available to them. The user will also get a good overview of comparisons and contrasts between the browsers.

Each class is approximately 90 minutes long, starting each day at 11:30 AM US EDT. Classes include about 45 minutes of introduction (where attendees can follow along on the browser) and another 45 minutes of hands-on project exercises. In addition, each class will be recorded for later use or for attendees that can't attend certain classes.

The topics covered are:
- General overview of genome browsers and their characteristics
- Introduction to UCSC Genome Browser
- Advanced Topics of the UCSC Genome Browser
- Introduction to the Ensembl Genome Browser
- Introduction to NCBI's MapViewer
- Introduction to the Integrated Microbial Genomes system (IMG)

PREREQUISITES:
Attendees should have knowledge of genomic/biological concepts, however, no programming skills are required. Since this will be an interactive, hands-on workshop, all attendees will need a computer with a broadband Internet connection (1 Mbps or faster is strongly recommended for those watching the live lecture), a sound card with speakers, a modern Web browser, and the Adobe Flash plugin.

TUITION:
Cost for the complete course is $397 for non-profit/academic and $595 for commercial attendees.

FOR MORE INFORMATION:
For further information, visit http://www.openhelix.com/ or http://edu.bioinformatics.org/AT.